August 29, 2019 – Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Microbial Genomic Synthesis Session at GOMOSES

August 29, 2019

The leaders of the GoMRI Core Area 6 synthesis effort are pleased to announce Session 22, entitled Microbial Genomics to Improve Predictive Understanding of Disturbance in the Global Ocean System, at the 2020 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference.

Study Author Eugene Turner, Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University, took this picture of an oiled Louisiana marsh edge in 2010 following Deepwater Horizon. Photo by Eugene Turner, LSU, CWC

Eight-Year Study Quantifies How Oiling is a Continuing Stressor on the Marsh Ecosystem

August 29, 2019

Scientists measured changes in oil quantity and quality in 1,200+ samples collected over eight years at locations that Deepwater Horizon affected – the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf, estuarine waters, and marsh sediments.