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Adolfo Gracia

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología

Apdo. Postal 70-305
México, D. F., 04510  Mexico

gracia@unam.mx

Project List:

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

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 8

2020

Bosman, S. H., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Wildermann, N. E., Brooks, G. R., Romero, I. C., et al. (2020). The southern Gulf of Mexico: A baseline radiocarbon isoscape of surface sediments and isotopic excursions at depth. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231678. doi
Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Armenteros, M., Carr, B. E., Mrowicki, J., & Murawski, S. A. (2020). Chronic PAH exposures and associated declines in fish health indices observed for ten grouper species in the Gulf of Mexico. Science of The Total Environment, 703, 135551. doi
Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Armenteros, M., Toro-Farmer, G., Snyder, S. M., Carr, B. E., et al. (2020). A First Comprehensive Baseline of Hydrocarbon Pollution in Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Sci Rep, 10(1). doi

2019

Machain-Castillo, M. L., Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Gracia, A., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Rodriguez-Ramirez, A., Alexander-Valdes, H. M., et al. (2019). Natural and anthropogenic oil impacts on benthic foraminifera in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Environmental Research, 149, 111–125. doi
Nelson, R. K., Gosselin, K. M., Hollander, D. J., Murawski, S. A., Gracia, A., Reddy, C. M., et al. (2019). Exploring the Complexity of Two Iconic Crude Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico (Ixtoc I and Deepwater Horizon) Using Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC – GC). Energy Fuels, 33(3), 3925–3933. doi
Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Rangel-Garcia, M., Perez-Bernal, L. H., Lopez-Mendoza, P. G., Gracia, A., Schwing, P., et al. (2019). Mercury in sediment cores from the southern Gulf of Mexico: Preindustrial levels and temporal enrichment trends. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110498. doi
Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Perez-Bernal, L. H., & Gracia, A. (2019). Spatial and temporal distribution of heavy metal concentrations and enrichment in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Science of The Total Environment, 651, 3174–3186. doi

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. doi

Book Chapters - 6

2019

Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., & Vazquez-Bader, A. R. (2019). Impacts of Deep Oil Spills on Fish and Fisheries. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 414–430). Springer International. doi
Lincoln, S. A., Radovic, J. R., Gracia, A., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Molecular Legacy of the 1979 Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill in Deep-Sea Sediments of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 312–327). Springer International. doi
Murawski, S. A., Hollander, D. J., Gilbert, S., & Gracia, A. (2019). Deepwater Oil and Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico and Related Global Trends. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 16–32). Springer International. doi
Ortega-Ortiz, J. G., Ainsworth, C. H., & Gracia, A. (2019). Comparing Ecosystem Model Outcomes Between Ixtoc 1 and Deepwater Horizon Oil Spills. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 551–568). Springer International. doi
Pulster, E., Gracia, A., Snyder, S., Romero, I. C., Carr, B., Toro-Farmer, G., et al. (2019). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Baselines in Gulf of Mexico Fishes. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 253–271). Springer International Publishing. doi
Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Snyder, S. M., Deak, K., Fogelson, S., & Murawski, S. A. (2019). Chronic Sub-lethal Effects Observed in Wild-Caught Fishes Following Two Major Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc 1. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 388–413). Springer International. doi

Conference Presentations - 33

2020

Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., & V?zquez-Bader, A. (2020). Shrimp Population Resiliency and Response to Potential Large Oil Spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., V?zquez-Bader, A., Pulster, E., Alexander-Vald?s, H. M., Ortega-Tenorio, P., et al. (2020). Impact of Fish Liver Health on Population Resiliency. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster. openurl
Machain-Castillo, M. L., Gracia, A., Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Rodr?guez-Ram?rez, A., Alexander-Vald?s, H. M., et al. (2020). Benthic Foraminifera Before and After the Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster. openurl
Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Armenteros, M., Carr, B. E., Mrowicki, J., & Murawski, S. (2020). Chronic PAH exposures and associated declines in fish health indices observed for ten grouper species in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster. openurl
Ruiz-Fern?ndez, A. C., Schwing, P. T., S?nchez-Cabeza, J. A., Larson, R., P?rez-Bernal, L. H., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2020). Organic carbon burial rates and efficiency in sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster. openurl
Sanchez-Cabeza, J., Ruiz-Fern?ndez, A. C., P?rez-Bernal, L. H., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2020). Can Regional Assessment of Sediment Accumulation Rates Be Useful to Forecast the Fate of MOSSFA Derived Sedimentation Events? A Case Study from the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl

