Abstract:

This survey was conducted in mangrove forests from the Bay of Campeche (Mexico) in August 2016 to search for remnants of the Ixtoc-1 spill. This study focused on (1) the chemical composition and concentration of oil weathering products, (2) weathering processes, and (3) fate and potential toxicological impacts. This dataset contains hydrocarbon concentrations, date and location (longitude and latitude) of sample collection. The measurements of hydrocarbons were made using Agilent 7680B gas chromatograph coupled with an Agilent 7010 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. This dataset supports the publication: Radović, J. R., Romero, I. C., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., & Tunnell, J. W. (2019). 40 Years of Weathering of Coastal Oil Residues in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Oil Spills, 328–340. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_20

Suggested Citation:

Isabel Romero, David Hollander. 2020. Multiple hydrocarbon data from mangrove forests collected during a coastal survey conducted in the Bay of Campeche, southern Gulf of Mexico from 2016-08-09 to 2016-08-10. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/WH1S676C

Publications:

Radović, J. R., Romero, I. C., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., & Tunnell, J. W. (2019). 40 Years of Weathering of Coastal Oil Residues in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Oil Spills, 328–340. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_20

Purpose:

To understand transformation products of oil released in the environment.

Data Parameters and Units:

Sample name; type of sample collected (mangrove roots, algae, mangrove leaves, sediments (layers: 0-3 cm, 7-11 cm), buried oil (layer: 4-7 cm), tar on the surface sediments, tar on mangrove roots); sample collection date (MM/DD/YYYY); latitude (degree minutes); longitude (degree minutes); hydrocarbon concentrations (ng/g). The abbreviation and compound are as follows: N naphthalene ACL acenaphythylene ACE acenaphthene F fluorene Re retene AN anthracene P phenanthrene D dibenzothiophene FL fluoranthene PY pyrene BAA benz[a]anthracene C chrysene BBF benzo(b)fluoranthene BKF benzo(k)fluoranthene BAP benzo(a)pyrene Pe perylene ID indeno(1,2,3)pyrene DA dibenz[ah]anthracene BGP benzo(ghi)perylene N (C1-C4) naphthalene alkylated compounds P/AN (C1-C4) phenanthrene/anthracene alkylated compounds FL/PY1 (C1-C4) fluoranthene/pyrene alkylated compounds BAA/C (C1-C4) benz[a]anthracene/chrysene alkylated compounds BP/PER (C1-C4) benzopyrene/perylene alkylated compounds

Methods:

The extraction protocol for petroleum hydrocarbons used in this study was as described in Romero et al., (2015).

Instruments:

Agilent 7680B gas chromatograph coupled with an Agilent 7010 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.

Provenance and Historical References:

Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Hastings, D. W., Ellis, G., Goddard, E.A. and Hollander, D. J. (2015). Hydrocarbons in Deep-Sea Sediments following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0128371. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128371

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