597
oil slick elongation model (see Oil slick
elongation model)
spill conditions, 156
surface oil, 156
water column, 166, 167
Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological
Effects Research Forum
(CROSERF), 481, 482, 485, 488,
492, 493
Chemical surfactants, 18
Chemically enhanced water accommodated
fractions (CEWAF), 471, 473, 474,
486, 487, 500, 501, 505, 506
Chemosynthetic, 469
C30-hopane normalized n-alkanes
(C13–C30), 309
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), 520
Chromosomal aberrations, 523
Chronology, 240, 241, 244
Chronostratigraphy, 319
C-IMAGE, 145, 156
Clay-oil flocculation, 198
Clean Water Act, 5
Coastal aquatic species, 471
Coastal oil residues, in southern GoM
Bay of Campeche, 329
marine system, 329
post-spill fate similarities, 330
surface oil slicks, 329
Coastal pollution, 375
Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), 330
Commercial fishing
average annual basis, 577
Gulf states model and Gulf counties
model, 576
Gulf States Model and Gulf Counties
Model, 576, 579
No Oil vs. Oil scenario, 575, 576, 579
Compressibility, 18, 19
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
approaches, 54, 79
Conceptual models, DWH oil spill, 347, 348
Condensed gas droplets, 141
Connectivity Modeling System (CMS), 177,
179, 180, 538, 570
application, 185, 188
biodegradation dynamics, 175
DSDs, 176
4
th order Runge-Kutta integration
scheme, 175
half-life decay rate, 176
HYCOM, 176
NOGAPS, 177
numerical case studies, 177, 178
oil application, 175
oil distribution, 181
oil residue sedimentation, 185–188
output and post-processing variables,
178–179
post-processing algorithms, 175, 176
pseudo-components, 176
surface oil expression, 179–181
transport, 175
Coral reef, 470
Corexit 9500, 444, 482
Corexit 9527, 444
Corexit degradation, 303
Coupled near-field and far-field models,
145–150
Critical body burdens (CBB), 471
Critical nucleation radius, 32
Crude oils, 15, 16
Macondo, 202
oil-particle interactions, 198
physicochemical properties, 259
Cytochrome P450 (CYP), 504, 517, 518
Cytotoxicity, 444
D
Darcy’s law, 19
Dead oil, 17, 53, 56–58, 74, 127, 131, 132
Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos
(DGoMB), 364
Deep ocean communities, 469
Deep plumes, 109
Deep-sea
blowout, 171
physical properties of oil
bubble point, 31, 32
critical nucleation radius, 32
density and swelling, 33
diffusivity, 33
gas saturation, 32
IFT, 34, 35
live fluids, 31
viscosity, 33, 34
sediments, microbial community,
115, 116
Deep-sea corals, 357, 358, 360, 368
Deep-sea on DSD
BOPs, 56
dissolved gases, 56, 57
gaseous components, 56
phase changes, 57, 58
Deep-sea sediments, 286, 288, 289
DeepSpill, 7, 8, 47, 49
field experiment in deep sea, 49
Index
oil slick elongation model (see Oil slick
elongation model)
spill conditions, 156
surface oil, 156
water column, 166, 167
Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological
Effects Research Forum
(CROSERF), 481, 482, 485, 488,
492, 493
Chemical surfactants, 18
Chemically enhanced water accommodated
fractions (CEWAF), 471, 473, 474,
486, 487, 500, 501, 505, 506
Chemosynthetic, 469
C30-hopane normalized n-alkanes
(C13–C30), 309
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), 520
Chromosomal aberrations, 523
Chronology, 240, 241, 244
Chronostratigraphy, 319
C-IMAGE, 145, 156
Clay-oil flocculation, 198
Clean Water Act, 5
Coastal aquatic species, 471
Coastal oil residues, in southern GoM
Bay of Campeche, 329
marine system, 329
post-spill fate similarities, 330
surface oil slicks, 329
Coastal pollution, 375
Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), 330
Commercial fishing
average annual basis, 577
Gulf states model and Gulf counties
model, 576
Gulf States Model and Gulf Counties
Model, 576, 579
No Oil vs. Oil scenario, 575, 576, 579
Compressibility, 18, 19
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
approaches, 54, 79
Conceptual models, DWH oil spill, 347, 348
Condensed gas droplets, 141
Connectivity Modeling System (CMS), 177,
179, 180, 538, 570
application, 185, 188
biodegradation dynamics, 175
DSDs, 176
4
th order Runge-Kutta integration
scheme, 175
half-life decay rate, 176
HYCOM, 176
NOGAPS, 177
numerical case studies, 177, 178
oil application, 175
oil distribution, 181
oil residue sedimentation, 185–188
output and post-processing variables,
178–179
post-processing algorithms, 175, 176
pseudo-components, 176
surface oil expression, 179–181
transport, 175
Coral reef, 470
Corexit 9500, 444, 482
Corexit 9527, 444
Corexit degradation, 303
Coupled near-field and far-field models,
145–150
Critical body burdens (CBB), 471
Critical nucleation radius, 32
Crude oils, 15, 16
Macondo, 202
oil-particle interactions, 198
physicochemical properties, 259
Cytochrome P450 (CYP), 504, 517, 518
Cytotoxicity, 444
D
Darcy’s law, 19
Dead oil, 17, 53, 56–58, 74, 127, 131, 132
Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos
(DGoMB), 364
Deep ocean communities, 469
Deep plumes, 109
Deep-sea
blowout, 171
physical properties of oil
bubble point, 31, 32
critical nucleation radius, 32
density and swelling, 33
diffusivity, 33
gas saturation, 32
IFT, 34, 35
live fluids, 31
viscosity, 33, 34
sediments, microbial community,
115, 116
Deep-sea corals, 357, 358, 360, 368
Deep-sea on DSD
BOPs, 56
dissolved gases, 56, 57
gaseous components, 56
phase changes, 57, 58
Deep-sea sediments, 286, 288, 289
DeepSpill, 7, 8, 47, 49
field experiment in deep sea, 49
Index