Under certain conditions, dispersed crude oil in the sea combines with organisms, organic
matter, and minerals to form marine oil snow (MOS), thereby contributing to the sinking of oil …

Spilled oil slicks are likely to break into droplets in the subtidal and intertidal zones of
seashores due to wave energy. The nonliving suspended fine particles in coastal …

After an oil spill, the formation of oil-particle aggregates (OPAs) is associated with the
interaction between dispersed oil and marine particulate matter such as phytoplankton …

A quantitative understanding of spilled oil transport in a nearshore environment is
challenging due to the complex physicochemical processes in aqueous conditions. The …

In the contrary to surface oil slicks, dispersed oil pollution is not yet detected or monitored on
regular basis. The possible range of changes of the local optical properties of seawater …

For the processes of natural self-purification from oil spills, the presence of suspended solids
in the water column is essential to form so called oil-mineral aggregates (OMA) followed by …

Oil spilled into the ocean interacts with suspended matter forming aggregates that transport
oil into subsurface layers and towards the bottom. We conducted a series of laboratory …

Breaking waves can break oil slicks into fine droplets and entrain them in the water column.
An interesting hypothesis has emerged in recent years that oil droplets and mineral fines …

Microbes (bacteria, phytoplankton) in the ocean are responsible for the copious production
of exopolymeric substances (EPS) that include transparent exopolymeric particles. These …

Key Questions in Environmental Toxicology is designed as a self-study tool for
undergraduate students. Questions review the origin, characterization and environmental …