Integrated assessment for establishing an oil environmental vulnerability map: Case study for the Santos Basin region, Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorRomero, A. F.
dc.creatorAbessa, D. M S
dc.creatorFontes, R. F C
dc.creatorSilva, G. H.
dc.date2014-05-27T11:30:41Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:54:08Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:30:41Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:54:08Z
dc.date2013-09-15
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:38:57Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:38:57Z
dc.identifierMarine Pollution Bulletin, v. 74, n. 1, p. 156-164, 2013.
dc.identifier0025-326X
dc.identifier1879-3363
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/76558
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/76558
dc.identifier10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.012
dc.identifierWOS:000326211600032
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84884162379
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.07.012
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/897250
dc.descriptionThe growth of maritime transport and oil exploitation activities may increase the risk of oil spills. Thus, plans and actions to prevent or mitigate impacts are needed to minimize the effects caused by oil. However, tools used worldwide to support contingency plans have not been integrated, thus leading to failure in establishing priority areas. This investigation aimed to develop indices of environmental vulnerability to oil (IEVO), by combining information about environmental sensibility to oil and results of numerical modeling of spilled oil. To achieve that, a case study concerning to oil spills scenarios in a subtropical coastal area was designed, and IEVOs were calculated and presented in maps, in order to make the information about the areas' vulnerability more easily visualized. For summer, the extension of coastline potentially affected by oil was approximately 150. km, and most of the coastline presented medium to high vulnerability. For winter, 230. km coastline would be affected, from which 75% were classified as medium to high vulnerability. Thus, IEVO maps allowed a rapid and clearer interpretation of the vulnerability of the mapped region, facilitating the planning process and the actions in response to an oil spill. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationMarine Pollution Bulletin
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectESI maps
dc.subjectOil modeling
dc.subjectOil spill
dc.subjectSantos Basin
dc.subjectVulnerability to oil
dc.titleIntegrated assessment for establishing an oil environmental vulnerability map: Case study for the Santos Basin region, Brazil
dc.typeOtro


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