Extent and Degree of Shoreline Oiling: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, USA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Michel, Jacqueline ^a,b   Owens, Edward H ^c   Zengel, Scott ^a,d   Graham, Andrew ^e   Nixon, Zachary ^a,b   Allard, Teresa ^e   Holton, William ^a,b   Reimer, P Doug ^e,f   Lamarche, Alain ^e,g   White, Mark ^a,b   Rutherford, Nicolle ^a   Childs, Carl ^a   Mauseth, Gary ^e   Challenger, Greg ^e   Taylor, Elliott ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^c Owens Coastal Consultants Ltd   (United States)

^d ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^e POLARIS APPLIED SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^f EML Environmental Mapping Limited   (Canada)

^g TRIOX Environmental Emergencies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; GULF OF MEXICO; MARSH; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GULF OF MEXICO; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878902097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065087     Document Type: Article

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