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Article: The Gulf of Alaska: Biology and Oceanography.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- September 1, 2006
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THE GULF OF ALASKA: BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. Edited by PHILLIP R. MUNDY. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005. ISBN 1-55612-090-X. vi + 214 p., maps, b & w illus., bib., acronyms, index. Hardbound. US$25.00.
Seventeen years after the massive oil spill triggered by the grounding of the Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, the large scale of the damage to pristine marine ecosystems of Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska remains clear, although the actual scope of the specific long-term environmental damage is harder to characterize. The legal system in the United States, and society in general, ...