How Grad Student Lu Uses Statistics to Monitor Reef Fish Populations
Authorities closed large portions of the Gulf of Mexico following Deepwater Horizon to minimize oil contamination of fish and seafood products.
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Study Provides New Way of Looking at Energy Exchange at the Air-Sea Boundary Layer
Scientists assessed the dynamics of heat and momentum exchange between the ocean and atmosphere to better understand how these factors influence Gulf of Mexico circulation.
Grad Student Pruzinsky Uses Morphological Patterns to ID Young Tuna for Population Assessments
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill overlapped with the spawning activities of many ecologically and economically important tuna species.
New Sea Grant Bulletin on Birds and Oil Spills
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative is pleased to announce a new Sea Grant publication that outlines what scientists have learned about how oil exposure affects birds.
Study Finds Slick Oil has Greater Impact than Source Oil on Fish Development
Scientists analyzed effects from non-weathered source oil (collected directly over the Deepwater Horizon wellhead) and weathered slick oil (collected from surface skimming) on the microRNAs of mahi-mahi embryos.
Grad Student Aker Counts on Insects to Assess Marsh Health
Estuarine marshes in coastal Louisiana face numerous threats such as sea-level rise, salt water intrusion, and contamination threats such as oil spills that can lead to marsh loss and changing habitats.
Study Tracks Ocean Methane Dissolution with Environmental Data and Computer Models
Scientists traced and analyzed methane bubbles as they ascended from a deep seafloor seep to the ocean’s surface and compared results to two computer models’ output to better understand methane dissolution processes.
PNAS Writer Follows Scientists Seeking to Answer, Did Sub-Sea Dispersants Work?
Scientist and author M. Mitchell Waldrop accompanied researchers, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, as they conducted the largest experimental simulation to-date of the Deepwater Horizon oil intrusion.
Study Finds Oil Exposure Reduces Cardiorespiratory Function in Cobia Fish
Researchers conducted swim tests on Gulf of Mexico Cobia fish to investigate potential impacts from oil exposure.
Joel Kostka Elected American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) congratulates Dr. Joel Kostka on his election as a 2019 American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) Fellow.