Title The natural history of an arctic oil field : development and the biota / edited by Joe C. Truett and Stephen R. Johnson.

Publication Info.	San Diego : Academic Press, [2000]
	©2000

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 422 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- North Slope oil field development -- Vegetative responses to disturbance -- Caribou -- Caribou and oil fields -- Grizzly bear -- Polar bear -- Arctic fox -- Pacific loon -- Tundra swans -- Black brant -- Lesser snow goose -- Pacific eider -- Shorebirds -- Freshwater invertebrates : their reproduction and importance to vertebrates -- Freshwater fishes in the Arctic oil-field region and coastal plain of Alaska -- Anadromous and amphidromous fishes -- The benthic faunal assemblage of the Boulder Patch kelp community -- Synthesis.
Summary	In spite of the harsh conditions that characterize the Arctic, it is a surprisingly fragile ecosystem. The exploration for oil in the Arctic over the past 30 years has had profound effects on the plants and animals that inhabit this frozen clime. The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field synthesizes decades of research on these myriad impacts. Specialists with years of field experience have contributed to this volume to create the first widely available synopsis of the ecology and wildlife biology of animals and plants living in close association with an actively producing oil field.
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Subject	Zoology -- Alaska -- North Slope Region.
	Zoology.
	Alaska.
	Oil fields -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska -- North Slope Region.
	Oil fields -- Environmental aspects.
	Oil fields.
	Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska -- North Slope Region.
	Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects.
	Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Alaska -- North Slope Region.
	Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
	Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification -- Alaska -- North Slope Region.
	Habitat (Ecology) -- Modification.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Truett, Joe C. (Joe Clyde), 1941-
	Johnson, Stephen R., 1943-
Other Form:	Print version: Natural history of an arctic oil field. San Diego : Academic Press, ©2000 0127012354 9780127012353 (DLC) 99066136 (OCoLC)42954739
ISBN	9780080512419 (electronic book)
	0080512410 (electronic book)
	0127012354 (print)
	9780127012353 (print)

Title The natural history of an arctic oil field : development and the biota / edited by Joe C. Truett and Stephen R. Johnson.

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