608
Research community, 22
Reservoir (oil)
compressibility, 18, 19
Darcy’s law, 19
deep-sea conditions, 73–76
live oil droplets, 73–76
permeability, 18, 19
porosities, 18
rock structures, 18
Resins, 26, 92
Responsible parties, 346
Reynolds number, 50, 67, 163, 175
Rhenium (Re)
benthic foraminifera, 278
enrichment, 271, 273
evolution, Re enrichment, 276–277
geochemistry, 276
redox-sensitive metals, 271
in subsurface sediments, 280
Ribosomal intergenetic spacer analysis
(RISA), 504
Rise velocity
gas bubbles, 69
methane bubbles, 69, 70
oil droplets, 71–73
physical properties, 66
regime, 69
single fluid particles, 66–68
sphericity and terminal, 71
swarm effects, 66
thermodynamic properties, 66
Riser Insertion Tube Tool (RITT), 28
Risso’s dolphin, 439, 441, 447, 449
RNA-sequencing, 500, 501, 503, 505, 507
Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting System
(ROFFS), 179, 180
Rosin-Rammler distribution, 47
S
Sargassum, 433, 435, 442, 443, 452
Satellite tags, 438, 439
Saturates, 287
Saturates, aromatics, resins and asphaltenes
(SARA), 16
Saturation pressure, 74
Sauter mean diameter, 46
Scaling-based models, 53
Scaling law, 52, 53
Science priorities, 585
Sea turtles
anthropogenic activity, 436, 437
direct harvest, 434
dispersants, 443, 444
habitat and environmental degradation, 436
Kemp’s ridley, 439, 452, 453
loggerhead, 433–435, 442, 453
mortality events, 444
nearshore species, 454
nesting, 433–435, 439, 443
offshore turtle surveys, 438
offshore waters, 433
oil exposure, 441, 443
Sargassum, 435, 443
satellite tags, 438
ship strikes, 436
shipping, 434
trawls, 435
vessel strikes, 434
visual surveys, 437
Seafloor, MOSSFA, 225, 226
Sediment traps, 95
Sedimentation
approach/methods
chronometers, for deposition, 239, 240
texture and composition analyses, 240
time-series approach, 239
initial sedimentary response, post-event
(2011–2012), 244
MOSSFA (see MOSSFA (Marine Oil
Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent
Accumulation))
preservation potential, 245
sedimentary response and depositional
pulse, 241–244
stabilization/recovery, post-event
(2013–2016), 245
Sediment-oil agglomerates (SOA), 199
Sediments
Bay of Campeche, 313, 317
DeSoto Canyon seafloor, 236
macrofauna, 363, 366
meiofauna, 362
oil contaminated sediments, 238
organisms, 362
siliciclastic and carbonate, 239
234
Th xs and
210 Pb xs , 239
timing of sedimentation, 239
toxicity, 366
Sediments, PHC biodegradation
anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation, 113
anoxic zone, 113
marine sediments, 114, 115
mass transport, 113
metabolic pathways, 113
microbial community in deep sea
sediments, 115, 116
MOSSFA, 113
Index
Research community, 22
Reservoir (oil)
compressibility, 18, 19
Darcy’s law, 19
deep-sea conditions, 73–76
live oil droplets, 73–76
permeability, 18, 19
porosities, 18
rock structures, 18
Resins, 26, 92
Responsible parties, 346
Reynolds number, 50, 67, 163, 175
Rhenium (Re)
benthic foraminifera, 278
enrichment, 271, 273
evolution, Re enrichment, 276–277
geochemistry, 276
redox-sensitive metals, 271
in subsurface sediments, 280
Ribosomal intergenetic spacer analysis
(RISA), 504
Rise velocity
gas bubbles, 69
methane bubbles, 69, 70
oil droplets, 71–73
physical properties, 66
regime, 69
single fluid particles, 66–68
sphericity and terminal, 71
swarm effects, 66
thermodynamic properties, 66
Riser Insertion Tube Tool (RITT), 28
Risso’s dolphin, 439, 441, 447, 449
RNA-sequencing, 500, 501, 503, 505, 507
Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting System
(ROFFS), 179, 180
Rosin-Rammler distribution, 47
S
Sargassum, 433, 435, 442, 443, 452
Satellite tags, 438, 439
Saturates, 287
Saturates, aromatics, resins and asphaltenes
(SARA), 16
Saturation pressure, 74
Sauter mean diameter, 46
Scaling-based models, 53
Scaling law, 52, 53
Science priorities, 585
Sea turtles
anthropogenic activity, 436, 437
direct harvest, 434
dispersants, 443, 444
habitat and environmental degradation, 436
Kemp’s ridley, 439, 452, 453
loggerhead, 433–435, 442, 453
mortality events, 444
nearshore species, 454
nesting, 433–435, 439, 443
offshore turtle surveys, 438
offshore waters, 433
oil exposure, 441, 443
Sargassum, 435, 443
satellite tags, 438
ship strikes, 436
shipping, 434
trawls, 435
vessel strikes, 434
visual surveys, 437
Seafloor, MOSSFA, 225, 226
Sediment traps, 95
Sedimentation
approach/methods
chronometers, for deposition, 239, 240
texture and composition analyses, 240
time-series approach, 239
initial sedimentary response, post-event
(2011–2012), 244
MOSSFA (see MOSSFA (Marine Oil
Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent
Accumulation))
preservation potential, 245
sedimentary response and depositional
pulse, 241–244
stabilization/recovery, post-event
(2013–2016), 245
Sediment-oil agglomerates (SOA), 199
Sediments
Bay of Campeche, 313, 317
DeSoto Canyon seafloor, 236
macrofauna, 363, 366
meiofauna, 362
oil contaminated sediments, 238
organisms, 362
siliciclastic and carbonate, 239
234
Th xs and
210 Pb xs , 239
timing of sedimentation, 239
toxicity, 366
Sediments, PHC biodegradation
anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation, 113
anoxic zone, 113
marine sediments, 114, 115
mass transport, 113
metabolic pathways, 113
microbial community in deep sea
sediments, 115, 116
MOSSFA, 113
Index