The lack of a conceptual understanding and unifying quantitative framework to guide
conduct and interpretation of laboratory oil toxicity tests, has led investigators to divergent …

Oil fate and exposure modeling addresses the complexities of oil composition, weathering,
partitioning in the environment, and the distributions and behaviors of aquatic biota to …

Standardized oil toxicity testing is important to ensure comparability of study results, and to
generate information to support oil spill planning, response, and environmental …

The risks posed by petroleum spills to coral reefs are poorly understood and quantifying
acute toxicity thresholds for aromatic hydrocarbons to reef-building corals is required to …

Application of oil toxicity modelling for assessing the risk of spills to coral reefs remains
uncertain due to a lack of data for key tropical species and environmental conditions. In this …

Oil spill risk and impact assessments rely on time-dependent toxicity models to predict the
hazard of the constituents that comprise crude oils and petroleum substances. Dissolved …

Anthropogenic inputs of petroleum hydrocarbons into the marine environment can have long
lasting impacts on benthic communities. Sponges form an abundant and diverse component …

Oil spilled into an aquatic environment produces oil droplet and dissolved component
concentrations and compositions that are highly variable in space and time. Toxic effects on …

The progressive establishment of gas platforms and increasing petroleum accidents pose a
threat to zooplankton communities and thus to pelagic ecosystems. This study is the first to …

Oil pollution remains a prominent local hazard to coral reefs, but the sensitivity of some coral
life stages to oil exposure remains unstudied. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) …