TAR BALL SURVEY OF 6 EASTERN CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

被引：14

作者：

CORBIN, CJ ^{[1
]}

SINGH, JG ^{[1
]}

IBIEBELE, DD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CARIBBEAN ENVIRONM HLTH INST, ST LUCIA, ST LUCIA

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 1993年 / 26卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1016/0025-326X(93)90464-U

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Tar ball monitoring in the Wider Caribbean has been ongoing since 1979. but few studies have been conducted in the smaller countries of the Eastern Caribbean. This survey generated data on beach pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons as tar balls for six countries. Four hundred and twelve samples were collected from St. Lucia, Dominica, Tortola-British Virgin Islands, Grenada, St. Kitts and Montserrat, between 1987 and 1991 and analysed according to IOCARIBE recommended methods. Results show significantly higher concentrations (P>0.05) and more frequent occurrences of tar balls on the east and north than the west coasts. Tar levels for east and north coasts range from 10-100 g m-1 while west coasts had levels of 0-1.0 g m-1.

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页码：482 / 486

页数：5

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