Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15549889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William M Graham (Dauphin Island Sea Lab, corresponding author), Robert H Condon (0000-0002-0867-3133, Dauphin Island Sea Lab), Ruth H Carmichael (0000-0002-6033-3777, University of South Alabama), Isabella D’Ambra (0000-0001-5486-9535, Dauphin Island Sea Lab), Heather K Patterson (Dauphin Island Sea Lab), Laura J Linn (Dauphin Island Sea Lab), Frank J Hernandez (0000-0002-0757-2525, Dauphin Island Sea Lab), Frank J Hernandez Jr |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 045301-045301 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/045301 |
| OpenAlex | W2142519193 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was unprecedented in total loading of petroleum hydrocarbons accidentally released to a marine ecosystem. Controversial application of chemical dispersants presumably accelerated microbial consumption of oil components, especially in warm Gulf of Mexico surface waters. We employed δ13C as a tracer of oil-derived carbon to resolve two periods of isotopic carbon depletion in two plankton size classes. Carbon depletion was coincident with the arrival of surface oil slicks in the far northern Gulf, and demonstrated that subsurface oil carbon was incorporated into the plankton food web
Biology · Carbon fibers · Deepwater horizon · Dispersant · Dispersion (optics · Ecosystem · Food web · Marine ecosystem · Microbial food web · Oil spill · Petroleum · Plankton · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Marine and coastal ecosystems · Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Environmental Engineering · Geology · Oceanography
Isotopic composition of sinking particles
Marine snow formation in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Condition of larval red snapper ( Lutjanus campechanus ) relative to environmental variability and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Radiocarbon evidence that carbon from the Deepwater Horizon spill entered the planktonic food web of the Gulf of Mexico
Science in the aftermath
Rapid microbial respiration of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in offshore surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico
Change and recovery of coastal mesozooplankton community structure during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Incorporation of Deepwater Horizon oil in a terrestrial bird
Sources of carbon to suspended particulate organic matter in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Linking ramped pyrolysis isotope data to oil content through PAH analysis
Nutrient depletion as a proxy for microbial growth in Deepwater Horizon subsurface oil/gas plumes
Evolution of the optical properties of seawater influenced by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Assessing the impacts of oil-associated marine snow formation and sedimentation during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |