Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021
This review paper aims to analyze studies conducted over recent years (2011–2021) on hydrocarbon pollution in the Danube’s Romanian sector. This involves looking at three main issues: Space-related Romanian Danube hydrocarbon pollution; the nature of samples and the types of tests used for hydrocarb...
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| author | Crina Radu Valentina-Mariana Manoiu Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka Emilia Avram Andreea Beteringhe Alexandru-Ioan Craciun |
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| description | This review paper aims to analyze studies conducted over recent years (2011–2021) on hydrocarbon pollution in the Danube’s Romanian sector. This involves looking at three main issues: Space-related Romanian Danube hydrocarbon pollution; the nature of samples and the types of tests used for hydrocarbon authentication; hydrocarbon effects on bioindicators and fish cell lines. The papers extracted for this review were selected from three scientific article platforms: Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, by using keywords, a specific search protocol and various selection filters. The main results of the present analysis are the following: the highest levels of hydrocarbon contamination in suspended particulate matter and sediments were found in the sector Iron Gates-Călărași (2013), and the main pollution sources were industry, navigation and wastewater discharges; sediment and biological samples accumulate higher concentrations of hydrocarbons than water samples, and are a good indicator for these pollutants’ presence; the most widely used bioindicators are aquatic worms, mollusks, crustaceans, the wild common bleak, and, in the laboratory, fish cells; various methods are used in order to confirm hydrocarbon presence and/or their effects on biota: fluorescence, comet assay technique, micronucleus test, complementary passive samplers, in vitro bioassays, fugacity-based calculation model, sensors, oil spill modeling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-856afcbc5649432d93c9fec5293c92742023-11-23T22:16:38ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412022-10-011419315610.3390/w14193156Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021Crina Radu0Valentina-Mariana Manoiu1Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka2Emilia Avram3Andreea Beteringhe4Alexandru-Ioan Craciun5Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Meteorology and Hydrology, Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandFaculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041 Bucharest, RomaniaThis review paper aims to analyze studies conducted over recent years (2011–2021) on hydrocarbon pollution in the Danube’s Romanian sector. This involves looking at three main issues: Space-related Romanian Danube hydrocarbon pollution; the nature of samples and the types of tests used for hydrocarbon authentication; hydrocarbon effects on bioindicators and fish cell lines. The papers extracted for this review were selected from three scientific article platforms: Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, by using keywords, a specific search protocol and various selection filters. The main results of the present analysis are the following: the highest levels of hydrocarbon contamination in suspended particulate matter and sediments were found in the sector Iron Gates-Călărași (2013), and the main pollution sources were industry, navigation and wastewater discharges; sediment and biological samples accumulate higher concentrations of hydrocarbons than water samples, and are a good indicator for these pollutants’ presence; the most widely used bioindicators are aquatic worms, mollusks, crustaceans, the wild common bleak, and, in the laboratory, fish cells; various methods are used in order to confirm hydrocarbon presence and/or their effects on biota: fluorescence, comet assay technique, micronucleus test, complementary passive samplers, in vitro bioassays, fugacity-based calculation model, sensors, oil spill modeling.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3156hydrocarbonwater pollutionlower DanubeRomaniaJDS3 |
| spellingShingle | Crina Radu Valentina-Mariana Manoiu Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka Emilia Avram Andreea Beteringhe Alexandru-Ioan Craciun Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 Water hydrocarbon water pollution lower Danube Romania JDS3 |
| title | Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 |
| title_full | Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 |
| title_fullStr | Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 |
| title_short | Romanian Danube River Hydrocarbon Pollution in 2011–2021 |
| title_sort | romanian danube river hydrocarbon pollution in 2011 2021 |
| topic | hydrocarbon water pollution lower Danube Romania JDS3 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/19/3156 |
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