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Biomarker fingerprinting of tarballs from Galveston and Mustang Island following the Texas City "Y" spill, March 2014 – August 2015

Authors: Hernando Bacosa

Published On: Sep 30 2016 19:11 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N74747VP

UDI: R4.x259.191:0015

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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies II (DROPPS II)

Point of Contact

Hernando Bacosa
Texas A&M University at Galveston / Marine Biology Department
herbacs3001@gmail.com

Data Collection Period

2014-03-28

2015-04-19

Theme keywords

source-fingerprinting, tarballs, biomarker

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Abstract:

Beach tarballs were collected from Galveston and Mustang Islands after the 2014 Texas City "Y" Spill. This dataset contains the ratio of hopanes and steranes to C30-hopane of various tarballs, the reference oil RMG 380, and Deepwater horizon source oil MC 252.

Suggested Citation:

Hernando Bacosa. 2016. Biomarker fingerprinting of tarballs from Galveston and Mustang Island following the Texas City "Y" spill, March 2014 – August 2015. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N74747VP

Publications:

Bacosa, H. P., Thyng, K. M., Plunkett, S., Erdner, D. L., & Liu, Z. (2016). The tarballs on Texas beaches following the 2014 Texas City “Y” Spill: Modeling, chemical, and microbiological studies. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 109(1), 236–244. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.076

Purpose:

To determine which tarballs were derived from Texas City Y Spill

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