Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Graham, W.M.; Condon, R.H.; Carmichael, R.H.; D'Ambra, I.; Patterson, H.M.; Linn, L.J.; Hernandez Jr., F.J. (2011). Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environ. Res. Lett. 5(4): 1-6. dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/045301
In: Environmental Research Letters. IOP Publishing: Bristol. ISSN 1748-9326; e-ISSN 1748-9326, meer
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| Trefwoorden |
Accidents > Oil spills
ASW, Mexico Gulf
Food webs
Gulf of Mexico [Marine Regions]
Marien/Kust |
| Author keywords |
Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
| Auteurs | | Top |
- Graham, W.M.
- Condon, R.H.
- Carmichael, R.H.
- D'Ambra, I.
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- Patterson, H.M.
- Linn, L.J.
- Hernandez Jr., F.J.
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| Abstract |
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was unprecedented in total loading of petroleum hydrocarbons accidentally released to a marine ecosystem. Controversial application of chemical dispersants presumably accelerated microbial consumption of oil components, especially in warm Gulf of Mexico surface waters. We employed d13C as a tracer of oil-derived carbon to resolve two periods of isotopic carbon depletion in two plankton size classes. Carbon depletion was coincident with the arrival of surface oil slicks in the far northern Gulf, and demonstrated that subsurface oil carbon was incorporated into the plankton food web. |
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