Abstract:

Ten sites along the coast of Louisiana were sampled: 3 lightly-oiled, 4 heavily-oiled sites in Barataria Bay, and 3 reference unoiled sites in Delacroix, St. Bernard Parish northeast of Barataria Bay, to determine the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Louisiana saltmarsh terrestrial arthropods. Insects were collected via sweep net, 20m inland from the shoreline monthly between April and June of 2013 and 2014.

Suggested Citation:

Bam, Wokil. 2016. Terrestrial arthropod species abundance data at oiled and unoiled sites in a Louisiana saltmarsh ecosystem, April and June, 2013 and 2014. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7K935FT

Publications:

Bam, W., Hooper-Bui, L. M., Strecker, R. M., Adhikari, P. L., & Overton, E. B. (2018). Coupled effects of oil spill and hurricane on saltmarsh terrestrial arthropods. PLOS ONE, 13(4), e0194941. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194941

Purpose:

To determine the impacts of Deepwater Horizion Oil Spill on terrestrial arthropods in Louisiana Saltmarsh Ecosystem

Data Parameters and Units:

Months; Site; Treatment - Lightly Oiled, Oiled, Reference; $Year; Individual counts for each arthropod: Ants, Beetle, Damselfly, Dragonfly, , Diptera,MidgesMosquito, Hemiptera, Blissidae, LeafHopper, Miridae, Moth, Cricket, Spider, Thrips, Wasp, Site Coordinates- Latitude, Longitude

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