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

Comments

Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.

Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.

Purpose

To understand transformation products of oil released in the environment.

Keywords

Coastal Sampling, Hydrocarbon analysis, Sediments, Mangroves

UDI

R6.x805.000:0088

Date

5-28-2020 12:00 AM

Point of Contact

Romero, Isabel
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA

Funding Source

RFP-VI

Start of Data Collection

8-9-2016

End of Data Collection

8-10-2016

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7266/WH1S676C

Rights Information

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

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