April 2014 – Page 2 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

High pressure chambers used in biodegradation studies at the lab in Hamburg. (Photo by S. Gilbert)

Podcasts Highlight International Partners in High Pressure World of Deep Sea Research

April 4, 2014

Scientists half a world away from the Deepwater Horizon site are getting the first close glimpse of how oil likely behaved deep underwater during the spill

Killifish. (Photo provided by Andrew Whitehead)

Study Shows Gulf Killifish had Complex Genomic Response to Oil Spill Toxins

April 1, 2014

A team of researchers from Texas, Florida, and California successfully quantified the gene expression of wild Fundulus grandis, commonly known as Gulf killifish, from the northern Gulf of Mexico in assessing exposure to toxicants from the 2010 oil spill.