Community response of deep-sea soft-sediment metazoan meiofauna to the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout and oil spill of 2010 released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Spill-related contaminants that sank to the seafloor pose risks to benthic fauna living within bottom substrates that are unable to avoid exposure due to their relative...

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Published in:Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 2015-05, Vol.528, p.127-140
Main Authors: Baguley, Jeffrey G., Montagna, Paul A., Cooksey, Cynthia, Hyland, Jeffrey L., Bang, Hyun Woo, Morrison, Colin, Kamikawa, Anthony, Bennetts, Paul, Saiyo, Gregory, Parsons, Erin, Herdener, Meredyth, Ricci, Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Copepoda
Marine
Metazoa
Nematoda
Ostracoda
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Summary:The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout and oil spill of 2010 released an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Spill-related contaminants that sank to the seafloor pose risks to benthic fauna living within bottom substrates that are unable to avoid exposure due to their relatively sedentary existence. Metazoan meiofauna are abundant and diverse members of deep-sea soft-sediment communities and play important roles in ecosystem function. We investigated the deep-sea metazoan meiofauna community response to the DWH blowout and oil spill at 66 stations ranging from
ISSN:0171-8630
1616-1599
DOI:10.3354/meps11290