ai Shafir and colleagues evaluated the effects of both crude oil and six commercial oil dispersants under laboratory conditions on the growth and survival of two important species of reef corals. The dispersants and dispersed oil droplets were significantly more toxic to the coral than the crude oil itself, the scientists report. The dispersants caused significant harm, including rapid, widespread death and delay in growth rates, to the coral colonies tested even at doses recommended by the manufacturers, they add.

Decision-making authorities should carefully consider these results when evaluating possible use of oil dispersants as a mitigation tool against oil pollution near coral reef areas, the report said.

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Short and Long Term Toxicity of Crude Oil and Oil Dispersants to Two Representative Coral Species

IMAGE: Oil-spill clean-up agents are a threat to coral reefs, researchers say. (Courtesy of Shai Shafir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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Baruch Rinkevich, Ph.D. (buki@ocean.org.il)
Shai Shafir (shai@ocean.org.il)
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Haifa 31080, Israel
Phone: 972-4-8565275

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