Contamination of aquatic ecosystems can have cascading effects on terrestrial consumers
by altering the availability and quality of aquatic insect prey. Comprehensive assessment of …

Purpose The existing state of petroleum in soil not only affected the migration of other
substances but also changed soil ecology. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the …

The oil sands industry in Canada, produces heavy unconventional oils, diluted for transport
and called diluted bitumen. However, despite advances in our knowledge of the …

Oily sewage poses a serious environmental risk normally; thus, herein, the modified guar
gum (GG-SH) was prepared through rapid condensation reaction between polysaccharide …

Due to the sudden nature of oil spills, few controlled studies have documented how oil
weathers immediately following accidental release into a natural lake environment. Here, we …

Chronic, long-term impacts of oil spill disasters on wildlife often exceed short-term, highly
visible mass mortalities and widespread oiling of individuals. Species with long lifespans …

We attempted to characterize zooplankton community response following spills of the
unconventional crude oil, diluted bitumen (dilbit), into 10-m diameter,~ 100 m3,~ 1.5-m deep …

Summary The Great Lakes are a source of water for 40 million Americans and Canadians,
an important recreational area, and a major shipping thoroughfare for commodities and …