Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (Corexit) on aggregation of extracellular polymeric substances

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 657; pp. 1535 - 1542
• Main Authors: Chiu, Meng-Hsuen, Vazquez, Carlos I., Shiu, Ruei-Feng, Le, Clarence, Sanchez, Nicole R., Kagiri, Agnes, Garcia, Cynthia A., Nguyen, Chanh H., Tsai, Shih-Ming, Zhang, Saijin, Xu, Chen, Santschi, Peter H., Quigg, Antonietta, Chin, Wei-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.03.2019
• Subjects: Corexit; dispersants; Extracellular polymeric substances; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; liquid-air interface; marine environment; Marine oil snow; Microgel; microgels; oil spills; oils; organic carbon; petroleum; protein content; snow; Spilled oil; Marine oil snow; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microgel; Corexit; Spilled oil

Spilled oil treated with Corexit dispersant can cause unintended impacts on marine environment systems including altering marine organic matter dynamics; however, impacts on microgels and marine oil snow (MOS) formation are still debated and remain to be fully understood. Extracellular polymeric sub...