Dispersant Use and a Bioremediation Strategy as Alternate Means of Reducing Impacts of Large Oil Spills on Mangroves: The Gladstone Field Trials

摘要

Over a three-year period (1995-1998), we studied short- term effects of dispersant sue and a bioremediation strategy in tow consecutive field trials in sub-tropical Australian mangroves. In each case, weathered oil was Applied, and a large spill simulated, in mature Rhizophora Stylosa trees around 4-9 m tall. In the first trial, we used Gippsland light crude oil with or without dispersant, Corexit 9527.