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An Oil Dispersant's Effect on the Microflora of Beach Sand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Stephen A. Bloom
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Extract

Oil pollution in marine waters has been a subject of growing concern and has stimulated a variety of pollution studies. Past methods of dealing with the problem have been mechanical, which are effective on land, and chemical which, in the past, have used highly toxic detergents, usually in open waters (Spooner, 1969).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1970

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