Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Volume 1: Water Quality, Sediments, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos, and Shellfish /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ward, C. Herb (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Environmental Management.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrients and pollutants from coastal communit...