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

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David Steffy

Jacksonville State University

Department of Environmental Science and Geology

700 Pelham Rd. North
Jacksonville, AL 36265

dsteffy@jsu.edu

Project List:

Analysis of Continental Shelf Meiofauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Investigated during a Long Term Community Study (2007 - 2016)

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Research Scientist

Environmental Chemistry of the BP Oil Spill

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Task Co-Lead

Evaluating the Changing Surfactant Capabilities of Sodium Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate and Its Commercial Product Forms of Corexit EC9500A, Corexit EC9527A and Corexit EC9580A in a Marine System

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2014
Landers, S. C., Nichols, A. C., Schimmer, C. A., Stewart, P. M., Ramroop, S., Steffy, D. A., et al. (2014). Meiofauna and trace metals from sediment collections in Florida following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gulf of Mexico Science, 32(1/2), 1–10.
Martinec, C. C., Miller, J. M., Barron, N. K., Tao, R., Yu, K., Stewart, P. M., et al. (2014). Sediment Chemistry and Meiofauna from the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf. International Journal of Oceanography, 2014(Article 625718), 1–10.
2011
Steffy, D. A., Nichols, A. C., & Kiplagat, G. (2011). Investigating the effectiveness of the surfactant dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate to disperse oil in a changing marine environment. Ocean Sci. J., 46(4), 299–305.
Conference Presentations - 6
2014
Martinec, C., Miller, J. M., Barron, N., Landers, S. C., Yu, K., Stewart, P. M., et al. (2014). Analysis of meiofauna and sediment from the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2013
Landers, S. C., Romano, F. A. I. I. I., Schimmer, C. A., Nichols, A., Steffy, D. A., Stewart, P. M., et al. (2013). Analysis of continental shelf meiofauna in the northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
2012
Gibbs, R., Nichols, A., & Steffy, D. (2012). Metal concentration in sediments collected from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA March 25-29, 2012.
Nichols, A. C., & Steffy, D. A. (2012). Fish tissue levels of five metals associated with crude oil from the deep horizon well. In Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, March 11-15, 2012.
2011
Kipligat, G., Nichols, A., & Steffy, D. (2011). Evaluating the changing surfactant capabilities of sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate with changing salinity. In American Chemical Society Meeting. Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.
Steffy, D., Nichols, A., & Kipligat, G. (2011). Effectiveness of the Surfactant Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) to Disperse Oil in a Changing Marine Environment. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.