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SUBMITTER: Incardona JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3992643 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Incardona John P JP Gardner Luke D LD Linbo Tiffany L TL Brown Tanya L TL Esbaugh Andrew J AJ Mager Edward M EM Stieglitz John D JD French Barbara L BL Labenia Jana S JS Laetz Cathy A CA Tagal Mark M Sloan Catherine A CA Elizur Abigail A Benetti Daniel D DD Grosell Martin M Block Barbara A BA Scholz Nathaniel L NL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140324 15
The Deepwater Horizon disaster released more than 636 million L of crude oil into the northern Gulf of Mexico. The spill oiled upper surface water spawning habitats for many commercially and ecologically important pelagic fish species. Consequently, the developing spawn (embryos and larvae) of tunas, swordfish, and other large predators were potentially exposed to crude oil-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Fish embryos are generally very sensitive to PAH-induced cardiotoxicity, a ...[more]