Persistent and substantial impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea megafauna
Persistent and substantial impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea megafauna
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深水地平线漏油事件对深海巨型动物的持续和重大影响
DOI:
10.1098/rsos.191164
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Benfield, Mark C.
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作者:
McClain, Craig R.;Nunnally, Clifton;Benfield, Mark C.
The Deepwater Horizon spill is one of the largest environmental disasters with extensive impacts on the economic and ecological health of the Gulf of Mexico. Surface oil and coastal impacts received considerable attention, but the far larger oil spill in the deep ocean and its effects received considerably less examination. Based on 2017 ROV surveys within 500 m of the wellhead, we provide evidence of continued impacts on diversity, abundance and health of deep-sea megafauna. At locations proximal to the wellhead, megafaunal communities are more homogeneous than in unimpacted areas, lacking many taxonomic groups, and driven by high densities of arthropods. Degraded hydrocarbons at the site may be attracting arthropods. The scope of impacts may extend beyond the impacted sites with the potential for impacts to pelagic food webs and commercially important species. Overall, deep-sea ecosystem health, 7 years post spill, is recovering slowly and lingering effects may be extreme.
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影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Chih‐Lin Wei;G. Rowe;E. Escobar;Clifton C. Nunnally;Yousria Soliman;Nick Ellis
通讯作者:
Nick Ellis
DOI:
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发表时间:
2013
期刊:
影响因子:
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作者:
P. Hsing;Bo Fu;Elizabeth A. Larcom;Samantha P. Berlet;T. Shank;Annette F. Govindarajan;Alexandra J. Lukasiewicz;P. Dixon;C. Fisher
通讯作者:
C. Fisher
影响因子:
2.5
作者:
Chih‐Lin Wei;G. Rowe;G. F. Hubbard;A. Scheltema;G. Wilson;I. Petrescu;J. M. Foster;M. Wicksten;Min Chen;R. Davenport;Yousria Soliman;Yuning Wang
通讯作者:
Yuning Wang
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
Gass, Susan E.;Roberts, J. Murray
通讯作者:
Roberts, J. Murray
DOI:
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发表时间:
1990
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
W. E. Pequegnat;B. J. Gallaway;L. H. Pequegnat
通讯作者:
L. H. Pequegnat