Deep-sea corals are important organisms that support a healthy and diverse deep-sea ecosystem. However, there is much we do not know about certain coral species, including how they grow, reproduce, or interact with other organisms.
A study that sailed out of Houma has delved the dark depths of the Gulf of Mexico and discovered a 60 new, weird and sometimes scary species of fish that live deep beneath the ocean surface.
Scientists conducted laboratory experiments to examine the influence of moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) on crude oil aggregation and degradation. The researchers found that jellyfish swimming in a dispersed oil solution produced copious amounts of mucus which formed aggregates containing 26 times more oil than the surrounding water.
C-IMAGE Partners with Story Collider to Share Oil Spill Science Stories – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) On February 6, 2017, the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE) and the Story Collider teamed up to feature five speakers who shared their stories surrounding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The…
GoMRI Attends Restore America’s Estuaries Summit in New Orleans (From Fall 2016 Newsletter) Members of the GoMRI Management Team, in partnership with the four Gulf Sea Grant programs and the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), attended the Restore America’s Estuaries Summit from December 11-14, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This…
Winter 2017 – GoMRI Researcher Interview with Dr. Jacinta Conrad – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Jacinta Conrad from the University of Houston answered a few questions about her RFP-V project on the Role of Microbial Motility for Degradation of Dispersed Oil. 1. Thank you so much for talking with us! Tell…
Winter 2017 – Education Spotlight – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) ACER recently launched a new fact sheet series. The series will ultimately include fifteen fact sheets, which will focus on emerging science from ACER’s seven research groups. The fact sheets can be viewed and printed from the ACER website here! DEEPEND has…
LADC-GEMM Hosts SeaGlide Workshop in New Orleans – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) Model SeaGliders help local Louisiana educators explore Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Science Provided by Sara Heimlich, Oregon State University and Dianne Maygarden, University of New Orleans The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center – Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM) consortium, funded…
2017 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference Brings Together Oil Spill Scientists and GoMRI Community in New Orleans – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) The 2017 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science (GoMOSES) Conference took place from February 6-9, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans, Louisiana.…
RECOVER Launches New Virtual Lab – MARCH 16, 2017 (From Winter 2017 Newsletter) The GoMRI-funded consortium Relationships of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk (RECOVER) recently launched a new education tool called the “RECOVER Virtual Lab.” Narrated by Ph.D. and Master’s students working with the consortium, the RECOVER Virtual Lab…