Nutrient concentrations in Timbalier Bay and the Louisiana oil patch

Abstract

From the Abstract: “The purpose of this study was to determine if petroleum drilling and/or production activities in Timbalier Bay and in the Louisiana oil patch contributed certain nutrients to the environment…Variations in most parameters were occasionally observed in close proximity to the platforms. Both elevations and reductions from ambient occurred; it is believed that they resulted from the structures’ affecting mixing processes within the water column and from introductions by platform activities.”