Overview of oil spills worldwide and impacts on marine megafauna

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.52600/2763-583X.bjcr.2024.4.1.78-94
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Bioaccumulation, Marine environment, Oil exposure, Pollution

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Flávio José de Lima Silva
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Simone Almeida Gavilan
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Silmara Rossi
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Daniel Solon Dias de Farias
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Aline da Costa Bomfim
Rysónely Maclay de Oliveira
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Ana Bernadete Lima Fragoso
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Gabriela Colombini Corrêa
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Giovanna Almeida Santoro
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Gustavo Magno Lima Ambrósio
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Mariana Almeida Lima
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Stella Almeida Lima
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira
Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0370-4447

Abstract

Oil spills have a significant impact on the environment, posing threats to various marine species. This review aims to gather information on various oil spills that have occurred worldwide and discuss their impact on marine megafauna (marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds), in order to provide useful insights that can be applied in decision-making during rescue and rehabilitation efforts. The publications were obtained from oil spill searches in databases such as Elsevier-Scopus, Scielo, JStor, and Google Scholar. Oil spills can cause lethal damage to marine biodiversity, affecting individuals of different ages and species. Although the acute effects of oil contamination on wildlife are evident, it is challenging to treat and recover from. Hydrocarbons can persist in the environment for a long time, leading to prolonged exposure of animals to the contaminants. In conclusion, this research demonstrates that the effects of oil spills on marine megafauna may not be observed in the short term, such as contamination through the bioaccumulation of compounds in the food chain. It is necessary to conduct systematic studies on local fauna at all developmental stages of oil activities, including seismic research, exploration, and oil distribution to address the impact of oil spills on marine megafauna.

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Silva, F. J. de L., Attademo, F. L. N., Gavilan, S. A., Rossi, S., Farias, D. S. D. de, Bomfim, A. da C., Oliveira, R. M. de, Fragoso, A. B. L., Corrêa, G. C., Santoro, G. A., Ambrósio, G. M. L., Lima, M. A., Lima, S. A., & Matias de Oliveira, R. E. (2024). Overview of oil spills worldwide and impacts on marine megafauna. Brazilian Journal of Case Reports, 4(1), 78–94. https://doi.org/10.52600/2763-583X.bjcr.2024.4.1.78-94
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Author Biographies

Flávio José de Lima Silva, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Naturais, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (PRODEMA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Fernanda Loffler Niemeyer Attademo, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal (PPBA), Laboratório de Ecologia, Comportamento e Conservação (LECC), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Simone Almeida Gavilan, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia de Vertebrados (LABMORVE), Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Central, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Silmara Rossi, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Daniel Solon Dias de Farias, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia de Vertebrados (LABMORVE), Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Central, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Aline da Costa Bomfim

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia de Vertebrados (LABMORVE), Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Central, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Rysónely Maclay de Oliveira, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia Animal Aplicada (LABMORFA), Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Ana Bernadete Lima Fragoso, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Gabriela Colombini Corrêa, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia Animal Aplicada (LABMORFA), Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Giovanna Almeida Santoro, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia de Vertebrados (LABMORVE), Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Central, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Gustavo Magno Lima Ambrósio, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Mariana Almeida Lima, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia Animal Aplicada (LABMORFA), Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Stella Almeida Lima, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (PRODEMA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central

Projeto Cetáceos da Costa Branca - Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PCCB – UERN), Laboratório de Monitoramento de Biota Marinha, Campus Central, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Centro de Estudos e Monitoramento Ambiental - CEMAM, Areia Branca, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Laboratório de Morfofisiologia Animal Aplicada (LABMORFA), Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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