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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

Consortium for Simulation of Oil-Microbial Interactions in the Ocean (CSOMIO)

Journal Articles - 14

2021

Ainsworth, C. H., Chassignet, E. P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C. J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., et al. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75.
Cui, L., Harris, C. K., & Tarpley, D. R. N. (2021). Formation of Oil-Particle-Aggregates: Numerical Model Formulation and Calibration. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E629476.
Dukhovskoy, D. S., Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Chen, X., Coles, V. J., Cui, L., et al. (2021). Development of the CSOMIO Coupled Ocean-Oil-Sediment- Biology Model. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E629299.
Ruiz Xomchuk, V., Hetland, R. D., & Qu, L. (2021). Small-Scale Variability of Bottom Oxygen in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126(1).
Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., et al. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.
Thyng, K. M., Kobashi, D., Ruiz-Xomchuk, V., Qu, L., Chen, X., & Hetland, R. D. (2021). Performance of offline passive tracer advection in the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS; v3.6, revision 904). Geosci. Model Dev., 14(1), 391–407.
Ye, L., Manning, A. J., Holyoke, J., Penaloza-Giraldo, J. A., & Hsu, T. - J. (2021). The Role of Biophysical Stickiness on Oil-Mineral Flocculation and Settling in Seawater. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E628827.

2020

Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668.
Shropshire, T. A., Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Bozec, A., Coles, V. J., Landry, M. R., et al. (2020). Quantifying spatiotemporal variability in zooplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico with a physical-biogeochemical model. Biogeosciences, 17(13), 3385–3407.
Ye, L., Manning, A. J., & Hsu, T. - J. (2020). Oil-mineral flocculation and settling velocity in saline water. Water Research, 173, 115569.

2019

Thyng, K. M. (2019). Deepwater Horizon Oil could have naturally reached Texas beaches. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110527.

2018

Ye, L., Manning, A. J., Hsu, T. - J., Morey, S., Chassignet, E. P., & Ippolito, T. A. (2018). Novel Application of Laboratory Instrumentation Characterizes Mass Settling Dynamics of Oil-Mineral Aggregates (OMAs) and Oil-Mineral-Microbial Interactions. mar technol soc j, 52(6), 87–90.

2016

Farrington, J., Burns, K., & Leinen, M. (2016). Synthesis and Crosscutting Topics of the GoMRI Special Issue. Oceanog, 29(3), 204–213.

Book Chapter - 1

2020

Alademomi, A. S., Manning, A. J., Abbott, V. J., & Whitehouse, R. J. S. (2020). Morphodynamics in a Tropical Shallow Lagoon: Observation and Inferences of Change. In A. J. Manning (Ed.), Lagoon Environments Around the World: A Scientific Perspective (pp. 79–116). London, UK: IntechOpen.

Conference Presentations - 57

2020

Coles, V., Wang, J., Mason, O., & Stukel, M. (2020). Understanding how trait-based modeling (Genome-based EmergeNt Ocean Microbial Ecosystem Model) influences predictions of biogeochemical, ecological, and microbial system responses. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Cui, L., Harris, C. K., & Tarpley, D. R. (2020). Formation and fate of oil particle aggregates in the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf: Numerical modeling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Harris, C. K., Cui, L., & Dukhovskoy, D. S. (2020). Oil particle aggregation model for the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf: Scenario testing. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Ippolito, T., & Chassignet, E. P. (2020). Experiential Learning Activities for the Classroom: Lessons Learned Developing Standards-Aligned Science Curricula for Middle and High School Students. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Laxenaire, R., Dukhovskoy, D. S., Morey, S., Chassignet, E. P., & Chen, X. (2020). Lagrangian-Eulerian mapping in CSOMIO coupled ocean-oil-sediment-biology model. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Morey, S., Chassignet, E. P., Dukhovskoy, D. S., Harris, C. K., Coles, V., Stukel, M., et al. (2020). A coupled modeling system for simulating oil-biological-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Dukhovskoy, D. S., Harris, C. K., Coles, V., Stukel, M. R., et al. (2020). A coupled modeling system for simulating oil-biological-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Shropshire, T., Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Coles, V., Karnauskas, M., Landry, M. R., et al. (2020). Zooplankton validation in a physical-biogeochemical model with potentially valuable applications to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Thyng, K. M., Xomchuk, V. R., Kobashi, D., Qu, L., Hetland, R. D., Dukhovskoy, D., et al. (2020). Offline Tracer Advection in a Realistic Regional Ocean Model. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Wang, J., Coles, V., Stukel, M., & Mason, O. (2020). Rapid adaptation of the microbial community to abrupt environmental change in the Gulf of Mexico modeled with the Genome-based EmergeNt Ocean Microbial Ecosystem Model. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Ye, L., Manning, A. J., & Hsu, T. - J. (2020). Oil-mineral flocculation and settling dynamics in saline water. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.

