Oil and sea turtles : biology, planning, and response

Abstract

In this document, we are continuing this discussion and revisiting the same subject areas, with the substantial difference that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in the intervening time. This 2010 incident, the largest marine spill in U.S. history, was notable in numerous ways. Among these was the veterinary and scientific documentation of impacts to living marine resources such as sea turtles and the incorporation of operational considerations for sea turtles into the organized response. For this reason, the Deepwater Horizon and the Natural Resource Damage Assessment studies that followed greatly enhanced the knowledge base about how sea turtles and spilled oil interact.

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