Zenetos A, Hatzianestis J, Lantzouni M, Simboura M, Sklivagou E, Arvanitakis G
National Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 712, Mavro Lithari, GR-19013 Anavissos, Greece.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2004 Jan;48(1-2):122-31. doi: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00370-9.
The sinking of the tanker Eurobulker in Southern Evoikos gulf (Aegean Sea, Greece) in September 2000 resulted in a spill of 700 tons of crude oil. The environmental impact of the spill was studied by the National Centre for Marine Research. The hydrocarbon concentrations in water, sediment and coastal benthic organisms were measured and the response of the benthic communities to the disturbance caused by the oil spill was studied along the direction to the coast and over three sampling seasons. The most severe and direct effects were evidenced on the muddy benthic communities of the accident site and the stations in the close vicinity sampled shortly after the spill. The effects included reduction of the species richness and community diversity, but the communities reached full recovery 8 months later. The impact of the spill was more indirect and delayed in the coastal stations, where as the hydrocarbon measurements indicated, the pollutants were transported later and induced their effects on the benthic communities 6 months after the accident.
2000年9月，油轮“欧洲散货船号”在希腊埃维亚岛南部海湾（爱琴海）沉没，导致700吨原油泄漏。国家海洋研究中心对此次泄漏造成的环境影响进行了研究。测量了水、沉积物和沿海底栖生物中的碳氢化合物浓度，并沿着海岸方向和三个采样季节研究了底栖生物群落对石油泄漏造成的干扰的反应。在事故现场的泥泞底栖生物群落以及泄漏后不久采样的附近站点，出现了最严重和直接的影响。这些影响包括物种丰富度和群落多样性的降低，但这些群落8个月后完全恢复。在沿海站点，泄漏的影响更为间接和滞后，正如碳氢化合物测量结果所示，污染物在事故发生6个月后才被输送过来并对底栖生物群落产生影响。
