A tale of two spills: Novel science and policy implications of an emerging new oil spill model

BioScience

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 461-469

  Peterson, Charles H ^a   Anderson, Sean S ^b   Cherr, Gary N ^c   Ambrose, Richard F ^d   Anghera, Shelly ^e   Bay, Steven ^f   Blum, Michael ^g   Condon, Robert ^h   Dean, Thomas A ^j   Graham, Monty ⁱ   Guzy, Michael ^k   Hampton, Stephanie ^l   Joye, Samantha ^m   Lambrinos, John ^k   Mate, Bruce ^k   Meffert, Douglas ⁿ   Powers, Sean P ^h   Somasundaran, Ponisseril ^o   Spies, Robert B ^p   Taylor, Caz M ^g   Tjeerdema, Ronald ^q   Eric Adams, E ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Anchor QEA   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^g Tulane University   (United States)

^h DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^j Coastal Resources Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^k OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁿ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^p Applied Marine Sciences   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Deepwater oil well blowout; Natural resource damage assessment; Ocean oil drilling policy change; Sustaining public trust resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860785554     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.5.7     Document Type: Review

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