A Louisiana State University researcher conducted laboratory experiments to learn how estuarine fish behave around sediments containing varying concentrations of weathered and fresh oil. He observed that fish exhibited a stronger avoidance response to medium and high concentrations of fresh oil compared to low concentrations and observed no significant avoidance of any weathered oil concentrations.
The Fisheries Oceanography and Ecology Lab (Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi) invites applications for a MS Graduate Student in the field of Fisheries Oceanography/Ecology.
The Fisheries Oceanography and Ecology Lab (Department of Coastal Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Fisheries Oceanography.
Devika Bhalerao uses DNA analyses to identify organisms important to the larvae’s survival and determine if oiling alters the presence of various organisms in the food web. Her findings will help develop analytical tools that ecologists can use to evaluate the health of tidal marshes.
Scientists conducted passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) of whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico using two autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) capable of recording marine mammal sounds.
Summer 2017 – Note from the Research Board Chair – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Rita Colwell, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University The GoMRI Research Board is pleased to announce the awardees of the RFP-VI proposal process. RFP-VI awards will fund research in GoMRI Years 9 and 10. Thirty-one proposals…
Summer 2017 – Education Spotlight – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Lauren Bracken, from the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE), and Jessie Kastler, from the Consortium for Oil Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), attended the 2017 National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)…
CARTHE Concludes Year One of Bay Drift Citizen Science Project – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) recently concluded a year-long citizen science project called the Biscayne Bay Drift Card Study (or Bay Drift), which began last September to better understand…
Summer 2017 – GoMRI Researcher Interview – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Vijay John, from Tulane University, is principal investigator of the RFP-V project The Design of Synergistic Dispersant and Herding Systems using Tubular Clay Structures and Gel Phase Materials. His research team involves three other PIs: Dr. Diane Blake (Tulane), Dr.…
RFP-V Researcher Dr. Sunshine Van Bael Hosts Workshops for Elementary and Middle School- Aged Kids – SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 (From Summer 2017 Newsletter) Dr. Sunshine Van Bael, principal investigator of the RFP-V project Chemical Evolution and Plant-Microbe Degradation of Petroleum in Saline Marsh Plants and Soil, and her colleagues recently hosted a series of workshops in Louisiana…