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. 2021 Feb 17;9(2):419. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020419

Table 2.

Antarctic studies related to hydrocarbon pollution published in the period 2000–2020.

Year of Publication Location of Study Hydrocarbon Studied Reference
2003 Rod Bay, Ross Sea Crude oil, diesel [31]
2004 Terra Nova Bay Ross Sea Diesel [32]
2004 Admiralty Bay, King George Island Diesel [43]
2004 Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea Diesel [25]
2007 Casey Station Lubricant oil [44]
2010 Victoria Land Coast Diesel [24]
2014 Davis Station Diesel [45]
2016 Rod Bay, Ross Sea Diesel [36]
2017 Carlini Station Diesel [14]
2010 Casey Diesel, lubricant oil [46]
2017 O’Brien Bay Diesel, Lubricant oil [12]
2020 Casey Station Petroleum hydrocarbons [26]
2016; 2017; 2020 Davis Station Special Antarctic Blend (SAB) diesel, Marine Gas Oil (MGO) Lubricant oil,
Intermediate fuel oil (IFO-180)
[37,40,47]
2020 McMurdo Station Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) [18]