Transport and behavior of marine oil spill containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesocosm experiments -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(1):166-173

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	Dawei SHI, Houlei JIA. Transport and behavior of marine oil spill containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesocosm experiments[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023, 41(1): 166-173

Transport and behavior of marine oil spill containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesocosm experiments

Dawei SHI¹, Houlei JIA^1,2

1 Department of Marine Ecology Research, South China Sea Institute of Planning and Environmental Research, State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, China;
2 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China

Abstract:

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the most important groups in oil, and responsible for major toxic and/or carcinogenic impact on humans and wildlife. It is important to understand the behavior of PAHs in marine environment after an oil-spill incident. However, interaction between petroleum PAHs and microbial communities in a marine environment remains unclear. Therefore, a series of mesocosm experiments were conducted, in which water-accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil was generated to simulate an oil-spill scenario and to analyze the transport and behavior of marine oil spill containing PAHs with and without dispersants. Results indicate that the application of dispersant could increase the concentration of total PAHs in water column due mainly to significant increase in the concentration of high-molecular weight (HMW) PAHs at a lower removal rate. At the end of the 7-day experiment, significant amount of HMW PAHs were accumulated in sediment. In general, the application of dispersant did not increase the sediment uptake of PAHs but increased the PAHs concentration in water column.

Key words: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)|marine oil spill|mesocosm|dispersants|degradation and transport

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