Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John Lisle
Affiliate Investigator(s): Partially funded by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Information Specialist(s): John Lisle
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: In response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the purpose of this field activity was to provide a set of baseline data on sediment characteristics known to directly influence (1) the penetration of oil into coastal sediments and (2) the efficacy of chemical and (or) bioremediation. Also to determine if the presence of M-1 oil in the sediments significantly altered the microbial community-diversity structure.
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Start Date: 2010-05-07
End Date: 2010-06-16
Equipment Used: Surface grab sampler
Information to be Derived: Hydraulic conductivity, porosity, grain-size distribution, the presence of M-1 oil, and the microbial community-diversity structure.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 61 shoreline sediment samples.
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Notes: These samples are also recorded in the USGS National Water Information System Web Map Viewer:
https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html
Location:
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.8267809 | South: 24.046464 | West: -96.76757813 | East: -78.83789063 |
Platform(s):
Lisle, J.T., 2011, A survey of alterations in microbial community diversity in marine sediments in response to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill: Northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1059, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111059.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology |
