Edwards, R., Sime, H. (eds.), 1998. The Sea Empress oil spill.
Proceedings of the International Conference held in Cardiff, 11-13 February 1998.
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.
Terence Dalton Publishers, 507 pp.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction.
White, I., Baker, J. The Sea Empress oil spill in context.
Smith, M. The international environmental importance of the Pembrokeshire coast.
Kirby, T., Edwards, R. Assessing the impact: the role of the Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee.
Chapter 2: The incident and clean-up.
Lunel, T., Elliot, A. Fate of oil and impact of the response.
Harris, C., Bywater, J. The Sea Empress incident – the response at sea.
Little, D., Capogna-Bateman, R., Colcomb, K., Sommerville, M., Lunel, T., Swannell, R. Response on land to the Sea Empress oil spill.
Chapter 3: Marine impacts.
Law, R.J., Thain, J.E., Kirby, M.F., Allen, Y.T., Lyons, B.P., Kelly, C.A., Haworth, S., Dyrynda, E.A., Dyrynda, P.E.J., Harvey, J.S., Page, S., Nicholson, M.D., Leonard, D.R.P. The impact of the Sea Empress oil spill on fish and shellfish.
Coates, P. The Sea Empress oil spill and its effects on the fishermen and fisheries of South West Wales.
Milner, N., Wyatt, R., Jones, F., Roberts, D., Varallo, P., Milne, R. Effects of the Sea Empress oil spill on salmon and sea trout fisheries of South West Wales.
Chapter 4: Shoreline and benthic impacts.
Moore, J. Sea Empress oil spill: impacts on rocky and sedimentary shores.
Rutt, G.P., Levell, D., Hobbs, G., Rostron, D.M., Bullimore, B., Law, R.J., Robinson, A.W. The effect on the marine benthos.
Crump, R.G., Morley, H.S., Williams, A.D. West Angle Bay, a case study. Littoral monitoring of permanent quadrats before and after the "Sea Empress" oil spill.
Chapter 5: Birds and their rehabilitation.
Haycock, R.J., Baines, M.E., Earl, S.J. Effects of the Sea Empress oil spill on breeding seabirds in South West Wales.
Hughes, B., Stewart, B., Brown, M.J., Hearn, R.D., Cranswick, P.A., Haycock, B., Bullock, I. The effect of oiling and body condition on the diet of Common Scoters Melanitta nigra nigra in Carmarthen Bay following the Sea Empress oil spill.
Thomas, T. Bird collection and cleaning: the RSPCA operation in South West Wales following the Sea Empress oil spill.
Clark, R.B. Post-mortem on the sea bird rescue and treatment effort.
Wernham, C. Does rehabilitation work? A review of the results from ringing.
Chapter 6: Social and economic impacts.
Wheeler, N. Sea Empress oil spill: the effects on amenity.
Webb, S. Estimating the impact of the Sea Empress oil spill on tourism flows to Pembrokeshire during 1996.
Moore, L. The economic costs of the Sea Empress incident and implications for reducing the risk of future oil spills.
Edwards, R. Conclusions and recommendations for the future: lessons learnt.
Ritchie, B. A comparison of two major oil spills: the Sea Empress and the Braer.
Chapter 7: Physical studies
Elliot, A.J., Jones, B. Oceanographic and meteorological conditions.
Proctor, R., Flather, R.A., Smith, J.A. Operational tide modes and wind-driven currents in the Celtic Sea.
Chapter 8: Biological Studies
Harries, D.B., Moore, C.G., Ware, F.J. The impact of Sea Empress oil spill on the sandy shore meiofauna of South West Wales.
Shubert, L.E. The effect of the Sea Empress oil spill on the distribution and density of intertidal microscopic algae on the Welsh coast.
Crump, R., Emson, R.H. Observations on the effects of oil pollution on two species of Asterinid cushion star in rock pools at West Angle Bay, Milford Haven.
George, C.L., Lindley, J.A., Evans, S.V., Donkin, P. The viability of calanoid copepod eggs from intertidal sediments following the oil spill from the Sea Empress at Milford Haven.
Lyons, B.P., Stewart, C. The detection of DNA adduct levels as a biomarker of geotoxin exposure in the benthic teleost dab (Limanda limanda) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) following the Sea Empress oil spill.
de Putron, S., Ryland, J.S. Effects of the Sea Empress oil spillage on the reproduction and recruitment of Alcyonidium (Bryozoa) populations on Fucus serratus.
Kelly, C.A., Law, R.J. Monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in fish and shellfish following the Sea Empress oil spill.
Moore, J.J., Little, A.E., Dyrynda, P.E.J. Sea Empress oil spill: The ecological effects of shoreline clean-up.
Chapter 9: Information and modelling.
Rusin, J., Lunel, T., Tyler, A. Spill modelling as part of the response and monitoring strategy at the Sea Empress incident.
Rusin, J., Tyler, A., Bedborough, D. Sea Empress response information system – SERIS.
Overview of the environmental effects of the Sea Empress oil spill.
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