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The Expanded Footprint Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico Deep-Sea Benthos, Michael G. Reuscher, Jeffrey G. Baguley, Paul A. Montagna
The Expanded Footprint Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico Deep-Sea Benthos, Michael G. Reuscher, Jeffrey G. Baguley, Paul A. Montagna
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The 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout off the coast of Louisiana caused the largest marine oil spill on record. Samples were collected 2–3 months after the Macondo well was capped to assess damage to macrofauna and meiofauna communities. An earlier analysis of 58 stations demonstrated severe and moderate damage to an area of 148 km2. An additional 58 archived stations have been analyzed to enhance the resolution of that assessment and determine if impacts occurred further afield. Impacts included high levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the sediment, low diversity, low evenness, and …
The Southern Gulf Of Mexico: A Baseline Radiocarbon Isoscape Of Surface Sediments And Isotopic Excursions At Depth, Samantha H Bosman, Patrick Schwing, Rebekka A. Larson, Natalie E. Wildermann, Gregg R. Brooks, Isabel Romero, Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández, Maria Luisa Machain-Castillo, Adolfo Gracia, Elva Escobar-Briones, Steven Murawski, David Hollander, Jeffrey P. Chanton
The Southern Gulf Of Mexico: A Baseline Radiocarbon Isoscape Of Surface Sediments And Isotopic Excursions At Depth, Samantha H Bosman, Patrick Schwing, Rebekka A. Larson, Natalie E. Wildermann, Gregg R. Brooks, Isabel Romero, Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández, Maria Luisa Machain-Castillo, Adolfo Gracia, Elva Escobar-Briones, Steven Murawski, David Hollander, Jeffrey P. Chanton
C-IMAGE Publications
The southern Gulf of Mexico (sGoM) is home to an extensive oil recovery and development infrastructure. In addition, the basin harbors sites of submarine hydrocarbon seepage and receives terrestrial inputs from bordering rivers. We used stable carbon, nitrogen, and radiocarbon analyses of bulk sediment organic matter to define the current baseline isoscapes of surface sediments in the sGoM and determined which factors might influence them. These baseline surface isoscapes will be useful for accessing future environmental impacts. We also examined the region for influence of hydrocarbon deposition in the sedimentary record that might be associated with hydrocarbon recovery, spillage and …