Members of the ADDOMEx consortium attend the Artist Boat’s World Oceans Day Festival in Galveston, TX. Photo Credit: ADDOMEx.

Summer 2018 – Education Spotlight

Summer 2018 – Education Spotlight – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Spring 2018 Newsletter) Several GoMRI-funded consortia participated in festivals and camps this summer. The Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx) consortium attended Artist Boat’s World Oceans Day Festival, held at Stewart Beach in Galveston, Texas, on June 8, 2018. The Consortium for…

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GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Publish Recommendations Article in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin

GoMRI Outreach Coordinators Publish Recommendations Article in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin – OCTOBER 12, 2018 (From Summer 2018 Newsletter) Contributing Authors: Tina Miller-Way, Sara Beresford, and Katie Fillingham Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) outreach coordinators Tina Miller- Way from the Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER), Sara Beresford from the Ecosystem Impacts of Oil…

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New Sea Grant Publication on Oysters and Oil Spills

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant publication about how oysters, which play a critical role in a healthy coastal wetland, fare when faced with oil exposure. The outreach publication also discusses how the Deepwater Horizon incident and subsequent response efforts affected oysters, a vital part of Louisiana’s seafood industry which is the nation’s second-largest seafood supplier.

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