The effects of oil exposure and weathering on black-needle rush (Juncus roemerianus) marshes along the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2749-2755

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a   Hess, Thomas A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon; Juncus roemerianus; Oil spill; Oil weathering; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH DOSE; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; LOUISIANA; LOW DOSE; MESOCOSMS; OIL WEATHERING; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; SALT MARSHES;

CRUDE OIL; OIL SPILLS; WEATHERING;

WETLANDS;

PETROLEUM;

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRUDE OIL; DEEP WATER; OIL SPILL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALTMARSH; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GULF OF MEXICO; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; MARSH; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; WEATHERING;

ANGIOSPERMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS;

EID: 84870243581     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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