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Impact of dispersed and undispersed oil entering a gulf coast salt marsh
Author(s) -
Smith Christopher J.,
Delaune Ronald D.,
Patrick William H.,
Fleeger J. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620030411
Subject(s) - spartina alterniflora , salt marsh , dispersant , marsh , environmental science , oil spill , estuary , salt water , petroleum , spartina , oceanography , crude oil , ecology , chemistry , wetland , environmental engineering , biology , geology , dispersion (optics) , petroleum engineering , physics , organic chemistry , optics
The effect of dispersed and undispersed South Louisiana crude oil on the growth of Spartina alterniflora and associated meiofaunal communities was investigated in a replicated experiment conducted in a uniform Louisiana salt marsh. The oil and the oil plus dispersant were applied to open water adjacent to the marsh and forced onto the marsh, using a pump to create a “head” of water that simulated tidal conditions. Neither crude oil nor oil plus dispersant had any inhibitory or stimulatory effect on the growth of S. alterniflora or the meiofaunal communities, including the meiobenthos.