Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment.
Aggregates
Community composition
Corexit
Gulf of Mexico
Oil
Photosynthesis
Phytoplankton
Journal
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ISSN: 1879-1514
Titre abrégé: Aquat Toxicol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8500246
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
13
07
2018
revised:
31
10
2018
accepted:
05
11
2018
pubmed:
19
11
2018
medline:
10
1
2019
entrez:
19
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the chemical dispersant Corexit was applied over vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Marine phytoplankton play a key role in aggregate formation through the production of extracellular polymeric materials (EPS), an important step in the biological carbon pump. This study examined the impacts of oil and dispersants on the composition and physiology of natural marine phytoplankton communities from the Gulf of Mexico during a 72-hour mesocosm experiment and consequences to carbon export. The communities were treated using the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil, which was produced by adding Macondo surrogate oil to natural seawater and mixed for 24 h in the dark. A chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF) was made in a similar manner, but using a mixture of oil and the dispersant Corexit in a 20:1 ratio as well as a diluted CEWAF (DCEWAF). Phytoplankton communities exposed to WAF showed no significant changes in PSII quantum yield (F
Identifiants
pubmed: 30448744
pii: S0166-445X(18)30626-X
doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.11.004
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Lipids
0
Petroleum
0
Water Pollutants, Chemical
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
43-53Informations de copyright
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