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[Scientist] Frances D Hostettler [Research Area] Forensic Organic Biomarkers in Oil Spills show details View Publications [Science Topics] Contaminants; Organic Compounds [Last Name] Hostettler [Details] 
Much work has been done to track spilled oil and study its fate and its effect on the environment. Our studies involved developing and applying methods to identify and track spilled oil as it weathers, as well as to differentiate it from other petrogenic hydrocarbon input sources, as well as differentiating petrogenic sources. This work in identifying petroleum sources, both natural and anthropogenic, has a great deal of transfer value to other estuarine systems.
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