Distribution, sources and consequences of nutrients, persistent organic pollutants, metals and microplastics in South American estuaries

M Barletta, ARA Lima, MF Costa - Science of the Total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Estuarine pollution imposes rapid, increasing and lasting environmental modifications. In the
present review, especial attention is given to estuaries in South America (SA), where …

A state-of-the-art review of fate and transport of oil spills in open and ice-covered water

M Afenyo, B Veitch, F Khan - Ocean Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art review of fate and transport modelling of oil spills is presented. Emphasis is
placed on oil spills in ice-covered waters. The review encompasses advection, spreading …

Oil spills: The invisible impact on the base of tropical marine food webs

RP de Santana Campelo, CDM de Lima… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Brazilian oil spill, from August 2019 to January 2020, was considered the most
extensive accident in tropical oceans. We estimated the concentration of oil droplets that …

Systematic review of fish ecology and anthropogenic impacts in South American estuaries: setting priorities for ecosystem conservation

M Barletta, ARA Lima - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Research on estuarine ecology in South America (SA) increased quali-quantitatively since
the early 1980 in search of consistent recommendations for estuarine conservation. The …

Integrated environmental vulnerability to oil spills in sensitive areas

CB Monteiro, PH Oleinik, TF Leal, WC Marques… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
As the typical range of influence of oil spills surrounds urbanised and economically active
areas, it is likely that fragile regions may not be part of the most vulnerable zones. This …

An evaluation of climate change effects in estuarine salinity patterns: Application to Ria de Aveiro shallow water system

CIC Vargas, N Vaz, JM Dias - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2017 - Elsevier
It is of global interest, for the definition of effective adaptation strategies, to make an
assessment of climate change impacts in coastal environments. In this study, the salinity …

Hazard assessment of oil spills along the main shipping lane in the Red Sea

HVR Mittal, S Langodan, P Zhan, S Li, O Knio… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study investigates the risk from oil spills along the main shipping lane in the Red Sea
based upon oil spill model trajectories forced by the outputs of validated high resolution …

Three-dimensional model for analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of phytoplankton in Tucuruí reservoir, Pará, Brazil

R Deus, D Brito, IA Kenov, M Lima, V Costa… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Management and operation of reservoirs require knowledge of cause–effect relationships
which influence water quality. In this work, spatial and temporal patterns of phytoplankton in …

Modeling oil weathering and transport in sea ice

M Afenyo, F Khan, B Veitch, M Yang - Marine pollution bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a model of oil weathering and transport in sea ice. It contains a model
formulation and scenario simulation to test the proposed model. The model formulation is …

Classifying risk zones by the impacts of oil spills in the coastal waters of Thailand

N Singkran - Marine pollution bulletin, 2013 - Elsevier
Risk zones that could be subject to the impacts of oil spills were identified at a national scale
across the 23 coastal provinces of Thailand based on the average percentage risk of critical …