A review of the toxicology of oil in vertebrates: what we have learned following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

R Takeshita, SJ Bursian, KM Colegrove… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, a number of government agencies,
academic institutions, consultants, and nonprofit organizations conducted lab-and field …

Physiological impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil on fish

C Pasparakis, AJ Esbaugh, W Burggren… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2019 - Elsevier
An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil rig in 2010 lead to the largest marine oil
spill to occur in US history, resulting in significant impacts to the ecosystems and organisms …

Oil exposure alters social group cohesion in fish

T Armstrong, AJ Khursigara, SS Killen, H Fearnley… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Many animal taxa live in groups to increase foraging and reproductive success and aid in
predator avoidance. For fish, a large proportion of species spend all or part of their lives in …

The additive effects of oil exposure and hypoxia on aerobic performance in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

KL Ackerly, AJ Esbaugh - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Aerobic scope, the difference between standard metabolic requirements and maximum
metabolic capacity, is considered a particularly important metric influencing ecological …

Behavioral consequences of dietary exposure to crude oil extracts in the Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)

NM Bautista, T Pothini, K Meng, WW Burggren - Aquatic Toxicology, 2019 - Elsevier
Uptake by fishes of crude oil and its polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) components
occurs via gills, dietary intake, or diffusion through the skin. Dietary exposure to crude oil …

Transport, fate and impacts of the deep plume of petroleum hydrocarbons formed during the Macondo blowout

A Bracco, CB Paris, AJ Esbaugh, K Frasier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The 2010 Macondo oil well blowout consisted in a localized, intense infusion of petroleum
hydrocarbons to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A substantial amount of these …

Plasticity, repeatability and phenotypic correlations of aerobic metabolic traits in a small estuarine fish

JE Reemeyer, BB Rees - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Standard metabolic rate (SMR), maximum metabolic rate (MMR), absolute aerobic scope
(AAS) and critical oxygen tension (P crit) were determined for the Gulf killifish, Fundulus …

Oil exposure impairs predator–prey dynamics in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

LE Rowsey, JL Johansen, AJ Khursigara… - Marine and …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the largest spill in
recent history and led to the exposure of many commercially and ecologically important fish …

Social competition in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) is influenced by crude oil exposure

AJ Khursigara, JL Johansen, AJ Esbaugh - Aquatic Toxicology, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study examined impacts of crude oil exposure on dyad competition in juvenile
red drum. Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, it has become well established …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of diluted bitumen exposure on Atlantic salmon smolts: Molecular and metabolic responses in relation to swimming performance

SR Avey, CJ Kennedy, AP Farrell, TE Gillis… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Canada's oil sands industry continues to expand and the volume of diluted bitumen (dilbit)
transported across North America is increasing, adding to spill risk and environmental …