Ixtoc I Oil Spill

Bay of Campeche, Southern Gulf of Mexico

(3 June 1979 - 23 March 1980)

Prepared by Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Amos, A. F. 1980. Longhorn Reports: The Ixtoc I Oil Spill. Part I-Field observations: July-November 1979. Final report to NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories and Department of Transportation United States Coast Guard under NOAA contract No. NA79RAC00141. xvii + 284 pp. + 4 pp appendix.

Amos, A. F., Rabalais, S. C., and R. S. Scalan. 1983. Oil-filled Callianassa burrows on a Texas barrier island beach. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 53(2): 412-416.

Amos, A. F. 1984. Persistence of Ixtoc-I oil along the South Texas coast. Proceedings, 4th Ann. Gulf of Mexico Inform. Trans. Mtg., USDI/MMS, OCS Rep. MMS-0026:206-210.

Anderson, S. Boehm, P., Fiest, D., Howard, R., Lewbel, C., Pilson, D., and A. Wait. 1982. Ixtoc oil spill assessment. Final report for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, New Orleans, LA, AA851-CTO-71, 447 pp.

Anonymous (? or King, K. A.?) 1979. A contingency plan for protection of the brown pelican during Ixtoc I oil spill and other major spills. 7 pp. + appendix. (typed document, no publisher listed)

Anonymous. 1979. A contingency plan for protection of whooping cranes during a major spill in the Gulf of Mexico. 19 pp. + appendix. (typed document, no publisher listed)

Baca, B. J., Schmidt, T. M., and J. W. Tunnell. 1982. Ixtoc oil in seagrass beds surrounding Isla de Media. Simposio Internacional Ixtoc I, Mexico City. 2-5 June 1982. (proceedings of symposium never published; PDF of submitted paper)

Casey, R., Amos, A., Anderson, J., Koehler, R., Schwarzer, R., and J. Sloan. 1980. A preliminary report on the microplankton and microbenthon responses to the 1979 Gulf of Mexico oil spills (Ixtoc I and Burmah Agate), with comments on avenues of oil to the sediments and the fate of oil in the column and bottom. Transactions-Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies XXX: 273-281.

Chapman, B. R. 1979. Effects of Ixtoc I oil spill on marine bird populations along the Texas coast. Final report to NOAA and Padre Island National Seashore. Corpus Christi, TX, 24 pp + 4 pp.

Chapman, B. R. 1981. Effects of the Ixtoc I oil spill Texas shorebird populations. Proceedings of the 1981 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., 461-465.

Chapman, B. R. 1984. Seasonal abundance and habitat-use patterns of coastal bird populations on Padre and Mustang Island barrier beaches (following the Ixtoc I oil spill). Report prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-83/31, 73 pp.

Cubias-Castro, B. 1980. Estudio para determinar el efecto del derrarme de petroleo proveniente del Pozo Ixtoc No. 1 y de las aplicacion del dispersante COREXIT en plancton, camaron (juvenil) y ostion efectuado en Cd. del Carmen, Campeche. Congresso sobre Problemas Ambientales de Mexico Resumenes. Intituto Politecnico Nacional. 8-12 December 1980. Mexico City. p. 46. (Abstract; proceedings never published)

Dinnel, S. and T. W. Kana. 1980. Continuing oceanographic surveys of South Texas tidal inlets for contingency planning. March 1980. Progress report to NOAA/MESA Program Office, RPI/R/80/4/25-16, Boulder, CO, 39 pp + appendices.

ERCO (Energy Resources Co., Inc.). 1982. Ixtoc oil spill assessment. Final report. Executive summary. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, AA851-CTO-71, Cambridge, MA, 37 pp.

Farrington, J. W. NOAA Ship Researcher/Contract Vessel Pierce Cruise to Ixtoc-1 Oil Spill: Overview and Integrative Data Assessment and Interpretation. Report prepared for the Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, NOAA, NA80RAC0017.

Report separated into three PDFs:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

García-Cuéllar, J. A. 2006. Análisis del impacto de la industria petrolera en el ecosistema y su relación con las pesquerías de la sonda de Campeche, México. Doctor en Ciencias en el uso, manejo y preservación de los recursos naturales, orientación en ecología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste.

García-Cuéllar, J. A., Arreguín-Sánchez, F., Hernández Vázquez, S., and D. B. Lluch-Cota. 2004. Impacto ecológico de la industria petrolera en la sonda de Campeche, México, tras tres décadas de actividad: una revisión. Interciencia 29(6): 311-319.

Garmon, L. 1980. Autopsy of an oil spill. Science News 118(17): 267-270.

Getter, C. D., Thebeau, L. C., and G. I. Scott. 1980. Chapter 6: Results of ecological monitoring at the Ixtoc I oil spill. Report prepared for NOAA's Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, RPI/R/80/7/30-20, Boulder, CO, 96 pp.

Grose, P., Everdale, F. and L. Katz. 1983. Predicting the surface transport of oil pollutants in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin 14(10): 372-377.

Guzmán del Proés, S. A., Chávez, E. A., Alatriste, F. M., de la Campa, S., de la Cruz, G., Gómez, L., Guadarrama, R., Guerra, A., Mille, S., and D. Torruco. 1986. The impact of the Ixtoc-1 oil spill on zooplankton. Journal of Plankton Research 8(3): 557-581.

