SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1989
STP18647S

Dispersants in the Freshwater Environment

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During the past four years, a research program to investigate the effect of oil and dispersant chemicals on a freshwater ecosystem has been carried out. Laboratory experiments were used to select a suitable dispersant for a field trial and to develop monitoring techniques which would be capable of detecting chronic and sublethal effects in selected species of the freshwater ecosystem. The field trial demonstrated that a spill of light oil covering 5 to 10% of the surface of a small shallow freshwater lake had no long-term measurable effects and that the application of a dispersant ameliorated some short-term effects even in this low energy system.

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Brown, HM
Esso Resources Canada Limited, Calgary, Canada
Goodman, RH
Esso Resources Canada Limited, Calgary, Canada
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Developed by Committee: F20
Pages: 31–40
DOI: 10.1520/STP18647S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5079-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1194-3