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Ernst B. Peebles

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL  33701  

epeebles@mail.usf.edu

Project List:

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

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

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, Research Scientist

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Assessing the Concentration and the Molecular and Isotropic Composition of Deep sea Submerged Oils in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2021

Murawski, S. A., Kilborn, J. P., Bejarano, A. C., Chagaris, D., Donaldson, D., Hernandez, F. J., et al. (2021). A Synthesis of Deepwater Horizon Impacts on Coastal and Nearshore Living Marine Resources. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 1212.

2020

Kerr, M., Browning, J., B?nnelycke, E. - M., Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Armenteros, M., et al. (2020). DNA barcoding of fish eggs collected off northwestern Cuba and across the Florida Straits demonstrates egg transport by mesoscale eddies. Fish Oceanogr, 29(4), 340–348.

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.

2017

Granneman, J. E., Jones, D. L., & Peebles, E. B. (2017). Associations between metal exposure and lesion formation in offshore Gulf of Mexico fishes collected after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 117(1-2), 462–477.

2014

Murawski, S., Hogarth, W., Peebles, E. B., & Barbeiri, L. (2014). Prevalence of external skin lesions and PAH concentrations in Gulf of Mexico fishes, post-Deepwater Horizon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 143(4), 1084–1097.
Wallace, A. A., Hollander, D. J., & Peebles, E. B. (2014). Stable Isotopes in Fish Eye Lenses as Potential Recorders of Trophic and Geographic History. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e108935.

Book Chapter - 1

2019

Peebles, E. B., & Hollander, D. J. (2019). Combining Isoscapes with Tissue-Specific Isotope Records to Recreate the Geographic Histories of Fish. 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. 203–218). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 18

2020

Murawski, S., Kilborn, J., DiPinto, L., Chagaris, D., Donaldson, D., Litz, J., et al. (2020). On the Resilience of Coastal/Nearshore Living Resources to Deepwater Horizon: A Harbinger of Future Coastal Restoration Efforts? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

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.

2018

Peebles, E. (2018). Fish-based isoscapes for the American, Mexican and Cuban continental-shelf habitats of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Peebles, E. B., Huelster, S. A., Wallace, A. A., Michaud, B. C., Murawski, S. A., & Hollander, D. J. (2017). Fish-based isoscapes for continental-shelf waters of the entire Gulf of Mexico. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tampa, FL : 08/20/17-08/24/17.

2015

Chancellor, E., Murawski, S., Peebles, E., Lyczkowski-Shultz, J., & Paris-Limouzy, C. (2015). Vulnerability of fish larvae populations to an oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Fenton, J., Peebles, E. B., & Hollander, D. J. (2015). Other tissues in Golden Tilesfish: New proxies for site fidelity and trophic position of oil exposed fish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Houston, B., Southard, E. A., Jones, D. L., & Peebles, E. B. (2015). Baseline information for fish growth rates and microchemistry obtained from pre-Columbian fish otoliths. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Murawski, S., & Peebles, E. (2015). Dynamics of demersal fish communities on the northern GoM continental shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Wallace, A., Ellis, G. S., Hollander, D. J., & Peebles, E. B. (2015). Stable isotope in fish eye lenses as potential recorders of trophic and geographic history. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Fenton, J., Peebles, E., & Hollander, D. (2014). Species and tissue specific turnover and oil depuration rates of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Granneman, J., Jones, D. L., Murawski, S., & Peebles, E. B. (2014). Detecting trace element anomalies in offshore fish otoliths coincident with the DWH oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Houston, B., Peebles, E., & Murawski, S. (2014). Comparison of otolith-based growth rates and microchemistry in inshore fish before, during, and after the DWH oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Murawski, S. M., Hogarth, W., Peebles, E., Wallace, A., Cody, T., Landsberg, J., et al. (2013). An Overview of Fish Health Indicators in Offshore Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Romero, I., Hollander, D., Patterson, W., Ross, S., Kane, A., Murawski, S., et al. (2013). Spatio-temporal concentrations and composition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fish: Evidence for DWH oil spill impact on mesopelagic and outer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Romero, I., Hollander, D. J., Patterson, W., Ross, S. W., Kane, A. S., Murawski, S., et al. (2013). Spatio-Temporal Concentrations And Composition Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Fish: Evidence For DwH Oil Spill Impact On Mesopelgic And Outer Shelf-Reef Fish In The Gulf Of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.

2012

Romero, I., Hollander, D. J., Patterson, W., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Kane, A., Murawski, S., et al. (2012). Organic Geochemical Signatures of the DWH Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Potential Ecologic Consequences in Fish Communities. In Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry. August 2012.

2011

Hollander, D., Freeman, K., Ellis, G., Diefendorf, A., Goddard, E., Peebles, E., et al. (2011). Why subsurface oils associated with the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout are so long-lived and remain toxic?: A molecular organic geochemical perspective. In Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Oceanography. August 2011.
Hollander, D., Freeman, K., Ellis, G., Diefendorf, A., Peebles, E., & Paul, J. (2011). Long-Lived, Sub-Surface Layers of Toxic Oil in the Deep-Sea: A Molecular Organic and Isotopic Geochemical Approach to Understanding their Nature, Molecular Distribution, Origin and Impacts to the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In American Geophysical Union National Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 2011.