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This Book Is Open Access Under A Cc By-nc 2.5 License. The Gulf Of Mexico Is An Open And Dynamic Marine Ecosystem Rich In Natural Resources But Heavily Impacted By Human Activities, Including Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial And Coastal Development. Nutrients And Pollutants From Coastal Communities And Dozens Of Rivers Flow Into The Gulf, Including Material From The Mississippi River Watershed, Which Drains Over One Third Of Continental United States. The Gulf Of Mexico Has Been Continuously Exposed To Petroleum Hydrocarbons For Millions Of Years From Natural Oil And Gas Seeps On The Sea Floor, And More Recently From Oil Drilling And Production Activities Located In The Water Near And Far From Shore. Major Accidental Oil Spills In The Gulf Are Infrequent; Two Of The Most Significant Include The Ixtoc I Blowout In The Bay Of Campeche In 1979 And The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill In 2010. Unfortunately, Baseline Assessments Of The Status Of Habitats And Biota In The Gulf Of Mexico Before These Spills Either Were Not Available, Or The Data Had Not Been Systematically Compiled In A Way That Would Help Scientists Assess The Potential Short-term And Long-term Effects Of Such Events. Th

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Author

C. Herb Ward (eds.)

Publisher

Springer New York Imprint : Springer

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781493934454

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Economics