Effects of Pollution from the Torrey Canyon on Littoral and Sublittoral Ecosystems
Abstract
Pollution from oil and detergent deposited on the beaches of Devon and Cornwall after the grounding of the Torrey Canyon on March 18, 1967, has altered the balance of littoral and sublittoral ecosystems at two sites. This effect is most marked on the littoral zone, and falls off below the low water mark.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- December 1967
- DOI:
- 10.1038/2161170a0
- Bibcode:
- 1967Natur.216.1170B