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POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF OIL SPILLS ON SEABIRDS 
AND SELECTED OTHER OCEANIC VERTEBRATES 
OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST 
by 
David S. Lee and Mary C. Socci 
Based primarily on data gathered offshore during the past 15 years by the 
staff of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, this book 
presents information regarding distribution and susceptibility to oil pollution 
for 25 oceanic species: 14 birds, 6 mammals, and 5 turtles. An overlay can be 
placed on range maps to demonstrate the proximity of species occurrence to the 
oil lease sites off Cape Hatteras. 
1989 64 pages Softbound ISBN 0-917134-18-4 
Price: $8, postpaid. North Carolina residents add 5% sales tax. Please make checks 
payable to U.S. currency to NCDA Museum Extension Fund. 
Send order to: OIL SPILL BOOK, N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, 
P.O. Box 27647, Raleigh, NC 27611. 
