Esteban-Sánchez, Ada Johann, Sarah Bilbao, Dennis Prieto, Ailette Hollert, Henner Seiler, Thomas-B. Orbea, Amaia
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Environmental Sciences Europe
BackgroundThe application of chemical dispersants is a common remediation strategy when accidental oil spills occur in aquatic environments. Breaking down the oil slick into small droplets, dispersants facilitate the increase of particulate and dissolved oil compounds, enhancing the bioavailability of toxic oil constituents. The aim of the present ...
Hassan Shah, Mansoor Ul Bhaskar Reddy, Ambavaram Vijaya Yusup, Suzana Goto, Masahiro Moniruzzaman, Muhammad
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
The well-known toxicity of conventional chemical oil spill dispersants demands the development of alternative and environmentally friendly dispersant formulations. Therefore, in the present study we have developed a pair of less toxic and green dispersants by combining lactonic sophorolipid (LS) biosurfactant individually with choline myristate and...
Liu, Zengkai Callies, Ulrich
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Water research
Oil spills are one of the major threats to the marine environment in the German Bight (North Sea). In case of an accident, application of chemical dispersants would be one response option among others. Dispersion breaks oil slicks into small droplets which get then mixed into the water column. Removal of the oil from the water surface may reduce co...
Rahsepar, Shokouhalsadat Langenhoff, Alette A.M. Smit, Martijn P.J. Murk, Tinka Rijnaarts, Huub H.M.
During the Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill, interactions between oil, clay particles and marine snow lead to the formation of aggregates. Interactions between these components play an important, but yet not well understood, role in biodegradation of oil in the ocean water. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of these interactions on bi...
Fiorello, Christine V Freeman, Kate Elias, Becky A Whitmer, Emily Ziccardi, Michael H
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Marine pollution bulletin
The safety of chemical dispersants used during oil spill responses is largely unknown in birds. We captured common murres in Monterey Bay, CA and exposed them to Corexit EC9500a, crude oil, or a combination in artificial seawater. We performed ophthalmic examinations and measured intraocular pressures and tear production before and after exposure. ...
Alves, Tiago M Kokinou, Eleni Zodiatis, George Lardner, Robin Panagiotakis, Costas Radhakrishnan, Hari
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Oil spill models are combined with bathymetric, meteorological, oceanographic, and geomorphological data to model a series of oil spill accidents in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 104 oil spill simulations, computed for 11 different locations in the Levantine Basin, show that oil slicks will reach the coast of Cyprus in four (4) to seven...
Bejarano, Adriana C Clark, James R Coelho, Gina M
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Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC
Aquatic toxicity considerations are part of the net environmental benefit analysis and approval decision process on the use of dispersants in the event of an offshore oil spill. Substantial information is available on the acute toxicity of physically and chemically dispersed oil to a diverse subset of aquatic species generated under controlled labo...
huda, md. kamrul
Master's / MASTER OF ENGINEERING
huda, md. kamrul
Master's / MASTER OF ENGINEERING
