Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coastal Marshes and Associated Organisms

ABSTRACT Oil gushed from the Macondo Mississippi Canyon 252 well into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank. A concern, after widespread dispersant use offshore on surface waters and at the wellhead, was that the oil/dispersant mixture would reach...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oceanography. - Oceanography Society. - 29(2016), 3, Seite 150-159
1. Verfasser: Rabalais, Nancy N. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Turner, R. Eugene
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Oceanography
Schlagworte:Health sciences Physical sciences Biological sciences