This document is the proceedings of a symposium held in July 1994 in New Orleans on oil spills in coastal systems. Seventeen papers and outline summaries of four discussion sessions are presented. Topics include ecological and genetic effects of oil spills in mangrove, coastal marsh, and seagrass systems, the chemical fate of oil in marsh sediments, and the effectiveness of a variety of remediation methodologies that have been employed. Some papers are summaries of studies by the authors, others are overviews and reviews, and several present outlines of studies in progress. Results of group discussions: (a) address the states-of-knowledge of spill effects and remediation methods and (b) provides recommendations for areas where further research is not only needed but could lead to important advances in methods for remediating the consequences of spilled oil in these systems.
PROGRAM MANAGER: C. Edward Profitt
AFFILIATION: Louisiana Environmental Research Center
McNeese State University
ADDRESS: P. O. Box 90220, Lake Charles, LA 70690-0220
KEY WORDS: Oil spills, remediation, mangroves, marsh, seagrass, ecology, genetics
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