Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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Mitra, Siddhartha; Kimmel, David G.; Snyder, Jessica; Scalise, Kimberly; McGlaughon, Benjamin D.; Roman, Michael R.; Jahn, Ginger L.; Pierson, James J.; Brandt, Stephen B.; Montoya, Joseph P.; Rosenbauer, Robert J.; Lorenson, Thomas D.; Wong, Florence L.; Campbell, Pamela L.
Abstract
Mesozooplankton (>200 mm) collected in August and September of 2010 from the northern Gulf of Mexico show evidence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Multivariate statistical analysis revealed that distributions of PAHs extracted from mesozooplankton were related to the oil released from the ruptured British Petroleum Macondo-1 (M-1) well associated with the R/V Deepwater Horizon blowout. Mesozooplankton contained 0.03–97.9 ng g 1 of total PAHs and ratios of fluoranthene to fluoranthene + pyrene less than 0.44, indicating a liquid fossil fuel source. The distribution of PAHs isolated from mesozooplankton extracted in this study shows that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill may have contributed to contamination in the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3778
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 2010 oil spill; BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010; Oil spills; Deepwater Horizon; PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; British Petroleum; BP 
Date
2012-01-14
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Mitra, Siddhartha, & Kimmel, David G., & Snyder, Jessica, & Scalise, Kimberly, & McGlaughon, Benjamin D., & Roman, Michael R., & Jahn, Ginger L., & Pierson, James J., & Brandt, Stephen B., & Montoya, Joseph P., & Rosenbauer, Robert J., & Lorenson, Thomas D., & Wong, Florence L., & Campbell, Pamela L.. (January 2012). Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(1), - . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3778

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Mitra, Siddhartha, and Kimmel, David G., and Snyder, Jessica, and Scalise, Kimberly, and McGlaughon, Benjamin D., and Roman, Michael R., and Jahn, Ginger L., and Pierson, James J., and Brandt, Stephen B., and Montoya, Joseph P., and Rosenbauer, Robert J., and Lorenson, Thomas D., and Wong, Florence L., and Campbell, Pamela L.. "Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons". Geophysical Research Letters. 39:1. (L01605), January 2012. September 27, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3778.
Chicago:
Mitra, Siddhartha and Kimmel, David G. and Snyder, Jessica and Scalise, Kimberly and McGlaughon, Benjamin D. and Roman, Michael R. and Jahn, Ginger L. and Pierson, James J. and Brandt, Stephen B. and Montoya, Joseph P. and Rosenbauer, Robert J. and Lorenson, Thomas D. and Wong, Florence L. and Campbell, Pamela L., "Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons," Geophysical Research Letters 39, no. 1 (January 2012), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3778 (accessed September 27, 2023).
AMA:
Mitra, Siddhartha, Kimmel, David G., Snyder, Jessica, Scalise, Kimberly, McGlaughon, Benjamin D., Roman, Michael R., Jahn, Ginger L., Pierson, James J., Brandt, Stephen B., Montoya, Joseph P., Rosenbauer, Robert J., Lorenson, Thomas D., Wong, Florence L., Campbell, Pamela L.. Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Geophysical Research Letters. January 2012; 39(1): L01605. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/3778. Accessed September 27, 2023.
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