2019

Gracia, A. (2019). Oil spill impacts and resiliency of living communities. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., Vazquez-Bader, A., Pulster, E., Alexander-Valdés, H. M., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., et al. (2019). PAH Influence on Living Resources Resiliency. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Machain Casitllo, M., Gracia, A., Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Schwing, P. T., Rodriguez-Ram?rez, A., et al. (2019). IXTOC – 1 Oil Spill (Southern Gulf of Mexico), an Analog for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster. openurl
Murawski, S., Gracia, A., Pulster, E., Patterson, W., Sutton, T., Schwing, P., et al. (2019). Understanding impacts of large-scale oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico at the whole-ecosystem level: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19. openurl
Murawski, S. A., Peebles, E. B., Gracia, A., Tunnell, J. W., & Paris, C. B. (2019). On the Connectivity of Gulf of Mexico Fish Populations – the Importance of a OneGulf Perspective. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Snyder, S. M., Mrowicki, J., Romero, I. C., Carr, B., et al. (2019). Spatiotemporal trends in PAH baselines in Gulf of Mexico fishes. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., Rangel-García, M., Pérez-Bernal, L., López-Mendoza, P., Gracia, A., Sanchez-Cabeza, J., et al. (2019). Mercury concentrations and fluxes in sediment cores from the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl

2018

Gracia, A. (2018). Fish Stock Resiliency to Environmental PAH. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., Alexander-Valdez, H. M., Vazquez-Bader, A. R., Snyder, S., Lopez-Duran, I. M., et al. (2018). Resiliencia de las Poblaciones de Peces a Hidrocarburos Poliaromáticos. In Ragum 2018. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/28/18-11/02/18. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., & Vázquez-Bader, A. R. (2018). Shrimp Population Resiliency To Mega Oil Blowouts in The Gulf Of México. In Ninth International Crustacean Congress. Washington, DC : 05/22/18-05/25/18. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., & Vazquez-Bader, A. R. (2018). Management of Mexican Shrimp Fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. In MarCuba 2018. La Habana, Cuba : 10/15/18-10/19/18. openurl
Machain-Castillo, M. L., Gracia, A., Ruiz-Fernandez, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Schwing, P., Hollander, D., et al. (2018). Living with Oil: The tale of Foraminifera in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In International Symposium on Foraminifera (FORAMS) 2018. Edinburgh, Scotland : 06/17/18-06/22/18. openurl
Murawski, S. A., Gracia, A., Baisre, J. A., Armenteros, M., & McKinney, L. (2018). Achieving Sustainable Fisheries as an Essential Element of Food Security for the Gulf of Mexico Region. In MarCuba 2018. La Habana, Cuba : 10/15/18-10/19/18. openurl
Pulster, E. L., Carr, B., Gracia, A., Armenteros, M., Mrowicki, J., & Murawski, S. (2018). Gulf-wide baselines of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in groupers. In XI Congreso de Ciencias del Mar (MarCuba 18). Havana, Cuba : 10/15/18-10/19/18. openurl

2017

Gracia, A. (2017). Impact of PAH at Fish Sub-individual Level and Resiliency Consequences. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl
Gracia, A. (2017). Shrimp Stock Reproductive Potential as a Conservation Tool. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster. openurl
Gracia, A., Murawski, S. A., & Vázquez-Bader, A. R. (2017). Shrimp Fisheries Resiliency to Mega Oil Blowouts. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tampa, FL : 08/20/17-08/24/17. openurl
Pulster, E. L., Snyder, S., Carr, B., Toro-Farmer, G., Gracia, A., Armenteros, M., et al. (2017). What can bile tell us about the environmental health of the Gulf of Mexico. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tampa, FL : 08/20/17-08/24/17. openurl

2016

Bosman, S., Chanton, J., Hollander, D., Schwing, P., Romero, I., Goddard, E., et al. (2016). Evidence for Sea Floor Oil Sedimentation Associated with the Ixtoc Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Gracia, A. (2016). Source and Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the IXTOC I Spill Area. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Gracia, A. (2016). Two White Shrimp Fisheries in Two Mega Oil Blowouts. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Gracia, A., Escobar Briones, E., Machain Castillo, M. L., Ruiz. A. C., Sánchez Cabeza, J. A., Vázquez-Bader, A. R., et al. (2016). Advances in the DHW IXTOC I Comparison C-IMAGE II Study. In Ecosystem Impacts and Recovery from the Petroleum Exploration and Extraction. Mexico City, Mexico : 05/04/16. openurl

2015

Glabach, M., Schwing, P. T., Goddard, E. A., Hollander, D. J., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Sánchez-Cabeza, J. L., et al. (2015). Comparative records of persistent 13C depletion in benthic foraminiferal carbonate following the DwH and IXTOC events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster. openurl
Gracia, A., Alexander-Valdés, H. M., & Vázquez-Bader, A. R. (2015). Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentration and Fish Liver Condition around the Ixtoc-1 well area, SW Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster. openurl
Gracia, A., & Vázquez-Bader, A. R. (2015). Megainvertebrate Communities Resiliency to IXTOC-1 oil well blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl
Hollander, D. J., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Gracia, A., Alexander-Valdés, H. A., Brooks, G. R., Chanton, J., et al. (2015). Comparative Analysis of the IXTOC and Deepwater Horizon Blowouts Reveal that Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation (MOSSFA) Maybe the Rule, not the Exception. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl
Machain-Castillo, M. L., Gracia, A., Alexander-Valdés, H., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., Nava-Fernández, X. A., & Gómez-lizárraga, L. E. (2015). Benthic Foraminifera Density and Richness Patterns In The Southern Gulf of Mexico 25 Years After The Ixtoc Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster. openurl
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