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Sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption: a mesocosm experiment

Abstract

A mesocosm experiment was conducted at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab during March 2017 to evaluate the effects of the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil on animal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen demand. We exposed two infaunal taxa, the polychaete, Owenia fusiformis, and the brittle star, Hemipholis elongata, to sublethal concentrations of WAF in infaunal assemblages of both mixed and single-species. Data on animal feeding behavior, bioturbation, sediment water content, and sediment oxygen demand are included.

Purpose

We evaluated the effects of the water accommodated fraction of crude oil (WAF) on invertebrate infauna behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen demand.

DOI: doi:10.7266/6B9VS3FK

Suggested Citation

Kelly Dorgan, Erin Kiskaddon. 2019. Sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption: a mesocosm experiment. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/6B9VS3FK

Related Publication Citation

Dorgan, K., Parker, R., Ballentine, W., Berke, S., Kiskaddon, E., Gadeken, K., … Bell, S. (2020). Investigating the sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 635, 9–24. doi:10.3354/meps13215

Funded by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding cycle: RFP-IV

Research group: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

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Author Kelly Dorgan
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 27, 2022, 14:34 (UTC)
Created July 27, 2022, 14:34 (UTC)
DOI doi:10.7266/6B9VS3FK
ISO.pointOfContact Kelly Dorgan <kdorgan@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact.1 Erin Kiskaddon <ekiskaddon@disl.org>
Theme Keywords sediment oxygen demand, sediment ecosystem function, bioturbation, feeding behavior, Owenia, ophiuroid, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, WAF