“…Links between oil presence and negative effects on biological diversity and macrofauna were established using a sediment quality triad. 23 Moreover, evaluating aquatic contamination aer a spill relies on established protocols and toxicity experiments, yet challenges exist in their proper execution. 24 From the moment an oil spill occurs in a marine environment, the oil undergoes physical fractionation of its components into oil, water, and air phases, causing changes in composition, fate, and impacts.…”