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Effects
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Fate
of Oil and Dispersed Oil in the Water Column and Other
Habitats
- Understanding the interactions of chemically dispersed
oil droplets with suspended particulate matter (SPM)
and how these processes affect the rate of oil biodegradation
and ultimate fate of dispersed oil
- Assessment of the degree, rate, and consequences
of surfactant leaching from surface slicks and chemically
dispersed oil droplets
- Reconciliation of the differences between the
empirical evaporation approach and traditional pseudo-component
approach
- Quantification of the biodegradation kinetics
of dispersed oil
- Improve, verify, and validate oil spill trajectory
and fate models
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Effects
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Realistic
Exposure Regimes/Toxicity Testing
- Develop methods for collection and analysis of
samples of dissolved phase and particulate/oil-droplet
phase PAH in environmental samples
- Monitoring dispersed oil concentrations at spills
of opportunity
- Literature synthesis of dispersed oil toxicity
studies
- Standard methods for toxicity testing of dispersed
oil appropriate for coastal regimes
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Topic
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Effects
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Integration to Make Short and Long
Term Prediction of Effects
- Synthesis of existing dispersed oil toxicity data
to support risk-based decision making for use of
dispersants at spills
- Effects of dispersed oil on wildlife
- Effects of short-term exposure to dispersed oil
- Long-term effects of short-term exposures to dispersed
oil
- Integration of fate and toxicity models with population
models to predict short- and long-term effects of
dispersant application
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