Characterization of epibenthic and demersal megafauna at Mississippi Canyon 252 shortly after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 196-209

  Valentine, Marla M ^a   Benfield, Mark C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater horizon; Megafauna; Oil spill; ROV

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; MEGAFAUNA; MISSISSIPPI CANYON; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; QUANTITATIVE DATA; TAXONOMIC RICHNESS;

OIL SPILLS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

TUNGSTEN;

ABUNDANCE; DEEP WATER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FAUNA; OIL SPILL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; GULF OF MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI CANYON;

ANIMALIA;

DEEPWATER HORIZON; MEGAFAUNA; OIL SPILL; ROV;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; INVERTEBRATES; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888433209     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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