Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

A. Mendelssohn, Irving; L. Andersen, Gary; M. Baltz, Donald; H. Caffey, Rex; R. Carman, Kevin; W. Fleeger, John; B. Joye, Samantha; Lin, Qianxin; Maltby, Edward; B. Overton, Edward; P. Rozas, Lawrence

doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.6.7

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Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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Authors:

Irving A. Mendelssohn

Gary L. Andersen

Donald M. Baltz

Abstract

On 20 April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which released a US government-estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, was responsible for the death of 11 oil workers and, possibly, for an environmental disaster unparalleled in US history. For 87 consecutive days, the ...

Subject

Wetland

River delta

Ecosystem

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