Wilson, E.A.Powell, E.N.Wade, T.L.Taylor, R.J.Presley, B.J.Brooks, J.M.Helgolander Meeresuntersuchungen2010-02-152010-02-151992http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24285p. 201-235As part of NOAA's Status and Trends Program, oysters were sampled from 43 sites throughout the Gulf of Mexico from Brownsville, Texas, to the Florida Everglades from 1986 to 1989. Oysters were analyzed for body burden of a suite of metals and petroleum aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the prevalence and intensity of the oyster pathogen, Perkinsus marinus, and condition index.spatial distributiontemporal distributionpolynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)bioaccumulationindicator speciesbioavailabilityenvironmental monitoringheavy metalspopulation dynamicsoysterspopulation characteristicsclimatic changesArticle