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Using seawater from the port of Lingshui (Yellow Sea, China) and six oil samples of different types, we found that diesel oil\u2019s relative fluorescence intensity (RFI) was significantly higher than those of heavy fuel and crude oils in the 180\u2013300 nm range\u2014in the 300\u2013400 nm range, the RFI value of diesel is far lower. The heavy fuel and crude oils exhibited an opposite trend in their fluorescence spectra. A photomultiplier tube, employed as the fluorescence detection unit, efficiently monitored different oils on seawater in field experiments. 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