10.1371/journal.pone.0074265.t002 Ryan J. Newton Ryan J. Newton Susan M. Huse Susan M. Huse Hilary G. Morrison Hilary G. Morrison Colin S. Peake Colin S. Peake Mitchell L. Sogin Mitchell L. Sogin Sandra L. McLellan Sandra L. McLellan Petroleum hydrocarbon concentration (µg compound / kg sand). Public Library of Science 2013 Microbial Community Composition Gulf Coast Beaches impact surf zone waters oil hydrocarbon measurements NOAA shoreline assessments beach community distance Beach Oiling Microorganisms ms fl sand population structures ecosystem usa Macondo Prospect reservoir RNA gene hypervariable regions community composition 2013-09-10 06:20:37 Dataset https://plos.figshare.com/articles/dataset/_Petroleum_hydrocarbon_concentration_181_g_compound_kg_sand_/1512792 <p><sup>a</sup> Beach abbreviations: BSt = Bay St. Louis, GE = Gulfport East, StA = St. Andrews, OB = Orange, Beach, FP = Fort Pickens, Hen = Henderson, StG = St. George. Month abbreviations: Jun = June, Aug = August, Sep = September, Nov = November. Only beach – month combinations where petroleum hydrocarbons were detected are shown. The no-detect beach – month combinations include: BSt – Aug, BSt – Sep, BSt – Nov, GE – Nov, StA – Jun, StA – Sep, StA – Nov, OB – Aug, OB – Sep, OB – Nov, FP – Aug, FP – Sep, FP – Nov, Hen – Jun, Hen – Aug, Hen – Sep, Hen – Nov, StG – Jun, StG – Sep, StG – Nov.</p><p>Petroleum hydrocarbon concentration (µg compound / kg sand).</p>