Effects of Burning Crude Oil Spilled Onto Six Habitat Types in Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McKendrick, Jay D., Mitchell, WM. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1978
• Subjects: Environmental impacts; Oil spill burning; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills on land; Alaska; Fairbanks; Palmer; Prudhoe Bay region; Arctic; Stump; Prudhoe Bay; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65710

The effects on vegetational recovery of removing spilled Prudhoe Bay crude oil from terrestrial sites by burning were observed at three Alaskan locations; Palmer, Fairbanks, and Prudhoe Bay. Five habitat types were studied: 1) abandoned agricultural grass field, 2) the high-brush stage in the second...