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

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John Wes Tunnell, Jr

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412- 5869

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, Co-Principal Investigator

Gulf of Mexico Research and Resource Support Tools (GulfBase, Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity Project, Gulf of Mexico books, etc.)

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2018
Murawski, S. A., Peebles, E. B., Gracia, A., Tunnell, J. W., & Armenteros, M. (2018). Comparative Abundance, Species Composition, and Demographics of Continental Shelf Fish Assemblages throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Mar Coast Fish, 10(3), 325–346.
2015
Sun, S., Hu, C., & Tunnell Jr., J. W. (2015). Surface oil footprint and trajectory of the Ixtoc-I oil spill determined from Landsat/MSS and CZCS observations. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(2), 632–641.
2010
Fautin, D., Dalton, P., Incze, L. S., Leong, J. - A. C., Pautzke, C., Rosenberg, A., et al. (2010). An Overview of Marine Biodiversity in United States Waters. PLoS ONE, 5(8), e11914.
Conference Presentations - 6
2016
Sun, S., Hu, C., & Tunnell, J. W. (2016). Surface Oil Footprint and Trajectory of the Ixtoc-I Oil Spill Determined from Landsat/MSS and CZCS Observations. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Tunnell, J. (2016). Ixtoc 1 vs Deepwater Horizon: A Different Day, a Different Time, but with Similarities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
2011
Moretzsohn, F., Tunnell, J. W., Brenner, J., Shirley, T. C., & Michaud, P. (2011). Using the Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database as a tool for conservation of marine species. In International Marine Conservation Congress. Victoria, Canada, May 14-18, 2011.
2010
Moretzsohn, F., Tunnell, J. W., Brenner, J., Shirley, T. C., & Michaud, P. (2010). GulfBase.org: a resource database for Gulf of Mexico Research. In Gulf and Estuarine Research Society Meeting. Port Aransas, TX, November 3-4, 2010.
Moretzsohn, F., Tunnell, J. W., Brenner, J., Shirley, T. C., & Michaud, P. (2010). Pre-BP oil spill biotic benchmark: the Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database. In Gulf and Estuarine Research Society Meeting. Port Aransas, TX, November 3-4, 2010: Poster.
Tunnell, J. W., Moretzsohn, F., Felder, D. L., & Camp, D. K. (2010). Comprehensive regional assessment of known biodiversity in a large marine ecosystem: the Gulf of Mexico effort. In The J. Frederick Grassle Science Symposium on the Census of Marine Life. London, England, October 5-6, 2010: Poster.