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POLLUTION HYDROCARBURES [1 record]

Record 1 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Pollution
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
CONT

Marine oil pollution and the continuing encroachment on marine habitats from the oil and marine transport industries pose a serious threat for the marine natural resources of Newfoundland and Labrador. The effects of oil pollution on highly visible marine wildlife such as seabirds ... have more recently been the subject of intense study. However, studies of the impacts of marine oil pollution on the commercial fisheries resources of Newfoundland and Labrador have not been as rigorously pursued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contaminación del agua
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
DEF

Liberación o vertido de aceites minerales, generalmente usados.

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