Claim · model-written summary
Fewer oil-damaged canopies were documented in the Bird’s Foot area than in Barataria Bay.
- Taxon
- marsht0
- Outcome
- oil-damaged canopye0
- Direction
- fewere0
- Comparator
- marshes of Barataria Baye0
- Setting
- Bird's Foot areae0
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Verbatim
e0“In contrast to the marshes of Barataria Bay, fewer areas of oil-damaged canopy were documented in the Bird's Foot area.”
t0“marsh”
Title
Shoreline surveys of oil-impacted marsh in southern Louisiana, July to August 2010
Raymond F. Kokaly; David Heckman; JoAnn Holloway; et al. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World 2011. doi:10.3133/ofr20111022
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- Observation Oiling ranged from lightly oiled Spartina and Juncus stems to damaged canopies up to 19 m inland.
- Observation The oil-damaged zone averaged 6.7 m deep at 34 Barataria Bay survey points.
- Observation The median oil penetration depth was 5.5 m.
- Observation Oil-damaged zones often stretched more than 100 m along the shore.
- Observation Phragmites australis dominated oil-impacted zones in the Bird’s Foot area.
- Observation Oil covered leaves and thick stems of Phragmites australis.
- Observation Oil persisted on marsh plants from July 7 through August 24 in both areas.
- Observation Oiled stems and leaves broke and left the canopy at revisited Barataria Bay sites.
- Observation A 2–5 cm tall stubble zone remained at the marsh edge.
- Observation Some sites lost all live vegetation cover and experienced sediment erosion.
- Observation Some damaged zones showed vegetation regrowth covering up to 10 percent of the area.