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Oil Spill Project Bibliography

1987

Cubit, John D., Getter, C.D., Jackson, Jeremy B.C., Garrity, Stephen D., Caffey, H.M., Thompson, R.C., Weil, E. and M. J. Marshall. 1987. “An oil spill affecting coral reefs and mangroves on the Caribbean coast of Panama.” Proceedings of the 1987 Oil Spill Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. American Petroleum Institute Publications, 4452: 401-406.

1988

Cubit, John D. and Burgett, J.M. 1988. “Algal Blooms after Oil Spills: Implications for Ecological Theory.” (Abstract No. 87) In: Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, August 8-12 1988: 22.

Cubit, John D., et al. 1988. “Effects of an Oil Spill on Mangrove, Seagrass, Reef Flat, and Coral Communities on the Caribbean Coast of Panama.” In: Proceedings: Eight Annual Gulf of Mexico Information Transfer Meeting, December 1987: 109-112. Plano, Texas, Geo Marine, Inc.

Jackson, Jeremy B.C., Guzmán, Héctor M. and Weil, Ernesto. 1988. “Effects of a Major Oil Spill on Subtidal Reef Corals along the Caribbean Coast of Panama” (Abstract 203). Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium Abstracts: 51.

1989

Burns, Kathryn A. and Knap, Anthony H. 1989. “The Bahia las Minas Oil Spill: Hydrocarbon Uptake by Reef Building Corals.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 20(8): 391-398.

Jackson, Jeremy B.C., Cubit, John D., Keller, Brian D., Batista, V., Burns, K., Caffey, H.M., Caldwell, Roy L., Garrity, Stephen D., Getter, C.D., González, C., Guzmán, Héctor M., Kaufmann, Karl W., Knap, A.H., Levings, Sally C., Marshall, M.J., Steger, R., Thompson, Ricardo C. and Weil, E. 1989. “Ecological effects of a major oil spill on Panamanian coastal marine comunities.” Science, 243: 37-44.

Keller, Brian D. 1989. “On evaluating ecological effects of a major oil spill on the Caribbean coast of Panama.” Oil Spill Conference, Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary Conference, February 13-16, 1989. Washington, D.C.: American Petroleum Institute, Publication 4479: 578.

Schultz, William G. 1989. “Researchers Study Long-Term Effects of 1986 Oil Spill.” Research Reports 56: 2.

1990

Garrity, Stephen D. and Levings, Sally C. 1990. “Effects of an Oil Spill on the Gastropods of a Tropical Intertidal Reef Flat.” Marine Environmental Research 30(2): 119-153.

Peckol, P, Levings, Sally C, and Garrity, Stephen D. 1990. “Kelp Response Following the World Prodigy Oil Spill.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 21(10): 473-476.

1991

Duke, Norman and Pinzón, Zuleika. 1991. “Mangrove Forests.” In: Long-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las minas, Panama: Interim Report, Volume II: Technical Report: 153-177, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. New Orleans, OCS Study MMS 90-0031, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office.

Duke, Norman. 1991. “Study of Mangrove Recovery in Panama.” Newsletter of the International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems 3: 5.

Guzmán, Héctor M., Jackson, Jeremy B.C. and Weil, E. 1991. “Short-term ecological consequences of a major oil spill on Panamanian subtidal reef corals.” Coral Reefs, 10: 1-12.

Keller, Brian D. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (eds.). 1991. Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panama, Interim Report. Volume II: Technical Report. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, 450p.

Keller, Brian D. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (eds.). 1991. Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panama, Interim Report. Volume I: Executive Summary. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office. 48p.

1992

Duke, N.C. 1992. The impact and long-term recovery of mangroves forests following the 1986 oil spill in Panama in: Proceedings: twelfth annual Gulf of Mexico information transfer meeting, 6-7 November 1991, p398-401. OCS Study MMS 92-0027, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. New Orleans, La, 560 pp.

Duke, Norman and Pinzón M., Zuleika S. 1992. “Aging Rhizophora Seedlings from Leaf Scar Nodes: A Technique for Studying Recruitment and Growth in Mangrove Forests.” Biotropica 24(2a): 173-186.

Guzmán, Héctor M. 1992. “Reef Recovery After a Major Oil Spill: Sublethal Effects and the Role of Biological Interaction.” (Abstract). In: 7th International Coral Reef Symposim, 22-26 June 1992. Guam: 40. Guam: IABO.

Guzmán, Héctor M. and Jimínez, Carlos E. 1992. “Contamination of Coral Reefs by Heavy-Metals Along the Caribbean Coast of Central-America (Costa Rica and Panama).” Marine Pollution Bulletin 24(11): 554-561.

