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1 December 2011Chemical and Physiological Measures on Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from Oil-Exposed Sites in Louisiana
Thomas M. Soniat Department of Biological Sciences Sarah M. King,Matthew A. Tarr Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 Megan A. Thorne Department of Biological Sciences
Potential lethal and sublethal effects of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill to oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Louisiana east of the Mississippi River were examined along a biophysical gradient of oil pollution, salinity, and disease. Approximately 6 mo after the capping of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, no polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were detected in oysters from oil-exposed sites. Variations in oyster condition and reproductive state, and infection with the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus are consistent with natural differences along the salinity gradient and not with impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination.
"Chemical and Physiological Measures on Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from Oil-Exposed Sites in Louisiana," 30(3) Thomas M. Soniat, Sarah M. King, Matthew A. Tarr, Megan A. Thorne Journal of Shellfish Research (1 December 2011)
