Oil spills represent a major environmental threat to coastal wetlands, which provide a variety of critical ecosystem services to humanity. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico is a hub of oil and gas exploration activities that historically have impacted intertidal habitats such as salt marsh. Following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we sampled the terrestrial arthropod community and marine invertebrates found in stands of Spartina alterniflora, the most abundant plant in coastal salt marshes.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/disturbance-and-recovery-salt-marsh-arthropod-communities-following-bp-deepwater
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/brittany-d-mccall
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/steven-c-pennings
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gulf-mexico
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