1993

Budd, Ann F., Mann, Keith O. and Guzmán, Héctor M. 1993. “Environmental Interpretation Using Insoluble Residues within Reef Coral Skeletons: Problems, Pitfalls, and Preliminary Results.” Coral Reefs 12: 31-42.

Burns, Kathryn A. 1993. “Analytical Methods Used in Oil Spill Studies.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(2): 68-72.

Burns, Kathryn A. 1993. “Hydrocarbon Chemistry.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 51-130, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Burns, Kathryn, Garrity, Stephen D. and Levings, Sally C. 1993. “How Many Years Until Mangrove Ecosystems Recover from Catastrophic Oil Spills?” Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(5): 239-248.

Cubit, John D. and Connor, Judith L. 1993. “Effects of the 1986 Bahía Las Minas Oil Spill on Reef Flat Communities.” Proceedings of the 1993 International Oil Spill Conference, Washington D.C.: 329-334.

Cubit, John D. and Connor, Judith L. 1993. “Effects of the 1986 Bahía Las Minas Oil Spill on Reef Flat Sessile Biota, Algal-turf Infauna, and Sea Urchins.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 131-242, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Cubit, John D. and Levings, Sally C. 1993. “Weather, Sea Conditions, and Topography Affecting Oil Deposition During the 1986 Bahía Las Minas Oil Spill.” In: Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 25-49, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Duke, N.C., Z.S. Pinzón, and M.C. Prada 1993. Mangrove Forests Recovering from two Large Oil Spills in Bahía Las Minas, Panama, in 1992, in: Long-term assessment of the 1986 oil spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panama, final report, B.D. Keller, J.B.C. Jackson, K.A. Burns, H.M. Guzmán, N.C. Duke, L. Yelle-Simmons, and Z.S. Pinzón, p39-80. Marine Spill Response Corp., Washington, DC, MSRC Technical Report Series No. 93-019.

Duke, Norman C. and Pinzón M., Zuleika S. 1993. “Mangrove Forests.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 447-533, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Garrity, Stephen D. and Levings, Sally C. 1993. “Effects of an Oil Spill on Some Organisms Living on Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) Roots in Low Wave-Energy Habitats in Caribbean Panama.” Marine Environmental Research 35: 251-271.

Garrity, Stephen D. and Levings, Sally C. 1993. “Marine Debris Along the Caribbean Coast of Panama.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(6): 317-324.

Garrity, Stephen D. and Levings, Sally C. 1993. “Patterns of Damage and Recovery from A Major Oil Spill: the Mangrove Fringe and the Epibiota of Mangrove Roots.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2: 535-792, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Garrity, Stephen D., Levings, Sally C. and González M., Carlos. 1993. “Effects of an Oil Spill on the Gastropods of a Tropical Intertidal Reef Flat.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 243-292, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Garrity, Stephen D., Levings, Sally C. and Burns, Kathryn A. 1993. “Chronic Oiling and Long-Term Effects of the 1986 Galeta Spill on Fringing Mangroves.” Proceedings of the 1993 International Oil Spill Conference, Washington D.C.: 319-324.

Guzmán, Héctor M. and Holst, Irene. 1993. “Changes and Recovery of Subtidal Corals.” In: Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2: 361-446, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Guzmán, Héctor M. and Holst, Irene. 1993. “Effects of Chronic Oil-Sediment Pollution on the Reproduction of the Caribbean Reef Coral Siderastrea siderea.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 26(5): 276-282.

Holst, Irene and Guzmán, Héctor M. 1993. “Lista de Corales Hermatípicos (Anthozoa: Scleractinia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) A Ambos Lados del Istmo de Panamá.” Revista de Biología Tropical 41(3): 871-875.

Jackson, Jeremy B.C. and Keller, Brian D. 1993. “Conclusions.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2: 833-850, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Keller, Brian D. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (eds.) 1993. Long-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama, Synthesis Report Vol I: Executive Summary. OCS Study MMS 93-0047. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. 129pp.

Keller, Brian D. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (eds.) 1993. Long-Term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahia Las Minas, Panama, Synthesis Report Vol II: Technical Report. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. 1017pp.

Keller, Brian D., Jackson, Jeremy B.C., Cubit, John D., Garrity, Stephen D. and Guzmán, Héctor M. 1993. “Introduction.” In: Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2: 1-24, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Luoma, Jon R. 1993. “Some Oil Spills Repeat Harm Again and Again, The New York Times: C4. New York City.