2019

Cui, L., Harris, C. K., & Tarpley, D. R. N. (2019). Estimating the impact of oil on flocculation processes with a new parameterized sediment model. In Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) Annual Meeting 2019. Boulder, CO : 05/21/19-05/23/19: Poster.
Cui, L., Harris, C. K., & Tarpley, D. R. N. (2019). Estimating the impact of oil on flocculation processes with a new parameterized sediment model. In Gordon Research Conference on Advances in Coastal and Estuarine Physics from Nearshore to Continental-Margin Scales. Manchester, NH : 06/16/19-06/21/19: Poster.
Cui, L., Harris, C. K., & Tarpley, D. R. N. (2019). Development of an Oil Particle Aggregation Model for the Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf. In 25th Biennial CERF Conference. Mobile, AL : 11/03/19-11/07/19: Poster.
Diao, X., & Thyng, K. (2019). Defining the Mississippi river plume with numerical drifters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Dukhovskoy, D. S., Morey, S. L., & Chassignet, E. (2019). Lessons Learned from Deepwater Horizon: Uncertainties and Challenges in Numerical Simulations of the Oil Spill. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19.
Gu, C., Spencer, K. L., Wheatland, J., Bushby, A. J., Manning, A. J., & Carr, S. (2019). Beyond 2D: Stokesian Dynamics simulations of the settling dynamics of real river flocs from high-resolution 3D imaging data. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.
Harris, C. K., Tarpley, D. R., & Friedrichs, C. T. (2019). Application and parameterization of a sediment flocculation model for OMA formation for a Gulf of Mexico continental shelf site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Holyoke, J. G., Ye, L., Hsu, T. - J., & Manning, A. J. (2019). The Role of Texas Crude Oil in Mineral Flocculation Evolution: A Laboratory Investigation. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.
Howe, K. L., Seitz, K. W., Campbell, L. G., Baker, B. J., Thrash, J. C., Rabalais, N. N., et al. (2019). Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone omics data elucidate active, non-canonical methanotrophs that have the potential to impact hydrocarbon fate in the coastal zone. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Kelly, T. B., Landry, M. R., & Stukel, M. R. (2019). Pelagic Connectivity: The Flux and Composition of Sinking Material in the Oligotrophic GOM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Kobashi, D., & Hetland, R. (2019). Variability of submesoscale frontal eddies on the Texas-Louisiana shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Manning, A., & Ye, L. (2019). Flocculation Characteristics and Settling Dynamics of Suspended Cohesive Sediments: Floccin Across the USA. In 4th Symposium on Two-Phase Modelling for Sediment Dynamics in Geophysical Flows (THESIS-2019). Newark, DE : 09/17/19-09/19/19.
Manning, A. J., Wendling, V., Gratiot, N., Legout, C., & Michallet, H. (2019). The flocculation characteristics of freshly eroded aggregates. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19.
Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E., Dukhovskoy, D., Stukel, M., Harris, C., Hetland, R., et al. (2019). Development of a coupled modeling system for simulating oil-microbial-sediment interactions in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ruiz Xomchuk, V., & Hetland, R. (2019). Using a Budget Analysis to Understand Variability in Modeled Bottom Hypoxia of the Texas Louisiana Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ruiz Xomchuk, V., & Hetland, R. (2019). Is bottom oxygen on the Texas-Louisiana shelf persistent? In Gordon Research Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Across Spatial Scales: Advances from Observational, Numerical and Theoretical Analyses. Manchester, NH : 06/15/19-06/16/19: Poster.
Ruiz Xomchuk, V., & Hetland, R. (2019). Is bottom oxygen on the Texas-Louisiana shelf persistent? In Gordon Research Conference on Advances in Coastal and Estuarine Physics from Nearshore to Continental-Margin Scales. Manchester, NH : 06/16/19-06/21/19: Poster.
Stropshire, T., Morey, S., Chassignet, E., Coles, V., Karnauskas, M., Landry, M., et al. (2019). Estimates of food limitation experienced by coastal-pelagic fish larvae in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Wang, J., Coles, V., Kelly, T. B., Mason, O. U., Stropshire, T., & Stukel, M. R. (2019). Oil-Microbe interactions in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) modeled with the Genome-based EmergeNt Ocean Microbial Ecosystem Model. In ASLO 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 02/23/19-03/02/19.
Wang, J., Coles, V., Kelly, T. B., Mason, O. U., Stropshire, T., & Stukel, M. R. (2019). Oil-Microbe interactions in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) modeled with the Genome-based EmergeNt Ocean Microbial Ecosystem Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Wang, J., Coles, V., Stukel, M., Kelly, T., & Mason, O. (2019). Rapid adaptation of the microbial community to abrupt environmental change in the Gulf of Mexico modeled with the Genome-based EmergeNt Oceand Microbial Ecosystem Model. In 2019 Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Summer Workshop. Woods Hole, MA : 06/24/19-06/27/19: Poster.
Ye, L., Holyoke, J., Manning, A., & Hsu, T. (2019). Oil-mineral flocculation and settling dynamics in saline water. In 4th Symposium on Two-Phase Modelling for Sediment Dynamics in Geophysical Flows (THESIS-2019). Newark, DE : 09/17/19-09/19/19: Poster.
Ye, L., Manning, A., Hsu, T., & Stukel, M. (2019). Settling dynamics of oil-mineral aggregates (OMAs) interations. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Chang, G., Spada, F., Scheu, K., Jones, C., Egan, G., Cowherd, M., et al. (2018). Optics and acoustics for near-bed particle characterization and quantification of turbulence. In Ocean Optics XXIV Conference. Dubrovnik, Croatia : 10/07/18-10/12/18: Poster.
