Factors influencing the fate of oil spilled on shorelines: a review

Wang, Zheng; An, Chunjiang; Lee, Kenneth; Owens, Edward H.; Chen, Zhi; Boufadel, Michel C.; Taylor, Elliott; Feng, Qi

doi:10.1007/s10311-020-01097-4

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“…33−35 As a traditional pollutant in the ocean, oil spills seriously harm local ecosystems once stranded in the shoreline environment. 36,37 There have been many studies investigating the fate and transport of oil stranded on shorelines, but almost all have paid attention to only light irradiation, temperature, salinity, shoreline substrate, microbial degradation, and other conventional factors. 38−42 NBs affect not only the physical transport of pollutants but also their chemical weathering, biodegradation, and adsorption with other environmental pollutants.…”

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Exploring the Role of Nanobubbles in the Fate and Transport of Spilled Oil on Shorelines

Wang

Lee

et al. 2023

ACS EST Water

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Nanobubbles (NBs) generated by wave breaking and shearing are abundant and stable in the ocean. However, few studies have focused on the effects of NBs in the fate and transport of pollutants in the shoreline environment. In this study, the properties of NBs were determined, as well as the influencing factors. The role of NBs in the fate and transport of spilled oil were further investigated. The results showed that NBs significantly increased the concentration of dissolved oxygen as well as changed the pH, zeta potential, and surface tension of the water. Low salinity favored the generation of NBs, while high salinity inhibited this process. The surface active materials played a positive role in the generation and stabilization of NBs. With the assistance of external energy, the bulk NBs enhanced the efficiency in oil detachment from the surface of the substrate. At the same time, the surface NBs on the substrate obstructed the downward transport of oil colloids. Considering the behavior between the NBs in two different phases and the oil droplets, the oil droplets tended to bind to the NBs. This study demonstrates that NBs can play a significant role in the environmental behaviors of pollutants in the coastal areas.

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Exploring the Role of Nanobubbles in the Fate and Transport of Spilled Oil on Shorelines

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Lee

et al. 2023

ACS EST Water

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“…Although protocols do exist to address some of these difficulties (e.g., the Chemical Response to Oil Spills Ecological Effects Research Forum method [Aurand & Coelho, 2005]), the complex nature of oil as a test substance continues to provide challenges in exposure media preparation, characterization, and reporting. The myriad of compounds that make up crude oil render it problematic to characterize the toxicity of every one, and a wide variety of environmental, physical, and biological factors can have extreme influence on how the compounds interact with one another and with the test organism (Wang et al, 2021). Predictive models have become more popular in the last decade (Carroll & Smit, 2011; Hansen et al, 2019; McGrath et al, 2018) and are a promising approach to addressing this issue.…”

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A Critical Review of the Availability, Reliability, and Ecological Relevance of Arctic Species Toxicity Tests for Use in Environmental Risk Assessment

Eldridge

Jourdan

Hanson

2021

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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There is a pressing need to understand the impact of contaminants on Arctic ecosystems; however, most toxicity tests are based on temperate species, and there are issues with reliability and relevance of bioassays in general. Together this may result in an underestimation of harm to Arctic organisms and contribute to significant uncertainty in risk assessments. To help address these concerns, a critical review to assess reported effects for these species, quantify methodological and endpoint relevance gaps, and identify future research needs for testing was performed. We developed uniform criteria to score each study, allowing an objective comparison across experiments to quantify their reliability and relevance. We scored a total of 48 individual studies, capturing 39 tested compounds, 73 unique Arctic test species, and 95 distinct endpoints published from 1975 to 2021. Our analysis shows that of 253 test substance and species combinations scored (i.e., a unique toxicity test), 207 (82%) failed to meet at least one critical study criterion that contributes to data reliability for use in risk assessment. Arctic-focused toxicity testing needs to ensure that exposures can be analytically confirmed, include environmentally realistic exposure scenarios, and report test methods more thoroughly. Significant data gaps were identified as related to standardized toxicity testing with Arctic species, diversity of compounds tested with these organisms, and the inclusion of ecologically relevant sublethal and chronic endpoints assessed in Arctic toxicity testing. Overall, there needs to be ongoing improvement in test conduction and reporting in the scientific literature to support effective risk assessments in an Arctic context.

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“…Oil residue in shoreline sediments is often assessed to reveal the spatial distribution, sources, and occurrence of petroleum-related hydrocarbons (Wang et al, 2020). Changes in chemical components and biodegradation are both crucial factors examined in weathering assessments.…”

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An Analysis of Selected Oil Spill Case Studies on the Shorelines of Canada

Feng¹,

An²,

Cao³

et al. 2021

J ENVIRON INFORM LET

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After an oil spill, oil may wash ashore and there is only a short window of opportunity to respond. Analysis of historical incident data is valuable to guide future responses and cleanup practices. This study summarized the oil spill accidents that impacted the Canadian shoreline and analyzed the related information including location, incident characteristics, and shoreline treatment. Major spills due to tanker accidents in Canadian marine waters fortunately have been infrequent. Most of the accidents have happened on Canada's Pacific coast, accounting for 52% of the total accidents recorded. The Atlantic coast accounted for 39% and the remaining accidents happened in the Arctic region. Regarding spilled volume, 55% of the accidents spilled oil volumes smaller than 100 m 3 . Spilled volumes between 100 ~ 1000 m 3 represent 30% of the incidents and 15% had spilled volume greater than 1000 m 3 . Bunker C fuel and diesel were the main types of the spilled oil, accounting for 33% of the spills, respectively. Within the oil spill accidents impacting Canadian shorelines, marine vessel accidents were the major sources accounting for 70% of the spill accidents. In terms of the shoreline treatment, the commonly employed treatments were manual, vacuum, mechanical, and sorbent removal. The dataset highlighted the significance of a more comprehensive record for response phase details and environmental effects monitoring.

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Factors influencing the fate of oil spilled on shorelines: a review

Cited by 56 publications

References 124 publications

Exploring the Role of Nanobubbles in the Fate and Transport of Spilled Oil on Shorelines

Exploring the Role of Nanobubbles in the Fate and Transport of Spilled Oil on Shorelines

A Critical Review of the Availability, Reliability, and Ecological Relevance of Arctic Species Toxicity Tests for Use in Environmental Risk Assessment

An Analysis of Selected Oil Spill Case Studies on the Shorelines of Canada

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