... much of the wildlife around the sound is dependant on the high calorie, high fat content of the herring as their prime food source. Among the many casualties were 2800 sea otters, 300 harbour seals, 250 bald eagles, as many as 22 killer whales, and an estimated quarter-million seabirds. It is unclear how many billions of salmon and herring eggs and ... spill, and only two species, the bald eagle and the river otter, have fully recovered. The species that are well on their way to a comeback include pink salmon, pacific herring, sea otters, mussels, black oyster catcher, common murre, mar...

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... to decompose, and so, they last for a very long time. The water spreads out the PCBs in the ocean, but when sea life comes along these particles attach themselves to the sea creatures, and slowly collect. In Environmental Issues in Oceanography, Second edition the authors [Daniel C. Abel and Robert L. McConnell] state that ... the reproductive and central nervous systems, bone structure, and the liver bile duct of mammals. TBT compounds can also damage the immune system." In sea life specifically, the Extension Toxicology Network states "Tributyltin compounds are highly to very highly t...

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... the natural environment. On a seemingly regular basis, the nation's newspapers and television screens are wallpapered with vivid images of tankers spilling crude oil, also known as petroleum, and oil soaked sea birds in various stages of death and decay. Crude oil plays a vital role and has even become an absolute necessity in the modern industrial society. It is utilized to provide ... ultimately splinter into several different components, each with their own specific properties posing their own specific threat to the environment. In many cases involving tankers, offshore wells, and ot...

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... the well-known oil spills to occur was when the Exxon Valdez went aground and covered 4,800 square miles in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This spill killed 35,000 sea birds, 10,000 otters, and at least nine whales. The spill left pools of oil up to three feet on some beaches. In December of 1989, an Iranian tanker leaked 70,000 ... materials best suited to the type of oil and the conditions at the spill site. Most spill response equipment and materials are greatly affected by such factors as conditions at sea, water currents, and wind. Damage to spill-contaminated shorelines and dangers...

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