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| Title |
Macondo crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disrupts specific developmental processes during zebrafish embryogenesis
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| Published in |
BMC Biology, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-10-40 |
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| Authors |
T Yvanka de Soysa, Allison Ulrich, Timo Friedrich, Danielle Pite, Shannon L Compton, Deborah Ok, Rebecca L Bernardos, Gerald B Downes, Shizuka Hsieh, Rachael Stein, M Caterina Lagdameo, Katherine Halvorsen, Lydia-Rose Kesich, Michael JF Barresi |
| Abstract |
The Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest marine oil spill in history, and total vertical exposure of oil to the water column suggests it could impact an enormous diversity of ecosystems. The most vulnerable organisms are those encountering these pollutants during their early life stages. Water-soluble components of crude oil and specific polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been shown to cause defects in cardiovascular and craniofacial development in a variety of teleost species, but the developmental origins of these defects have yet to be determined. We have adopted zebrafish, Danio rerio, as a model to test whether water accumulated fractions (WAF) of the Deepwater Horizon oil could impact specific embryonic developmental processes. While not a native species to the Gulf waters, the developmental biology of zebrafish has been well characterized and makes it a powerful model system to reveal the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind Macondo crude toxicity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| Mexico | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 58% |
| Scientists | 3 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 120 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 24 | 19% |
| Researcher | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 16% |
| Unknown | 21 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50 | 39% |
| Environmental Science | 23 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 5% |
| Engineering | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |