Shoreline oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 170-178

  Nixon, Zachary ^a   Zengel, Scott ^b   Baker, Mary ^c   Steinhoff, Marla ^c   Fricano, Gail ^d   Rouhani, Shahrokh ^e   Michel, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^b Research Planning Inc (RPI)   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United States)

^e NewFields   (United States)

Author keywords

Deepwater Horizon; Gulf of Mexico; MC 252; Oil spill; Oiling; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

DEEPWATER HORIZONS; GULF OF MEXICO; MC-252; OILING; SHORELINE;

OIL SPILLS;

DATABASE; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SHORELINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DATA BASE; EXPOSURE; GULF OF MEXICO; HABITAT; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; STATISTICS; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84971447450     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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