Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Volume 1 and Volume 2

Herausgegeben:Ward, C. Herb

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Produktbeschreibung

The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich innatural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, includingagricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrientsand pollutants from coastal communities and dozens of rivers flow into theGulf, including material from the Mississippi River watershed, which drainsover one third of continental United States. The Gulf of Mexico has beencontinuously exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons for millions of yearsfrom natural oil and gas seeps on the sea floor, and more recently from oildrilling and production activities located in the water near and far fromshore. Major accidental oil spills in the Gulf are infrequent.
This is a two volume open access set under a CC BY-NC license.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP) / Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4939-6894-7
• 1st ed. 2017
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 217mm x 119mm
• ISBN-13: 9781493968947
• ISBN-10: 1493968947
• Artikelnr.: 47128585

Autorenporträt

C. Herb Ward is Professor Emeritus at Rice University. He held the A. J. Foyt Family Chair of Engineering and was Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Weiss School of Natural Sciences. He is now a Scholar in Environmental Science and Technology Policy in the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. He received his BS (1955) in Biology and Agricultural Science from New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, his MS (1958) and PhD (1960) in Microbial Diseases, Physiology, and Genetics of Plants from Cornell University, and the MPH (1978) in Environmental Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the inaugural Director of the Energy and Environmental Systems Institute at Rice University. He also served as Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)-sponsored National Center for Ground Water Research and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)-sponsored Advanced Applied (Environmental) Technology Development Facility. Dr. Ward was a member of the USEPA Science Advisory Board and served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP).

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1.- 1.Habitats And Biota Of The Gulf Of Mexico: An Overview.- 2.Water Quality Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 3.Sediments Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 4.Sediment Contaminants Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 5.Oil And Gas Seeps In The Gulf Of Mexico.- 6.Coastal Habitats Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 7.Offshore Plankton And Benthos Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 8.Shellfish Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- Appendix A:List of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols.- Appendix B: Unit Conversion Table.- Index.- Volume 2.- 9. Fish Resources Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 10.Fish Resources Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 11.Fish Resources Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 12.Avian Resources Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 13.Marine Mammals Of The Gulf Of Mexico.- 14.Diseases And Mortalities Of Fishes And Other Animals In The Gulf Of Mexico.- Index.