Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Volume 2: Fish Resources, Fisheries, Sea Turtles, Avian Resources, Marine Mammals, Diseases and Mortalities.

The Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from the Macondo well began on April 20, 2010. Oil flowed into the Gulf for 87 days until the well was capped on July 15, 2010, and declared sealed on September 19, 2010. The United States (USA) Government initially estimated that a total oil discharge into the Gulf of 4.9 million barrels (210 million U.S. gallons) resulted from the spill; however, the estimate was challenged in litigation, reduced to 3.19 million barrels by a trial court, and remains in dispute. A massive cleanup, restoration, and research program followed and continues to the present, mostly funded by BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Burger, J., Chen, Yong, Hawkin, William E., Holzwart, Kym Rouse, Keithly, Walter R. Jr., Overstreet, Robin M., Roberts, Kenneth J., Valverde, Roldán A., Würsig, Bernd
Other Authors:	Ward, C. Herb
Format:	Book/Monograph/Conference Proceedings biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Open 2017
Subjects:	Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, Pollution effects, Fish, Fisheries, Oil spills, Marine mammals, Birds, Turtles, Diseases,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/9794
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