Hydrocarbon oxidation products in Cook Inlet: formation and bioaccumulation in mussels

The availability of new leases for petroleum production increases the risk of spills in high-latitude environments. Hydrocarbon oxidation products (HOPs), classified within operationally defined dissolved organic matter, are of emerging concern because they can be transported rapidly from the petroleum body, undetectable by conventional gas chromatography-based methods, and information about their toxicity to aquatic organisms is limited. There are few reports on the pathways and chemical composition of HOPs formed by photochemical dissolution in high-latitude environments. Here we report quantitative and qualitative information about photochemically produced HOPs under simulated Cook Inlet (CI) and bioaccumulation potential.

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2020-09-23 → 2023-04-01