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Organic geochemistry applied to environmental assessments of Prince William Sound, Alaska, after the Exxon Valdez oil spill—a review by Bence, A.E., Kvenvolden, K.A., Kennicutt, M.C.

“…Organic geochemistry played a major role in the environmental assessments conducted following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which occurred on March 24, 1989, and…”
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Sediment contaminants in Casco Bay, Maine: inventories, sources, and potential for biological impact by Kennicutt, M. C, Wade, T. L, Presley, B. J, Requejo, A. G, Brooks, J. M, Denoux, G. J

“…An inventory-based approach to environmental assessment that determines concentrations of sedimentary contaminants, defines their origins and assesses the…”
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Challenges to the Future Conservation of the Antarctic by Chown, S. L., Lee, J. E., Hughes, K. A., Barnes, J., Barrett, P. J., Bergstrom, D. M., Convey, P., Cowan, D. A., Crosbie, K., Dyer, G., Frenot, Y., Grant, S. M., Herr, D., Kennicutt, M. C., Lamers, M., Murray, A., Possingham, H. P., Reid, K., Riddle, M. J., Ryan, P. G., Sanson, L., Shaw, J. D., Sparrow, M. D., Summerhayes, C., Terauds, A., Wall, D. H.

“…Changing environments and resource demands present challenges to Antarctic conservation. The Antarctic Treaty System, acknowledged as a successful model of…”
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in placenta by Gladen, B C, Zadorozhnaja, T D, Chislovska, N, Hryhorczuk, D O, Kennicutt, 2nd, M C, Little, R E

“…Concentrations of chrysene, benz [a] anthracene, benzo [a]-pyrene, benzo [b] fluoranthene, indeno [1,2,3-c,d] pyrene, dibenz [a,h] anthracene, and benzo…”
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Trace Contaminant Concentrations in the Kara Sea and its Adjacent Rivers, Russia by Sericano, Jose L, Brooks, James M, Champ, Michael A, Kennicutt II, Mahlon C, Makeyev, Vyacheslav V

“…Trace organic (chlorinated pesticides, PCBs, PAHs and dioxins/furans) and trace metal concentrations were measured in surficial sediment and biological tissues…”
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Deep-Sea Hydrocarbon Seep Communities: Evidence for Energy and Nutritional Carbon Sources by Brooks, James M., Kennicutt, M. C., Fisher, C. R., Macko, S. A., Cole, K., Childress, J. J., Bidigare, R. R., Vetter, R. D.

“…Mussels, clams, and tube worms collected in the vicinity of hydrocarbon seeps on the Louisiana slope contain mostly ``dead'' carbon, indicating that dietary…”
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A Methanotrophic Marine Molluscan (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) Symbiosis: Mussels Fueled by Gas by Childress, James J., Fisher, C. R., Brooks, J. M., Kennicutt, M. C., Bidigare, R., Anderson, A. E.

“…An undescribed mussel (family Mytilidae), which lives in the vicinity of hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, consumes methane (the principal component of…”
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Human Contamination of the Marine Environment-Arthur Harbor and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica by Kennicutt, II, Mahlon C, McDonald, Susanne J, Sericano, Jose L, Boothe, Paul, Oliver, John, Safe, Stephen, Presley, B J, Liu, Hong, Wolfe, Douglas, Wade, Terry L, Crockett, Alan, Bockus, Dan

“…It is shown that Antarctic marine sediments and organisms exhibit characteristics induced by contamination related to the presence of human activities of a…”
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Thermogenic Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico by Brooks, J. M., Kennicutt, M. C., Fay, R. R., McDonald, T. J., Sassen, Roger

“…Thermogenic gas hydrates were recovered from the upper few meters of bottom sediments in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The hydrates were associated with…”
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Assessing aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in Antarctic fish captured near palmer and McMurdo Stations, Antarctica by MCDONALD, S. J, KENNICUTT, M. C, LIU, H, SAFE, S. H

“…The effects of PAH on fish (Notothenia coriiceps neglecta, Notothenia gibberifrons, Trematomus bernacchii) captured near Palmer and McMurdo stations,…”
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Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) as indicators of the source and maturity of marine crude oils by Requejo, A.G., Sassen, R., McDonald, T., Denoux, G., Kennicutt, M.C., Brooks, J.M.

“…Whole oil GC-MS was used to characterize selected polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a suite of marine crude oils derived from source rocks deposited…”
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Stable Carbon Isotopic Evidence for Carbon Limitation in Hydrothermal Vent Vestimentiferans by Fisher, C. R., Kennicutt, M. C., Brooks, J. M.

“…Stable carbon isotope composition ($\delta^{13}$C values) can be used to evaluate an animal's source of nutritional carbon. Most animals with chemoautotrophic…”
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Biomarker sensitivity for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in two marine fish species collected in Galveston Bay, Texas by Willett, Kristine L., McDonald, Susanne J., Steinberg, Michael A., Beatty, Karla B., Kennicutt, Mahlon C., Safe, Stephen H.

“…The Galveston Bay estuary exhibited a contamination gradient for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, and the…”
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On the measurement of pigment concentrations by monochromator and diode-array spectrophotometers by Latasa, M, Bidigare, R.R, Ondrusek, M.E, Kennicutt, M.C

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Influence of parasitism in controlling the health, reproduction and PAH body burden of petroleum seep mussels by Powell, Eric N., Barber, Robert D., Kennicutt II, Mahlon C., Ford, Susan E.

“…Petroleum seep mussels are often exposed to high hydrocarbon concentrations in their natural habitat and, thus, offer the opportunity to examine the…”
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Suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM) in Gulf of Mexico estuaries: compound-specific isotope analysis and plant pigment compositions by Qian, Y., Kennicutt, M.C., Svalberg, J., Macko, S.A., Bidigare, R.R., Walker, Jane

“…Pigment and stable isotopic compositions of suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM) were determined in several estuaries along the Texas coast of the Gulf…”
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Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seep communities. II: Spatial distribution of seep organisms and hydrocarbons at Bush Hill by MACDONALD, I. R, BOLAND, G. S, BAKER, J. S, BROOKS, J. M, KENNICUTT, M. C, BIDIGARE, R. R

“…Sediment and water samples were collected by submersible in September 1986 at 16 locations on the carbonate cap overlying a conical diapir, which was formed by…”
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Ecology of a North Sea pockmark with an active methane seep by Dando, P. R., Austen, M. C., Burke, R. A., Kendall, M. A., Kennicutt, M. C., Judd, A. G., Moore, D. C., O'Hara, S. C. M., Schmalijohann, R., Southward, A. J.

“…At a large North Sea pockmark, with active methane seeps, surface sediments were found to have higher insoluble sulphide concentrations than sediments from the…”
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Exposure of killifish to benzo[a]pyrene: comparative metabolism, DNA adduct formation and aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor agonist activities by Willett, K., Steinberg, M., Thomsen, J., Narasimhan, T.R., Safe, S., McDonald, S., Beatty, K., Kennicutt, M.C.

“…Benzo[ a]pyrene (BaP) elicited a dose-response induction of hepatic CYP1A1 gene expression in killifish characterized by increased CYP1A1 mRNA levels,…”
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Organic geochemistry of sediments from chemosynthetic communities, Gulf of Mexico slope by Sassen, R., MacDonald, I. R., Requejo, A. G., Guinasso, N. L., Kennicutt, M. C., Sweet, S. T., Brooks, J. M.

“…We used a research submersible to obtain 33 sediment samples from chemosynthetic communities at 541-650 m water depths in the Green Canyon (GC) area of the…”
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