@Article{CarreiraZaMaArNoYo:2022:TrOfSe,
               author = "Carreira, Renato S. and Zanardi Lamardo, Eliete and Massone, 
                         Carlos G. and Ara{\'u}jo, Moacyr and Nobre, Paulo and Yogui, 
                         Gilvan T.",
          affiliation = "{Pontif{\'{\i}}cia Universidade Cat{\'o}lica do Rio de Janeiro 
                         (PUC-Rio)} and {Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)} and 
                         {Pontif{\'{\i}}cia Universidade Cat{\'o}lica do Rio de Janeiro 
                         (PUC-Rio)} and {Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)}",
                title = "The mysterious oil spill in the northeastern coast of Brazil: 
                         tracking offshore seawater and the need for improved vessel 
                         facilities",
              journal = "Ocean and Coastal Research",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "70",
                pages = "e22007",
                month = "May",
             keywords = "Oceanic waters, Oil spill, North-eastern Brazil, Polycyclic 
                         aromatic hydrocarbons, Baseline.",
             abstract = "A scientific cruise between November 15 and December 18, 2019 
                         aboard RN Vital de Oliveira collected offshore seawater samples at 
                         59 stations between the states of Ceara and Bahia. The objective 
                         was to identify hydrocarbon levels potentially associated with the 
                         mysterious oil spill that reached the northeastern coast of 
                         Brazil. Median concentrations of aliphatic hydrocarbons (AHs, 0.79 
                         mu g L-1) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, 5.39 ng L-1) 
                         do not indicate contamination by crude oil and are comparable to 
                         baseline levels previously found in other areas of the Brazilian 
                         continental margin. The detailed composition of both groups of 
                         hydrocarbons revealed that some samples were contaminated during 
                         sampling and/or handling on-board. The data set presented herein 
                         highlights the difficulty in tracking small oil patches spread 
                         over a huge ocean area and, more importantly, the need for 
                         improving protocols of national research vessels used to collect 
                         seawater samples for trace organic analyses.",
                  doi = "10.1590/2675-2824070.21079rsc",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2675-2824070.21079rsc",
                 issn = "2675-2824",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Carreira_2022.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "29 jun. 2024"
}