Recovery of interior brackish marshes seven years after the chalk point oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 995-1006

  Michel, Jacqueline ^a   Nixon, Zachary ^a   Dahlin, Jeffrey ^a   Betenbaugh, David ^a   White, Mark ^a   Burton, Dennis ^b   Turley, Steven ^b  

^a Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil spill; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina cynosuroides; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; MARSH SOILS; MARYLAND; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES; STEM DENSITY; STEM HEIGHT; SURFICIAL SOILS;

BIOMASS; FUEL OILS; OCEAN HABITATS; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

FUEL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; TOXICITY TEST; WETLAND;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HABITAT; MARSH; OIL SPILL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PATUXENT RIVER; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES;

EID: 67649443975     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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