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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Ryan M. Moody

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

University of South Alabama Programs

101 Bienville Boulevard
Dauphin Island, AL 36528

rmoody@disl.org

Project List:

Effects of a Major Oil Spill on Nektonic Assemblages of Salt Marshes and Adjacent SAV Habitats in Florida and Alabama

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Project Data Point of Contact

Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Releases on the Functional Integrity of Salt Marshes and Seagrass Meadows and Associated Fauna

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Post-Doc

Potential Impacts of the DWH Oil Spill on Fishery Resources: Will There be Reduced Recruitment of Economically Important Shrimp, Crabs, and Finfish in Seagrass and Marsh Nursery Habitats of the North Central Gulf of Mexico?

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1
2013
Moody, R. M., Cebrian, J., Heck, K. L., & Browman, H. (2013). Interannual Recruitment Dynamics for Resident and Transient Marsh Species: Evidence for a Lack of Impact by the Macondo Oil Spill. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e58376.
Conference Presentations - 8
2011
Kerner, S., Moody, R. M., Biermann, L. K., Cebrian, J., Heck, K. L., & Powers, S. (2011). Temporal dynamics of salt-marsh and seagrass utilization of commercial shellfish species in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Impact of the oil spill? In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL, May 17-19, 2011: Poster.
Moody, R. M. (2011). Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on ecosystem services of coastal marshes. In International, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Forum. Melbourne, FL, March 8-9, 2011.
Moody, R. M., Kerner, S., Biermann, L., Howard, J., Cebrian, J., Heck, K., et al. (2011). Temporal dynamics of nekton abundance in coastal fringing marshes: Impact of the oil spill? In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11.
Moody, R. M., Kerner, S., Biermann, L., Howard, J., Cebrian, J., Heck, K. L., et al. (2011). Temporal dynamics of nekton abundance in a coastal fringing marsh: Impact of the oil? In Alabama Fisheries Association Annual Meeting. Mobile, AL, February 2-4, 2011: Poster.
Moody, R. M., Kerner, S., Biermann, L. K., Howard, J., Cebrian, J., Heck, K. L., et al. (2011). Deepwater Horizon and temporal dynamics of nekton abundance in coastal fringing marshes. In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL, May 17-19, 2011.
Scheffel, W., Heck, K. L., Cebrian, J., & Moody, R. M. (2011). Has the Deepwater Horizon oil spill had a negative impact on the seagrass communities and associated juvenile finfish and shellfish in the North Central Gulf of Mexico? In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011: Poster.
Torr-Brown, S., Roser, M., Moody, R., Cebrian, J., Sparks, E., Langston, A., et al. (2011). Rapid Assessment of In-Situ Isolation Systems for Marsh Environments. In National Council for Science and the Environment National Conference. Washington, DC, January 19-21, 2011: Poster.
2010
Moody, R. M., Kerner, S., Biermann, L., Cebrian, J., & Heck, K. (2010). The nursery role of fringing salt marshes and submerged aquatic vegetation in coastal Alabama. In Collaborative Scientific Research Opportunities Relative to the Gulf Oil Spill (LA EPSCoR, LA Board of Regents, AL and MS EPSCoR and NSF). New Orleans, LA, November 1-2, 2010: Poster.