Abstract Changes in crude oil production and distribution have increased the incidence of oil
spills throughout the world. Oil spills often cause destructive effects on aquatic and land …

The European Atlantic area has been the scene of a number of extensive shipping incidents
with immediate and potential long-term impacts to marine ecosystems. The occurrence of …

A fully integrated and effective response to an oil or chemical spill at sea must include a well
planned and executed post-incident assessment of environmental contamination and …

Marine litter is often left by beachgoers. Thus, understanding beachgoers' perception and
awareness is important. In this study, the amount and type of litter was measured from nine …

The Prestige oil spill in November 2002 is considered the biggest large-scale catastrophe of
its type in Europe, thousands of seabirds dying in the subsequent months. Here, the total …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental impacts linked to fish
extraction on a temporal basis, in order to analyze the effect that stock abundance variations …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are assumed to be the primary determinant of oil
petroleum toxicity. Since the PAH content in Prestige oil was relatively high, we investigated …

Hepatic biomarker responses were measured in two demersal fish species (Lepidorhombus
boscii and Callionymus lyra) from the northern Iberian shelf associated with the massive …

Widespread bottom trawling on the NW Iberian shelf causes chronic sediment and habitat
disturbance. The few studies that have investigated vessel-modified sedimentary-structure …

Petroleum hydrocarbon spills in aquatic environments are among the worst ecological
disasters resultant of global trade and commerce. History has shown that despite taking …