Chemical dispersant enhances microbial exopolymer (EPS) production and formation of marine oil/dispersant snow in surface waters of the subarctic northeast Atlantic

• Main Authors: Suja, Laura Duran, Chen, Xindi, Summers, Stephen, Paterson, David M., Gutierrez, Tony
• Other Authors: Heriot-Watt University
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Marine Oil Snow (MOS); Marine Dispersant Snow (MDS); DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Ecology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103767; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48037
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A notable feature of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the unprecedented formation of marine oil snow (MOS) that was observed in large quantities floating on the sea surface and that subsequently sedimented to the seafloor. Whilst the physical and chemical processes involved in MOS formation rem...