Seasonal effects on microplankton response to oil perturbation on Mississippi-Alabama shelf, Gulf of Mexico from 2016-01-24 to 2017-03-16

Abstract

In order to understand the role of biodiversity in increasing resiliency to perturbation, a set of experiments were conducted to examine the response of microplankton to the oil perturbation conditions present in 2016 and 2017. Results of various treatments where cells respond to 1 ppm of water-accommodated fraction (WAF) of crude oil, 1 ppm of chemical-enhanced WAF (using industrial dispersant, CEWAF), dispersant only (Disp, using volume of dispersent without crude) and control conditions, are reported here. All experiments received 1 ppm petrocarbon addition except June 2016 (10 ppm with associated WAF, CEWAF, Disp treatments).

Purpose

To examine the resiliency of microplankton standing stock and activity in response to petrocarbon loading in the water.

DOI: doi:10.7266/n7-w8zg-tj49

Suggested Citation

Krause, Jeffrey; Thamatrakoln, Kimberlee; Cole, Liesl; Acton, Sydney. 2019. Seasonal effects on microplankton response to oil perturbation on Mississippi-Alabama shelf, Gulf of Mexico from 2016-01-24 to 2017-03-16. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-w8zg-tj49

Funded by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding cycle: RFP-IV

Research group: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)