Radiocarbon evidence that carbon from the Deepwater Horizon spill entered the planktonic food web of the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chanton, J P ^a   Cherrier, J ^b   Wilson, R M ^a   Sarkodee Adoo, J ^b   Bosman, S ^a   Mickle, A ^a   Graham, W M ^c,d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon isotope; Gulf oil spill; methane; petroleum hydrocarbon; radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MARINE POLLUTION; METHANE; OCEAN HABITATS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PLANKTON; SEPARATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RADIO-CARBON ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

OILS AND FATS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METHANE; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; PLANKTON; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 84871833421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045303     Document Type: Article

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