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Review of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Author(s) -
Wiens John A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1080/03632415.2014.972107
Subject(s) - deepwater horizon , oil spill , citation , state (computer science) , ecosystem , library science , history , computer science , geography , ecology , environmental protection , biology , algorithm
the Deepwater Horizon explosion released nearly 5 million barrels* of crude oil over a period of three months. Since the oil spill, there have been numerous studies by the academic research community, the private sector, and the federal government aimed at understanding the environmental impacts on the Gulf of Mexico. However, environmental impacts tell only part of the story. The people who live and work around the Gulf of Mexico (20 million people in the United States alone) depend on services offered by the ecosystem for their well-being and livelihood. For example, the wetlands of the Gulf region protect the coast