the present study reports the changes in the phytoplankton community structure in taklong island national marine reserve (tinmar), guimaras island, philippines. quantification of pah yielded undetectable results, whereas, primary productivity, phytoplankton density, and diversity values were higher as compared to samples before the oil spill and samples from the reference site. sixty-nine gener...

This document lays out a framework by which defensible performance metrics for oil spill response can be developed in an analytic-deliberative process that includes a broad range of stakeholders and is informed by high quality scientific knowledge. Performance metrics can be used to: improve oil spill response planning, promote institutional learning post-response, support public communication ...

this paper presents results analyses of specific potential blowout scenarios for subsea oilpipelines between the coast of mainland of iran and khark island in the persian gulf. the analyses have been carried out with the sintef oil spill contingency and response (oscar) 3-dimensional model system.some hypothetical three-day blowout scenarios with light and heavy iranian oil have been investigat...

this paper presents results analyses of specific potential blowout scenarios for subsea oilpipelines between the coast of mainland of iran and khark island in the persian gulf. the analyses have been carried out with the sintef oil spill contingency and response (oscar) 3-dimensional model system.some hypothetical three-day blowout scenarios with light and heavy iranian oil have been investigat...

This paper presents a trajectory tracking control method for flexible space robot. The advantage of the method is that it is free from spill-over instability as it uses a robust overwhelming trajectory controller. The proposed controller is conceptualized for a single rotational degree of freedom case. The efficacy of the scheme is illustrated by simulation results. The stability analysis of th...

The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) completed a yearlong research program to evaluate the potential toxicity of chemicals spilled into the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia. The collected findings of the NTP studies support the adequacy of the drinking water screening level concentrations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the time of the spill. E...