Salt marsh vegetation-mediated response of nitrogen cycling to the Deepwater Horizon spill, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana from 2017-05-30 to 2018-06-13

Abstract

This dataset was generated from a study conducted in the Chandeleur Islands, a chain of barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana which were subjected to a gradient of oil deposition following the spill. Starting in May 2017, we collected sediments from plots dominated by black mangrove and smooth cordgrass at a lightly oiled site and a moderately oiled site subjected to a range of oiling to determine the impact of woody encroachment and oiling on sediment denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA).

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term impacts of oiling and woody encroachment on salt marsh ecosystem function (i.e. denitrification and DNRA) as well as drivers of ecosystem function (i.e. environmental conditions).

DOI: doi:10.7266/Z5MG1AFS

Suggested Citation

Behzad Mortazavi. 2019. Salt marsh vegetation-mediated response of nitrogen cycling to the Deepwater Horizon spill, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana from 2017-05-30 to 2018-06-13. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/Z5MG1AFS

Funded by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding cycle: RFP-IV

Research group: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)