Characteristics of the Bohai Sea oil spill and its impacton the Bohai Sea ecosystem

In this paper, ENVISAT ASAR data and the Estuary, Coastal and Ocean Model was&nbsp; used to analyze and compare characteristics of the Bohai Sea oil spill. The oil&nbsp; slicks have spread from the point of the oil spill to the east and north-western&nbsp; Bohai Sea. We make a comparison between the changes caused by the oil spill on&nbsp; the chlorophyll concentration and the sea surface temperature using MODIS data,&nbsp; which can be used to analyze the effect of the oil spill on the Bohai Sea&nbsp; ecosystem. We found that the Bohai Sea oil spill caused abnormal chlorophyll&nbsp; concentration distributions and red tide nearby area of oil spill.</span