Abstract
This dataset contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) data from reef fish collected at natural reefs sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The samples were collected on multiple vessels (Backdown II, Intimidator, and Total Package) from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-02. Liver samples extracted from reef fishes were frozen in liquid nitrogen at sea, then kept frozen in a -80 °C freezer. Liver samples were transferred to the University of South Florida where they were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for PAHs.
Purpose
To determine if reef fishes had been exposed to PAHs following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Keywords
reef fishes, natural reefs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
UDI
R4.x267.180:0020
Date
April 2019
Point of Contact
Name
William Frank Patterson
Organization
University of Florida / Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Funding Source
RFP-4
DOI
10.7266/n7-25cs-mh79
Rights Information
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Scholar Commons Citation
Glabach, Miaya; Romero, Isabel. 2019. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) data from reef fish collected at natural reefs sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-08-30 to 2017-11-02. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-25cs-mh79
Comments
Supplemental Information
Sample name, mass of sample (g), amt IS (ng), date (sampling date; MM/DD/YYYY), Vessel (name of sampling vessel), Site (site name), Region #, Liver, Latitude and Longitude (Degree minutes), Field order, Fish Sample ID (unique sample identifier), Habitat (natural reef), species (common name), FL (Forked Length; mm), TL (Total length of Fish; mm), Condition 5 signifies that fish was sacrificed and biological samples collected, Sex (M or F), mass (kg). Compound information: Target compounds are 2-ring PAHs: Naphthalene (N) and alkylated homologues (N C1-C4); 3-ring: Acenaphthylene (ACL), Acenaphthene (ACE), Fluorene (F) and alkylated homologues (F1,F2), Dibenzothiophene (D), Phenanthrene (P), Anthracene (AN), and their alkylated homologues (P/AN C1-C4, D C1-C2), 4-ring: Fluoranthene (FL), Pyrene (PY), Benz[a]anthracene (BAA), Chrysene (C), and their alkylated homologues (FL/PY C1-C4, BAA/C C1-C4), 5-ring: Benzo[b]fluoranthene (BBF), Benzo[k]fluoranthene (BKF), Benzo[a]pyr- ene (BAP), Dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DA), and alkylated homologues (BP/PER C1-C4), and 6-ring: Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (ID), Benzo[ghi]perylene (BGP). All units of measurements are in ng/g dry weight.|Fish samples were frozen after capture and PAHs was extracted from the liver as described in Romero et al., 2018.|Agilent 7680B gas chromatograph coupled with an Agilent 7010 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.|||Romero, I. C., Sutton, T., Carr, B., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Ross, S. W., Hollander, D. J., & Torres, J. J. (2018). Decadal Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Mesopelagic Fishes from the Gulf of Mexico Reveals Exposure to Oil-Derived Sources. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(19), 10985–10996. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b02243