Severe ecological impacts caused by one of the worst orphan oil spills worldwide

MO Soares, EF Rabelo - Marine Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Orphan oil spills pose a severe risk to ocean sustainability; however, they are understudied.
We provide the first synthetic assessment of short-term ecological impacts of the most …

Spatial heterogeneity and oil pollution structured the soil microbial community in salt marshes in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA, eight years after the Deepwater …

GA Cagle, H Chen, JW Fleeger, D Deis, Q Lin… - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill significantly impacted salt marsh
ecosystems, with numerous repercussions observed in the subsequent years. However, the …

Examining Variation in Response to No. 2 Fuel Oil Exposure Between Tall-and Short-Form Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora): Implications for Marsh …

R Ferguson, E Pisarski… - International Oil Spill …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
Examining Variation in Response to No. 2 Fuel Oil Exposure Between Tall- and Short-Form
Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora): Implications for Marsh Restoration After an Oil Spill …

Recovery of saltmarsh macroinfauna after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

M Pant, J Fleeger, D Johnson, R Riggio, A Hou, D Deis - 2024 - researchsquare.com
To examine invertebrate resiliency after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we monitored
the recovery of macroinfauna in replicated reference, moderately and heavily oiled salt …

Examining the Impact of Marine Diesel Fuel on Short-and Tall-Form S. alterniflora: Implications for Marsh Restoration After an Oil Spill

R Ferguson - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Spartina alterniflora (saltmarsh cordgrass) is a vital and abundant species in North American
saltmarshes that can be negatively impacted by numerous anthropogenic contaminants …