API 4508 : 1992

1.0 Introduction
2.0 Annotated bibliography
2.1 General
2.2 Chemical and physical aspects of petroleum
2.3 Rivers
2.4 Lakes
2.5 Wetlands
2.6 Laboratory of studies
2.7 Cleanup
3.0 Index of sources

This annotated bibliography provides a compilation of literature citations from 1946 to 1983 on petroleum contamination in freshwater environments. The review limits itself to the impact of specific petroleum products and oil spill cleanup agents on freshwater ecosystems, the chemistry and fate of petroleum and cleanup agents in freshwater and methods of cleanup.