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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Maxwell Williamson

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS 39529

maxwell.williamson@eagles.usm.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 12
2017
Church, I., Greer, A., Quas, L., & Williamson, M. (2017). Multibeam water column filtering methods to improve data management and bio-acoustic interpretation. In GeoHab 2017. Halifax, Canada : 05/01/17-05/05/17: Poster.
Church, I., Greer, A., Williamson, M., & Quas, L. (2017). Multibeam Water Column Data Processing Techniques to Facilitate Bio-Acoustic Interpretation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Church, I., Quas, L., & Williamson, M. (2017). Multibeam Water Column Data Processing Techniques to Facilitate Scientific Bio-Acoustic Interpretation. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Greer, A., Church, I., Chiaverano, L., Williamson, M., Briseno-Avena, C., & Cowen, R. (2017). Combining Multibeam Acoustics and In Situ Imaging to Resolve Patch Structure of Shrimp Aggregations and Gelatinous Zooplankton in Relation to Hypoxia. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Quas, L., Church, I., OBrien, S. J., Wiggert, J., & Williamson, M. (2017). Application of high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter to guide oceanographic investigations in the Mississippi Bight. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Quas, L., Church, I., & Williamson, M. (2017). Correlation of benthic sediment grain-size distributions to high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter in the Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Williamson, M., Church, I., & Quas, L. (2017). Using multibeam sonar water column backscatter to examine physical oceanography variability in the coastal environment of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Williamson, M., Church, I., Quas, L., Greer, A., & Briseno-Avena, C. (2017). Visualizing the structure of freshwater plumes in the coastal Gulf of Mexico using high frequency multibeam sonar water column backscatter. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
2016
Church, I., Williamson, M., Quas, L., & Jacobs, G. (2016). Reducing Uncertainty In Multibeam Sonar Depth Estimates Through Integration With High Resolution Numerical Models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Greer, A. T., Church, I., Williamson, M. H., Briseno-Avena, C., Boyette, A. D., Cowen, R. K., et al. (2016). Acoustical and Optical Characterization of Marine Snow Layers in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Layer Types and Mechanisms of Formation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Quas, L., Church, I., Williamson, M., & Wiggert, J. (2016). Application of High-Resolution Multibeam Sonar Backscatter to Estimate Benthic Sediment Type Distributions in the Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Williamson, M., Church, I., Quas, L., & Greer, A. (2016). High Frequency Multibeam Sonar Water Column Backscatter: A 3D View of Water Column Acoustic Anomalies to Facilitate Ecosystem Science. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.