Five Years Later: An Update on the Status of Collections of Endemic Gulf of Mexico Fishes Put at Risk by the 2010 Oil Spill
| Autor: | Brannon Hardy, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Glynn A. O'Neill, Brandon Ballengee |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
fish Ecology Fish species 010501 environmental sciences 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Macondo Fishery Geography BP lcsh:Biology (General) Environmental protection Deepwater horizon ichthyology Oil spill Period (geology) Fish Ichthyology Deepwater Horizon lcsh:QH301-705.5 Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Research Article 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8728 Biodiversity Data Journal Biodiversity Data Journal, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 1-27 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1314-2828 1314-2836 |
| Popis: | Background The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill took place over 180,000 square kilometers during a 12-week period over five years ago; however, this event continues to influence the development and distribution of organisms in and around the region of the disaster. Here we examine fish species that may have been most affected by noting their past distribution in the region of the spill and examining data of known collecting events over the last 10 years (five years prior to the spill, five years post spill). New information We found that more than half of the endemic fish species of the Gulf (45 of 77) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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