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Assimilation of Oil-Derived Elements by Oysters Due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 (NCEI Accession 0118498)

This dataset contains stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in oyster shell, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Shell material was sampled from oysters grown at five sites along the Mississippi-Alabama coast and in Mobile Bay before, during, and after the spill (June 2008, April-July 2010). Samples of SPM were collected from the same or equivalent sites and timeframes. Oil samples came from tar balls, mats, and semisolid oil forms collected from sediments along the shoreline from the Florida-Alabama border to Petit Bois Island in Mississippi. For all samples, the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen were determined. Oyster shell samples were also analyzed for six trace and minor elements which have been highlighted for use in detection of hydrocarbon pollution (Cd, Co, Mo, Ni, Pd, V).

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Title Assimilation of Oil-Derived Elements by Oysters Due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 (NCEI Accession 0118498)
Description This dataset contains stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in oyster shell, suspended particulate matter (SPM), and oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Shell material was sampled from oysters grown at five sites along the Mississippi-Alabama coast and in Mobile Bay before, during, and after the spill (June 2008, April-July 2010). Samples of SPM were collected from the same or equivalent sites and timeframes. Oil samples came from tar balls, mats, and semisolid oil forms collected from sediments along the shoreline from the Florida-Alabama border to Petit Bois Island in Mississippi. For all samples, the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen were determined. Oyster shell samples were also analyzed for six trace and minor elements which have been highlighted for use in detection of hydrocarbon pollution (Cd, Co, Mo, Ni, Pd, V).
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Keywords 0118498 , biological data , BIVALVES , CARBON ASSIMILATION , DELTA CARBON-13 , DELTA NITROGEN-15 , LEAD , MOLLUSKS , Nickel , suspended solids , TOXIC METALS , TRACE METALS , chromatograph , laboratory analysis , mass spectrometer , benthic , biological , chemical , laboratory analyses , site samples , Dauphin Island Sea Lab , Dauphin Island Sea Lab , Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) , Coastal Waters of Alabama , Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico , Coastal Waters of Mississippi , Gulf of Mexico , North Atlantic Ocean , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS , GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS , MASS SPECTROMETERS > MASS SPECTROMETERS , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , environment , oceans , biota
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