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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Mauricio Silva-Aguilara

Florida State University

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

1017 Academic Way
PO Box 3064520
Tallahassee , FL  32306  

mgs11c@my.fsu.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, Graduate Student - Master's Level

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Coast Watch: Remote Sensing and Verification Sampling of Oil Spill Impact on Florida Coast

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2020

Johansen, C., Macelloni, L., Natter, M., Silva, M., Woosley, M., Woolsey, A., et al. (2020). Hydrocarbon migration pathway and methane budget for a Gulf of Mexico natural seep site: Green Canyon 600. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545, 116411.

2017

Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. (2017). Habitat suitability modeling for mesophotic coral in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 583, 121–136.

2016

Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I., Silva, M., Shedd, W., Daneshgar Asl, S., & Schumaker, B. (2016). Transience and persistence of natural hydrocarbon seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 119–129.

2015

MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Beet, A., Daneshgar Asl, S., Feng, L., Graettinger, G., et al. (2015). Natural and unnatural oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120(12), 8364–8380.

Conference Presentations - 9

2017

MacDonald, I. R., & Silva, M. (2017). Recovery watch for mesophotic corals of the Pinnacle Trend. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Johansen, C., Joye, S. B., Diercks, A., Woolsey, M., Silva-Aguilera, M., Shedd, W., et al. (2016). Using Multi-Disciplinary Data to Compile a Hydrocarbon Budget for GC600, a Natural Seep in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/12/16-12/16/16.

2015

Garcia Pineda, O. M., MacDonald, I., Shedd, W., & Silva, M. (2015). Transience and Persistence of Natural Hydrocarbon Seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Johansen, C., Todd, A. C., Silva, M., Shedd, W., & MacDonald, I. R. (2015). Variability and quantification of oil and gas bubble release from natural seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Silva-Aguilera, M. G., Etnoyer, P., & MacDonald, I. (2015). Coral injuries observed at Mesophotic Coral Communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil discharge. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Silva-Aguilera, M. G., Etnoyer, P., & MacDonald, I. (2015). Monitoring Recovery of Mesophotic Corals: 2011-2014. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Silva, M., Johansen, C., Reddy, C., & Shedd, W. (2014). Post-Accident Discharge Forensics at the Deepwater Horizon Site, Gulf of Mexico. In Gas in Marine Sediments – 12th International Conference. Taipei, Taiwan : 9/1/14-9/6/14.

2013

Johansen, C., Shedd, W., Abichou, T., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. R. (2013). Dynamics of hydrocarbon vents: Focus on primary porosity. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.

2012

Johansen, C., Shedd, W., Abichou, T., Garcia-Pineda, O., Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. R. (2012). Dynamics of hydrocarbon vents: Focus on primary porosity. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 6, 2012: Poster.