Coles, V. (2018). Is it who you are or what you do? Evolution of metabolic function shapes ocean biogeochemistry in a gene-based model. In 2018 Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop. Woods Hole, MA : 06/25/18-06/28/18.
Coles, V., Stukel, M., Moran, M. A., & Hood, R. (2018). Metabolic function not microbial taxonomy determines ocean biogeochemical gradients in a gene based marine ecosystem model. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Deng, Z., He, Q., Chassagne, C., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Properties of sediment-algae flocs as function of shear and environmental conditions: a laboratory study. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Diao, X., & Thyng, K. (2018). Using statistics with drifter tracking to define a river plume. In 2018 Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) Meeting. Galveston, TX : 10/15/18-10/19/18: Poster.
Egan, G., Cowherd, M., Spada, F., Chang, G., Manning, A. J., Fringer, O., et al. (2018). In situ observations of near-bed turbulence and cohesive sediment transport. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18.
Holyoke, J. G., Ye, L., Hsu, T. - J., & Manning, A. J. (2018). An experimental investigation on the role of flow turbulence in oil-mineral-microbial interaction. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Howe, K., Seitz, K., Baker, B., Thrash, J., Campbell, L., Rogener, M., et al. (2018). Revealing previously unrecognized microbes involved in methane oxidation along an oxygen gradient in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Leipzig, Germany : 08/12/18-08/17/18: Poster.
Livsey, D. N., Downing-Kunz, M. D., Manning, A. J., & Schoellhamer, D. H. (2018). Effect of flocculation on estimated sediment flux derived from optical turbidity measurements in the San Francisco Estuary. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18.
Manning, A. J. (2018). Changes in Water Temperature and the Effects on the Morphology of Muddy Coastal River-Deltas. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Mehta, A. J., Hayter, E., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Water temperature change and morphology of coastal river-deltas. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, Special Focus: Engaging with Policy on Climate Change. In 10th International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses. Berkley, CA : 04/20/18-04/21/18.
Mehta, A. J., & Manning, A. J. (2018). A Comparative Assessment of Cohesive Sediment Settling Velocities from Five Estuaries. In 5th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Europe Congress. Trento, Italy : 06/12/18-06/14/18.
Mehta, A. J., McAnally, W. H., Samsami, F., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Revisiting the role of aggregation in the settling of cohesive flocs in the marine environment. In 36th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. Baltimore, MD : 07/30/18-08/03/18.
Ruiz, V., & Hetland, R. (2018). Using a budget analysis to understand variability in the bottom hypoxia of the Texas Louisiana shelf. In 2018 Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas (PECS) Meeting. Galveston, TX : 10/15/18-10/19/18.
Safar, Z., Rijnsburger, S., Ibanez Sanz, M., Chassagne, C., Manning, A. J., Pietrzak, J. D., et al. (2018). In situ characterization and dynamics of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) in the Rhine river front during neap tide. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Shakeel, A., Chassagne, C., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Rheo-optical analysis of natural sediments under continuous and oscillating shearing action. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Spencer, K. L., Wheatland, J., Bushby, A. J., Manning, A. J., & Carr, S. (2018). Can New Information on Suspended Sediment Floc Characteristics Improve Understanding of Cohesive Sediment Behaviour? In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Tarpley, D., Harris, C. K., & Friedrichs, C. T. (2018). Tidal variation in sediment distribution in an idealized estuarine model in response to cohesive dynamics. In 15th Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference. Seattle, WA : 06/25/18-06/27/18.
Ye, L., Hsu, T. - J., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Settling Dynamics of Oil-Mineral-Microbial Interactions: A Laboratory Study. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Yue, L., Cheng, Z., Hsu, T. - J., Horner-Devine, A. R., & Manning, A. J. (2018). A Turbulence-Resolving Numerical Investigation on the Transport Dynamics of Sand-Mud Mixture in Wave Bottom Boundary Layer. In 8th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics. Notre Dame, IN : 06/04/18-06/07/18: Poster.
Yue, L., Cheng, Z., Hsu, T. - J., Horner-Devine, A. R., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Turbulence-resolving numerical simulation of fine sediment transport over bedforms. In 36th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. Baltimore, MD : 07/30/18-08/03/18: Poster.
Yue, L., Hsu, T. - J., Horner-Devine, A. R., Manning, A. J., & Ogston, A. S. (2018). A Turbulence-resolving Numerical Investigation of Wave-supported Gravity Flow. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Zhang, N., Thompson, C. E. L., Townend, I. H., Rankin, K. E., Paterson, D. M., & Manning, A. J. (2018). Investigating the internal structure of biofilm-sediment aggregates using X-ray micro-tomography. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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