The science behind marine-oil snow and MOSSFA: Past, present, and future Adrian B. Burd, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Kendra L. Daly, Sherryl Gilbert, Uta Passow, Antonietta Quigg Abstract: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico demonstrated that…
This article published in ICES Journal of Marine Science explains new methods used to validate the age of Red Snapper otoliths with regional corals in the Gulf of Mexico. Abstract Radiocarbon (Δ14C) was analyzed in northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM)…
Findings from a new study published in PLoS One suggest additional impacts on fish communities from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DwH) oil spill may occur in the coming years. The study titled “Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill evaluated…
This study confirms that the entrainment of oil and the breakup into droplets are separate processes governed by separate parameters that can and should be included in spilled oil fate modelling. The results presented demonstrate that in most conditions, entrainment…
How much Sargassum was in contact with oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill? Using Landsat and AVIRIS satellite imagery and 2010-2011 NRDA observations, the authors estimated Sargassum coverage in oiled areas ranged from 1296 ± 453 km2 (for areas with…
One of the more important steps in understanding the ecosystem-level effects of anthropogenic disturbances on resident species is developing an accurate representation of the lethal and sub-lethal effects of these stressors. We develop methods for describing the impacts of oil…
Abstract: Harmful algal blooms of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis require an upwelling circulation to manifest along the coastline of the West Florida Continental Shelf. Too much upwelling, however, can impede bloom formation by increasing inorganic nutrient levels to the point…
Abstract: Rationale: A broad range of organic species in marine sediments is routinely used as biogeochemical proxies of Earth history. These species are typically analyzed using different analytical methods, targeting very specific components and often including time-intensive sample preparation. There is,…
Abstract: Characteristics of laboratory-scale bubble-driven buoyant plumes in a stably stratified quiescent fluid are studied using large-eddy simulation (LES). As a bubble plume entrains stratified ambient water, its net buoyancy decreases due to the increasing density difference between the entrained and ambient fluids.…
Abstract: Benthic foraminifera are globally distributed protozoa in the world's oceans, which have been used as ecological indicators in both current and palaeo oceanography. The ecological properties and distribution of these organisms in various regions of the Gulf of Mexico…
