Natural and oil surface slicks as microbial habitats in marine systems: A mini review

Natural oil slicks fuel surface water microbial activities in the northern Gulf of Mexico

We conducted a series of roller tank incubations with surface seawater from the Green Canyon oil reservoir, northern Gulf of Mexico, amended with either a natural oil slick (GCS-oil) or pristine oil. The goal was to test whether bacterial activities of natural surface water communities facilitate the formation of oil-rich marine snow (oil snow). Although oil snow did not form during any of our ...

Natural and unnatural oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico

When wind speeds are 2-10 m s-1, reflective contrasts in the ocean surface make oil slicks visible to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) under all sky conditions. Neural network analysis of satellite SAR images quantified the magnitude and distribution of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico from persistent, natural seeps and from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) discharge. This analysis identified 914 nat...

SIMP: Slicks as Indicators for Marine Processes

a Center for Marine and Climate Research, University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, DE – [email protected] b Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya St., 117997 Moscow, RU – [email protected] c Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Baltiyskaya St, 690041 Vladivostok, RU – [email protected] d Institute of Oceanograph...

marine microbial natural products

Marine Microbial Natural Products

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