Intertidal marsh invertebrates in paired oiled/unoiled sites in coastal Louisiana in Spring and Fall 2013

In Spring and Fall 2013 snails and mussels were collected in three sampling regions in south Louisiana. They were collected by hand from within 0.5 x 0.5 m (0.25 m2) quadrats placed 1 and 10 m from the marsh edge at three transects perpendicular to shore, in oiled-unoiled pairs per region. Sediment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nancy N. Rabalais
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative 2016
Subjects:
Sediment
Intertidal
Epifauna
Marsh
Oil
Contamination
coastal
sea bottom
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic Ocean
United States of America
North America
Northern Hemisphere
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://search.dataone.org/view/R1-x139-144-0021-0006
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Summary:In Spring and Fall 2013 snails and mussels were collected in three sampling regions in south Louisiana. They were collected by hand from within 0.5 x 0.5 m (0.25 m2) quadrats placed 1 and 10 m from the marsh edge at three transects perpendicular to shore, in oiled-unoiled pairs per region. Sediment samples were collected at the same time for hydrocarbon analysis. The abundance of these epifaunal organisms was hypothesized to be lower in oiled plots and higher in unoiled plots.

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