Bouchard 120 oil spill (April 2003)
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Bob Nelson with a surface oil sample collected in Buzzards Bay a few days after the Bouchard 120 oil spill (April 2003).
Bob Nelson collecting oil in Buzzards Bay a few days after the Bouchard 120 oil spill (April 2003).
Bob Nelson collecting oil in Buzzards Bay a few days after the Bouchard 120 oil spill (April 2003).
Bob Nelson (research associate III) and Brian Kile (former summer student fellow and now graduate student at UNC) collecting oil-covered rocks at Nye Neck after the Bouchard 120 oil spill (summer 2003). Note workers in the background cleaning-up this site.
Chris Reddy collecting oil-covered rocks at Nyes Neck one week after the Bouchard 120 oil spill in early May 2003. (Kevin Mingora of the Cape Cod Times)
Bob Nelson and Chris Reddy collect water samples and oil "pancakes" from Buzzards Bay in April 2003. (Chris Linder)
Chris Reddy holding a water sample on the R/V Mytilus after the Bouchard 120 oil spill. This image was taken on May 1, 2003 in Buzzards Bay, MA. (Chris Linder (WHOI))
Bob Nelson (foreground) and Chris Reddy (background) on the R/V Mytilus after the Bouchard 120 oil spill. This image was taken on May 1, 2003 in Buzzards Bay, MA. (Chris Linder (WHOI))