Fluctuating asymmetry in Menidia beryllina before and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Assessing the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill with a dependable baseline comparison can provide reliable insight into environmental stressors on organisms that were potentially affected by the spill. Fluctuating asymmetry (small, non-random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry) is a...

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Main Authors: Savannah Michaelsen, Jacob Schaefer, Mark S Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118742