Abstract
How Did the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact Deep-Sea Ecosystems?
Highlights
The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) covers approximately 1.6 million km2 (615,000 square miles), of which almost half is beyond the continental shelf break and generally considered the deep sea
The continental slope, with depths ranging from 180–3,000 m, represents about 20% of the GoM seafloor, and the abyssal plain, which encompasses areas deeper than 3,000 m, comprises another 20% (Gore, 1992)
Based on acoustic reflectivity in three-dimensional seismic data sets collected in the northern GoM, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified over 23,700 discrete areas likely to host carbonate deposition features in the top 8 m of the seafloor (BOEM, 2016)
Summary
Sutton (top) Anoplogaster cornuta (fangtooth fish, mesopelagic). (middle) Gigantura chunni (telescope fish, mesopelagic and bathypelagic). Photos courtesy of Danté Fenolio, DEEPEND Consortium
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