Luoma, Jon R. 1993. “Tropical Coasts’ Ecosystems Especially Vulnerable to Oil Spills, The Miami Herald International Edition: 6C.
Marshall, Michael J, Batista, Victoria and Matías, Digna. 1993. “Effects of the 1986 Bahía Las Minas, Panama, Oil Spill on Plants and Animals in Seagrass Communities.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 2: 793-832, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Steger, Rick and Caldwell, Roy. 1993. “Reef Flat Stomatopods.” Long-term Assessment of the Oil Spill at Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Synthesis Report. Volume II: Technical Report, Part 1: 293-359, edited by Brian D. Keller and Jeremy B.C. Jackson. OCS Study MMS 93-0048. New Orleans: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

1994

Burns, Kathryn A., Garrity, Stephen D., Jorissen D., MacPherson J., Stoelting, M., Tierney, J. and Yelle-Simmons, L. 1994. “The Galeta Oil Spill. II. Unexpected Persistence of Oil Trapped in Mangrove Sediments.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38: 349-364.

Burns, Kathryn A. and Yelle-Simmons, Lauren. 1994. “The Galeta Oil Spill. IV. Relationship Between Sediment and Organism Hydrocarbon Loads.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38: 397-412.

Duke, Norman, Pinzón, Zuleika S. and Prada, Martha C. 1994. “Los Manglares.” Scientia (Panamá) 8(2): 80-98.

Garrity, Stephen D., Levings, Sally C. and Burns, Kathryn A. 1994. “The Galeta Oil Spill. I. Long-term Effects on the Physical Structure of the Mangrove Fringe.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38: 327-348.

Guzmán, Héctor M. and Holst, Irene. 1994. “Arrecifes de Coral y Comunidades Coralinas.” Scientia (Panamá) 8(2): 60-79.

Guzmán, Héctor M., Burns, Kathryn A. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. 1994. “Injury, Regeneration and Growth of Caribbean Reef Corals after a Major Oil Spill in Panama.” Marine Ecology Progress Series 105: 231-241.

Keller, Brian D. and Jackson, Jeremy B.C. (eds.) 1994. Evaluación a Largo Plazo del Derrame de Petróleo en Bahía Las Minas, Panamá. Informe Síntesis. Volumen I: Resumen Ejecutivo. Estudio OCS MMS 93-0047. Panamá: Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales. [Translated version].

Levings, Sally C. and Garrity, Stephen D. 1994. “Effects of Oil Spills on Fringing Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle): Losses of Mobile Species Associated with Submerged Prop Roots.” Bulletin of Marine Science 54(3): 782-794.Levings, Sally C., Garrity, Stephen D. and Burns, Kathryn A. 1994. “The Galeta Oil Spill. III. Chronic Reoiling, Long-Term Toxicity of Hydrocarbon Residues and Effects on Epibiota in the Mangrove Fringe.” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38: 365-395.

1996

Duke, Norman C. 1996. “Mangrove reforestation in Panama: An evaluation of planting in areas deforested by a large oil spill.” In Field, C.D. (Ed.), Reforestation of Mangrove Ecosystems: 209-232. Okinawa: International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems.

Guzmán, Héctor M., Jarvis, Kym E. 1996. “Vanadium Century Record from Caribbean Reef Corals: A Tracer of Oil Pollution in Panama.” Ambio 25(8): 523-526.

1997

Duke, N.C. 1997. Reforestación de manglares en Panamá: una evaluación de la plantación de manglares en áreas desforestadas por un gran derrame de petróleo, pp. 231-258. In C. D. Field (ed.), La restauración de ecosistemas de manglar. Okinawa, Japón: Sociedad Internacional para Ecosistemas de Manglar.

Duke, Norman C., Pinzón, Zuleika S. and Prada, Martha C. 1997. “Large-Scale Damage to Mangrove Forests Following Two Large Oil Spills in Panama.” Biotropica 29(1): 2-14.

1999

Burns, K.A., S. Codi, C. Pratt, and N.C. Duke. 1999. Weathering of hydrocarbons in mangrove sediments: testing the effects of using dispersants to treat oil spills. Organic Geochemistry, 30:1273-1286.

Duke, N.C., Z.S. Pinzón, and M.C. Prada 1999. Recovery of tropical mangrove forests following a major oil spill: a study of recruitment, growth, and the benefits of planting, pp. 231-254. In A. Yáñez-Arancibia and A.L. Lara-Domínguez (eds.), Mangrove Ecosystems in Tropical America/ [Ecosistemas de Manglar en América Tropical]. Instituto de Ecologia A. C. Mexico, UICN/ORMA Costa Rica, and NOAA/NMFS, Silver Spring MD USA, 380 pages.

2001

Duke, N.C. 2001. Gap creation and regenerative processes driving diversity and structure of mangrove ecosystems. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 9: 257-269.

Duke, N.C. 2001. [Regenerative cycles driving diversity and structure of mangrove ecosystems]/in German, pp. 59-96. In E. Wolanski (ed.), Mangroven – Lebensräume zwischen Land und Meer, Filander, Verlag Press, Fürth, Germany.