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Assessing the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill : the National Status and Trends Program response : a summary report of coastal contamination / Dennis Apeti, David Whitall, Gunnar Lauenstein, Teresa McTigue, Kimani Kimbrough, Annie Jacob, and Andrew Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Apeti, Dennis A., creator.
- Series:
- NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 167.
- NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 167
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Status and Trends Program (U.S.).
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects.
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects--Monitoring.
- Oil spills--Environmental aspects--America, Gulf of.
- Oil spills.
- Oil pollution of the sea--America, Gulf of.
- Oil pollution of the sea.
- Coastal ecosystem health--America, Gulf of.
- Coastal ecosystem health.
- Marine sediments--America, Gulf of--Analysis.
- Marine sediments.
- Environmental impact analysis--America, Gulf of.
- Environmental impact analysis.
- Contaminated sediments--America, Gulf of.
- Contaminated sediments.
- Marine sediments--Analysis.
- Oil spills--Environmental aspects.
- Gulf of America.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages)
- Other Title:
- National Status and Trends Program response : a summary report of coastal contamination
- Place of Publication:
- Silver Spring, Md. : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, [2013]
- Summary:
- "NOAA's National Status and Trends Program (NS & T) collected oyster tissue and sediments for quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and petroleum associated metals before and after the landfall of oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident of 2010. These new pre- and post- landfall measurements were put into a historical context by comparing them to data collected in the region over three decades during Mussel Watch monitoring. Overall, the levels of PAHs in both sediment and oysters both pre- and post-landfall were within the range of historically observed values for the Gulf of Mexico. Some specific sites did have elevated PAH levels. While those locations generally correspond to areas in which oil reached coastal areas, it cannot be conclusively stated that the contamination is due to oiling from the Deepwater Horizon incident at these sites due to the survey nature of these sampling efforts. Instead, our data indicate locations along the coast where intensive investigation of hydrocarbon contamination should be undertaken. Post-spill concentrations of oil-related trace metals (V, Hg, Ni) were generally within historically observed ranges for a given site, however, nickel and vanadium were elevated at some sites including areas in Mississippi Sound and Galveston, Terrebonne, Mobile, Pensacola, and Apalachicola Bays. No oyster tissue metal body burden exceeded any of the United States Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) shellfish permissible action levels for human consumption"--Executive summary
- Notes:
- "March 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).
- Title from title screen (viewed on December 1, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 897205176
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