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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Kathleen (Katie) Watson

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701

watsonk1@mail.usf.edu

Project List:

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

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

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

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

Assessing the Concentration and the Molecular and Isotropic Composition of Deep sea Submerged Oils in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1
2015
Quintana-Rizzo, E., Torres, J. J., Ross, S. W., Romero, I., Watson, K., Goddard, E., et al. (2015). δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N in deep-living fishes and shrimps after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 94(1-2), 241–250.
Conference Presentations - 8
2014
Romero, I., Toro-Farmer, G. A., Watson, K., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P., et al. (2014). Large scale tracking of oil derived hydrocarbons in deep-sediments of the GoM after the DWH oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2013
Hollander, D. J., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R., Romero, I., Schwing, P., Watson, K., et al. (2013). Testing the Mechanisms of Sedimentary Oil Deposition in Deep-Sea. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Hollander, D. J., Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Watson, K., Zenzola, N., et al. (2013). Elucidating the mechanism of sedimentary oil deposition following the Deepwater Horizon blowout event in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In International Meeting of Organic Geochemists (IMOG). Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, September 15-20, 2013.
Hollander, D. J., Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Watson, K., Zenzola, N., et al. (2013). Elucidating the mechanism of sedimentary oil deposition following the Deepwater Horizon blowout event in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In IMOG (International Meeting of Organic Geochemists). Tenerife, Spain, September 15-20, 2013.
Watson, K. (2013). Mapping the Deepwater Horizon Blowout Subsurface Plume Using Data from the NRDA. In University of South Florida, College of Marine Science Graduate Student Symposium. St. Petersburg, FL, April 19, 2013.
Watson, K., Romero, I., Murawski, S., & Hollander, D. (2013). Large-scale tracking of oil-derived hydrocarbons in the water column of the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Watson, K., Romero, I., Murawski, S., & Hollander, D. J. (2013). Large-scale tracking of oil-derived hydrocarbons after the Deepwater Horizon blowout: Reconstructing spatial and temporal petroleum distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Watson, K., Romero, I. M., S., & Hollander, D. J. (2013). Large-scale tracking of oil-derived hydrocarbons after the Deepwater Horizon blowout: Reconstructing spatial and temporal petroleum distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.