Prevalence of External Skin Lesions and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations in Gulf of Mexico Fishes, Post-Deepwater Horizon

We surveyed offshore fish populations in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011 and 2012, following persistent reports of abnormal skin lesions and other pathologies in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The incidence of skin lesions in 2011 sampling was most frequent in some bottom-dwelling spec...

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Published in:	Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (1900) Vol. 143; no. 4; pp. 1084 - 1097
Main Authors:	Murawski, Steven A, Hogarth, William T, Peebles, Ernst B, Barbeiri, Luiz
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 01-01-2014
Subjects:	bile continental shelf correlation epizootic diseases fish histopathology liver Lutjanus campechanus metabolism metabolites muscles naphthalene oil spills oils phenanthrene Pisces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons salinity skin lesions surveys Teleostei temperature water pollution Gulf of Mexico ASW, Mexico Gulf
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