TRopical Oil Pollution Investigations in Coastal Systems [TROPICS]: A synopsis of impacts and recovery. Academic Article

abstract

• The TRopical Oil Pollution Investigations in Coastal Systems (TROPICS) experiment, conducted on the Caribbean coast of Panama, has become one of the most comprehensive field experiments examining the long-term impacts of oil and dispersed oil exposures in nearshore tropical marine environments. From the initial experiment through more than three decades of study and data collection visits, the intertidal and subtidal communities have exhibited significantly different impact and recovery regimes, depending on whether the sites were exposed to crude oil only or crude oil treated with a chemical dispersant. This review provides a synopsis of the original experiment and a cumulative summary of the results and observations, illustrating the environmental and ecosystem trade-offs of chemical dispersant use in mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef environments.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• Mar Pollut Bull

altmetric score

• 2

author list (cited authors)

• Renegar, D. A., Schuler, P. A., Knap, A. H., & Dodge, R. E.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Renegar, D Abigail||Schuler, Paul A||Knap, Anthony H||Dodge, Richard E

publication date

• August 2022

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN  Journal

keywords

• Caribbean Region
• Coral Reefs
• Dispersed Oil
• Ecosystem
• Mangroves
• Oil Spill
• Petroleum
• Petroleum Pollution
• Seagrasses
• Tropics Field Experiment

PubMed Central ID

• 35843160

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113880

start page

• 113880

end page

• 113880

volume

• 181

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113880