https://ojs.as-pub.com/index.php/CE/issue/feedCommunity and Ecology2024-12-12T09:58:48+08:00Managing Editoreditorial_office@as-pub.comOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>ISSN: 3029-2239(Online)</strong><br>Community and Ecology (CE) is an international open access journal publishing articles related to the ecological research. It serves as a forum for global community ecologists to exchange innovative ideas and disseminate advances in the study of the interactions between species in communities, ecological conservation, etc. This journal publishes various article types, including editorials, original research articles, review articles, and commentaries. Submissions are peer-reviewed and accepted manuscripts will be published online immediately after the production process.</p> <p><strong>The article processing charges is $800 per article.</strong></p>https://ojs.as-pub.com/index.php/CE/article/view/8139Modeling gasoline dispersion and risks in soil after the 2019 spill in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, using the HSSM and ChemCAN softwareRaymundo LópezMabel VacaZaira MirandaAraceli LaraGeorgina Guzmán<p>The dispersion of gasoline from the spill due to illegal fuel extraction activities from pipelines that occurred in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, in 2019, was modelled. We used the HSSM software (vertical profile of gasoline saturation, profiles in the vadose zone, and radial profile of the light non-aqueous phase liquid lens), and prediction of its concentration in different media was obtained using the ChemCAN program. Gasoline infiltration would reach 7.5 meters deep at a rate of 0.30 mg/day in 10 days. Assuming that the vadose zone was at 10 m, the underground body of water would not be reached by the hydrocarbon. It was estimated that the maximum concentration of gasoline for the light fraction present in the soil was 2,200 mg/kg, ten times above the maximum permissible regulated limits. Benzene, a characteristic compound of gasoline, was studied in air-water-soil-sediment system, and it was observed that it would preferably accumulate in the sediments (84.9%) and the soil (11.8%), being the systems in greater contact with gasoline. The greatest risk due to the spillage during three subsequent years was related to the surface of the soil, affecting the flora, fauna, and population with exposure by inhalation and dermal contact, and the flammable danger of gasoline.</p>2024-12-12T10:03:20+08:00##submission.copyrightStatement##