Environmental effects of oil spills: II. Environmental Protection Agency, American Petroleum Institute, and U.S. Coast Guard Conference on prevention and control of oil pollution.

Research report: Various research projects on the environmental effects of oil pollution are described. Topics include: effects of experimental crude oil spills on Canadian arctic vegetation; effect and fate of crude oil spilled on two arctic lakes; effects of petroleum on red sea macrofauna; petroleum hydrocarbons and oysters in Galveston Bay, Tex.; fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in marine zooplankton; an investigation of the 1970 Chevron main pass block 41 oil spill; prediction of the fate of oil in the marine environment; long term oil spill effects at Falmouth, Mass.; effects of the Boone Creek, S.C., oil spill; persistence and effects of light fuel oil in soils; fate and effects of oil on an estuarine pond; biodegradation of crude oil studied by computerized mass spectrometry; and distribution of aromatic hydrocarbons in water, sediment, and animal tissues in an experimental shrimp pond.