Reply to Boehm and Carragher: Multiple lines of evidence link deep-water coral damage to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

TitleReply to Boehm and Carragher: Multiple lines of evidence link deep-water coral damage to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsWhite, HK, Hsing, P-Y, Cho, W, Shank, TM, Cordes, EE, Quattrini, AM, Nelson, RK, Camilli, R, Demopoulos, AWJ, German, CR, Brooks, JM, Roberts, HH, Shedd, W, Reddy, CM, Fisher, CR
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume109
PaginationE2648–E2648
Date Publishedoct
ISSN0027-8424
Abstract

Our original study (1) used visual inspection as well as biological and geochemical analyses of corals and the surrounding sediment to provide complementary and compelling evidence linking the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill to the presence of damaged deep-water corals and brittle stars 11 km from the site of the leaking oil.

DOI10.1073/pnas.1210413109