Surface oil is the primary driver of macroinvertebrate impacts following spills of diluted bitumen in freshwater

TA Black, MS White, JM Blais, B Hollebone… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The response of freshwater invertebrates following accidental releases of oil is not well
understood. This knowledge gap is more substantial for unconventional oils such as diluted …

[HTML][HTML] Fate, behaviour and microbial response of diluted bitumen and conventional crude spills in a simulated warm freshwater environment

Q Xin, N Saborimanesh, C Ridenour, H Farooqi - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Diluted bitumen (DB), one of the most transported unconventional crude oils in Canada's
pipelines, raises public concerns due to its potential spillage into freshwater environments …

Biofilms on Plastic Litter: Community Composition and Activity and the Effects on Ecosystem Processes

RF Lazcano - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The rapid increase of plastic production and disposal has resulted in plastic pollution
becoming a global problem. In aquatic ecosystems, plastic litter is a substrate for biofilms …