Shoreline oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

卷:107

Article

Nixon, Zachary¹  Zengel, Scott²  Baker, Mary³  Steinhoff, Marla³  Fricano, Gail⁴  Rouhani, Shahrokh⁵  Michel, Jacqueline¹ 

[1] Res Planning Inc, 1121 Pk St, Columbia, SC 29201 USA

[2] Res Planning Inc, 247 E 7th Ave,Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32303 USA

[3] NOAA, Assessment & Restorat Div, Off Response & Restorat, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 USA

[4] Ind Econ Inc, 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA

[5] NewFields LLC, 1349 West Peachtree St NW 2000, Atlanta, GA 30309 USA

关键词: Oil spill;    Shoreline;    Oiling;    Gulf of Mexico;    Deepwater Horizon;    MC-252;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.04.003

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We build on previous work to construct a comprehensive database of shoreline oiling exposure from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill by compiling field and remotely-sensed datasets to support oil exposure and injury quantification. We compiled a spatial database of shoreline segments with attributes summarizing habitat, oiling category and timeline. We present new simplified oil exposure classes for both beaches and coastal wetland habitats derived from this database integrating both intensity and persistence of oiling on the shoreline over time. We document oiling along 2113 km out of 9545 km of surveyed shoreline, an increase of 19% from previously published estimates and representing the largest marine oil spill in history by length of shoreline oiled. These data may be used to generate maps and calculate summary statistics to assist in quantifying and understanding the scope, extent, and spatial distribution of shoreline oil exposure as a result of the DWH incident. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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