Hall, R. J., Belisle, A. A., and L. Sileo. 1983. Residues of petroleum hydrocarbons in tissues of sea turtles exposed to the Ixtoc I oil spill. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 19(2): 106-109.

Hayes, M. O., Domeracki, D. D., Getter, C. D., Kana, T. W., and G. I. Scott. 1980. Sensitivity of coastal environments to spilled oil, South Texas coast (Rio Grande to Aransas Pass). Prepared by Research Planning Institute, Inc., for NOAA's Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, RPI/R/80/4/11-12, Boulder, CO, 89 pp +15 maps.

Hill, G. 1979. Ixtoc's Oil has a Silver Lining. Audubon 81(6): 150-159.

Hooper, C. H. (ed.) 1981. The Ixtoc I oil spill: The federal scientific response. NOAA Hazardous Material Response Project. Boulder, CO, 202 pp.

Jernelöv, A. and O. Lindén. 1981. Ixtoc I: a case study of the world's largest oil spill. Ambio 10(6): 299-306.

Kalke, R. D., Duke, T. A., and R. W. Flint.1982. Weathered Ixtoc I oil effects on estuarine benthos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences 15: 75-84.

Kindinger, M. E. 1981. Impacts of the Ixtoc I oil spill on the community structure of the intertidal and subtidal infauna along South Texas beaches. M.S. Thesis, Division of Biology, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas, viii + 91 pp.

Lewbel, G. S. 1985. Strengths and weaknesses of damage assessment programs: the Ixtoc-I and Burmah Agate oil spills, and the benthic macroinfauna of the Texas continental shelf. The Texas Journal of Science XXXVII(4): 269-310.

Lizarraga-Partida, M. L., Munoz-Rubio, J., Porras-Aguirre, J., Izquierdo-Vicuna, F. B., and I. Wongchang. 1984. Taxonomy and distribution of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria from the Ixtoc-I area. 2. Colloque International de Bacteriologie Marine, Brest (France), 1-5.

NOAA and USEPA. 1979. Ixtoc-I oil spill damage assessment program. A cooperative federal and state program. (Unpaginated).

Programa Coordinado de Estudios Ecológicos en la Sonda de Campeche. 1980. Informe de los trabajos realizados para el control del pozo Ixtoc I, el combate del derrame de petróleo y determinación de sus efectos sobre el ambiente marino. Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo. 242 pp.

Rabalais, S. C., Arnold, C. R., and N. S. Wohlschlag. 1981. The effects of Ixtoc I oil on the eggs and larvae of red drum (Scianops ocellata). Texas Journal of Science XXXIII(1): 33-38.

Restrepo, C. E., Lamphear, F. C., Gunn, C. A., Ditton, R. B., Nichols, J. P., and L. S. Restrepo. 1982. Ixtoc I oil spill economic impact study. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, AA-851-CTO-65, New Orleans, LA, 243 pp.

Soto, L. A., Gracia, A., and A. V. Botello. 1981. Study of the penaeid shrimp population in relation to petroleum hydrocarbons in Campeche Bank. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. University of Miami. Proceedings of the 33th Annual Session: 81-100.

Surtevant, P. 1979. A survey of tar accumulation remaining on Texas beaches: Rio Grande river to Aransas Pass. Report to NOAA Damage Assessment Team, Corpus Christi, TX. 15 pp + 3 maps. (typed document, no publisher listed)

Texas House of Representatives Committee on Environmental Affairs. 1980. Report on the Ixtoc I Oil Spill. 146 pp.

Tunnell, J. W., Jr. and B. R. Chapman. 1980. Environmental effects of Ixtoc I oil spill on South Texas barrier island beaches. Congresso sobre Problemas Ambientales de Mexico Resumenes. Instituto Politecnico Nacional. 8-12 December 1980. Mexico City. p. 48. (Abstract; proceedings never published; PDF of submitted paper)

Tunnell, J. W., Jr. and Q. R. Dokken. 1980. Observations on Ixtoc I oil impact of southwestern Gulf of Mexico coral reefs. Congresso sobre Problemas Ambientales de Mexico Resumenes. Instituto Politecnico Nacional. 8-12 December 1980. Mexico City. p. 47. (Abstract; proceedings never published; PDF of submitted paper)

Tunnell, J. W., Jr., Chapman, B. R., Kindinger, M. E., and Q. R. Dokken. 1982. Environmental impact of Ixtoc I oil spill on South Texas sandy beaches: Infauna and shorebirds. Simposio Internacional Ixtoc I, Mexico City. 2-5 June 1982. (proceedings of symposium never published; manuscript paper submitted is 14 pages, plus figures; PDF of manuscript submitted)

Tunnell, J. W., Jr., Dokken, Q. R., Kindinger, M. E., and L. C. Thebeau. 1981. Effects of the Ixtoc I oil spill on the intertidal and subtidal infaunal populations along lower Texas coast barrier island beaches. Proceedings of the 1981 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., 467-475.

Woody, J. 1979. Contingency plan-Protection of Fall migrating peregrines Campeche oil well blowout. 7 pp. (typed document, no publisher listed)