POTENTIAL ROLE OF MARINE SNOW IN THE FATE OF SPILLED OIL IN COOK INLET, ALASKA

• Main Author: Ross, Jesse
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2019
• Subjects: Cook Inlet; Marine Pollution; Marine Snow; MOSSFA; Oil-Related Marine Snow; Anchor Point; Kachemak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/thesis/1331; https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2370&context=thesis

While extensive research has been conducted on minerals aggregating with spilled oil, surface-forming organic aggregates, called marine snow, have only recently been studied as a transport mechanism. This knowledge gap in understanding the fate of oil was highlighted following the 2010 Deepwater Hor...