scholarly journals Community response of deep-sea soft-sediment metazoan meiofauna to the Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill

2015 ◽  
Vol 528 ◽  
pp. 127-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
JG Baguley ◽  
PA Montagna ◽  
C Cooksey ◽  
JL Hyland ◽  
HW Bang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Soft Sediment ◽  
Metazoan Meiofauna

Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea coral-associated sediment communities

2016 ◽  
Vol 561 ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
AWJ Demopoulos ◽  
JR Bourque ◽  
E Cordes ◽  
KM Stamler
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

scholarly journals Growth rates and ages of deep-sea corals impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

2016 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 196-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy G. Prouty ◽  
Charles R. Fisher ◽  
Amanda W.J. Demopoulos ◽  
Ellen R.M. Druffel
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Sea Corals

scholarly journals Persistent and substantial impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea megafauna

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 191164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig R. McClain ◽  
Clifton Nunnally ◽  
Mark C. Benfield
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Coastal Impacts ◽  
Pelagic Food Webs ◽  
Commercially Important ◽  
Taxonomic Groups

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.

scholarly journals The expanded footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico deep-sea benthos

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. e0235167
Author(s):  
Michael G. Reuscher ◽  
Jeffrey G. Baguley ◽  
Paul A. Montagna
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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