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Macondo-1 well oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mesozooplankton from the northern Gulf of Mexico

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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., and Campbell, Pamela L.

Abstract:

Mesozooplankton (>200 μm) 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...

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