Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesozooplankton from the northern Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mitra, Siddhartha ^a   Kimmel, David G ^a   Snyder, Jessica ^a   Scalise, Kimberly ^a   McGlaughon, Benjamin D ^a   Roman, Michael R ^b   Jahn, Ginger L ^b   Pierson, James J ^b   Brandt, Stephen B ^c   Montoya, Joseph P ^d   Rosenbauer, Robert J ^e   Lorenson, Thomas D ^e   Wong, Florence L ^e   Campbell, Pamela L ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

BRITISH PETROLEUMS; DEEPWATER; FLUORANTHENE; FOSSIL FUEL SOURCES; MESOZOOPLANKTON; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FOSSIL FUEL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; OIL WELL; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84855904402     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049505     Document Type: Article

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