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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

Deep-Pelagic Plankton Communities of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Trophic Ecology, Assemblage Dynamics, and Connectivity with the Upper Ocean

Journal Articles - 4

2022

Hoover, A. M., Chiaverano, L., Deary, A. L., & Hernandez, F. (2022). Variation in larval Gulf Menhaden diet, growth and condition during an atypical winter freshwater-discharge event in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 265(5).

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.
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.
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.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Calhoun, S., Robinson, K. L., Ruzicka, J., Hernandez, F., Wang, V., Sutor, M., et al. (2020). Modeling the Deep: A Vertically Resolved, End-to-End ECOTRAN Model of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Gipson, E., Wang, V., Zapfe, C., Dillon, K., & Hernandez, F. (2020). Feeding Ecology of Early Life Stages of Deep-Pelagic Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Gipson, E., Wang, V., Zapfe, C., & Hernandez, F. (2020). Trophic Ecology of Mesopelagic Larval Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
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.
Patterson, W. F., Campbell, M., Chagaris, D., Hanisko, D., Murawski, S., Pollock, A., et al. (2020). A Review of Deepwater Horizon Impacts and Evidence of Resiliency in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Ecosystem. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Ruzicka, J., Calhoun, S., Robinson, K., Hernandez, F., Wang, V., Dillon, K., et al. (2020). Evaluating Trophic Vertical Exchange Processes within the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico: GoMex-ECOTRAN. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wang, V. H., Zapfe, C. R., & Hernandez, F. J. (2020). Environmental Drivers Structuring Horizontal and Vertical Distributions of Mesopelagic Larval Fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Calhoun, S., Robinson, K., Hernandez, F., Wang, V., & Sutor, M. (2019). Roll Call: Community Composition of Zooplankton in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Calhoun, S., Robinson, K., Ruzicka, J., & Hernandez, F. (2019). Deep Sea Dining: A Vertically Integrated Oceanic Food Web Model for the Gulf of Mexico. In UL Lafayette Biology Graduate Student Symposium. Lafayette, LA : 11/22/19-11/22/19.
Ruzicka, J., Robinson, K., Hernandez, F., Wang, V., Calhoun, S., Dillon, K., et al. (2019). A Vertically-Resolved End-to-End Ecosystem Model to Study the Role of Vertical Exchange Processes within the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico: GoMex-ECOTRAN. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Wang, V. H., Gipson, E. E., Zapfe, C. R., & Hernandez, F. J. (2019). Deep-pelagic ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Analysis of community assemblage structure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Wang, V. H., Gipson, E. E., Zapfe, C. R., & Hernandez, F. J. (2019). Deep-pelagic ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Vertical distribution patterns of dominant mesopelagic families. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Wang, V. H., Gipson, E. E., Zapfe, C. R., & Hernandez, F. J. (2019). Deep-pelagic ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Vertical distribution patterns of dominant mesopelagic families. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Wang, V. H., Zapfe, C. R., & Hernandez, F. J. (2019). Community assemblage structure and vertical distribution patterns of deep-pelagic ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 43rd Annual Larval Fish Conference. Palma, Spain : 05/21/19-05/24/19.

2018

Hernandez, F. J., Dillon, K., Robinson, K., Ruzicka, J., & Wang, V. (2018). Deep-Pelagic Plankton Communities of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Trophic Ecology, Assemblage Dynamics, & Connectivity with the Upper Ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org