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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Publications & Presentations

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

Journal Articles - 5

2018

Schwing, P. T., Chanton, J. P., Romero, I. C., Hollander, D. J., Goddard, E. A., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2018). Tracing the incorporation of carbon into benthic foraminiferal calcite following the Deepwater Horizon event. Environmental Pollution, 237, 424–429.

2016

Schwing, P. T., Romero, I. C., Larson, R. A., O'Malley, B. J., Fridrik, E. E., Goddard, E. A., et al. (2016). Sediment Core Extrusion Method at Millimeter Resolution using a Calibrated, Threaded-rod2016. JoVE, (114), e54363 Pg 1–7.

2015

Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Hastings, D. W., Ellis, G., et al. (2015). Hydrocarbons in Deep-Sea Sediments following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0128371.
Schwing, P. T., Romero, I. C., Brooks, G. R., Hastings, D. W., Larson, R. A., Hollander, D. J., et al. (2015). A Decline in Benthic Foraminifera following the Deepwater Horizon Event in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0120565.

2011

Joye, S. B., Leifer, I., MacDonald, I. R., Chanton, J. P., Meile, C. D., Teske, A. P., et al. (2011). Comment on “A persistent oxygen anomaly reveals the fate of spilled methane in the deep Gulf of Mexico”. Science, 332(6033), 1033.

Conference Presentations - 13

2013

Chanton, J., Cherrier, J., Sarkadee-Adoo, J., Graham, W. M., Joye, S., Hollander, D., et al. (2013). Radiocarbon analysis of the Gulf Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Hollander, D. J., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R., Romero, I., Schwing, P., Watson, K., et al. (2013). Testing the Mechanisms of Sedimentary Oil Deposition in Deep-Sea. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Hollander, D. J., Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Watson, K., Zenzola, N., et al. (2013). Elucidating the mechanism of sedimentary oil deposition following the Deepwater Horizon blowout event in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In International Meeting of Organic Geochemists (IMOG). Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, September 15-20, 2013.
Patterson, W., Tarnecki, J., Jagoe, C., Romero, I., Hollander, D., Kane, A., et al. (2013). Shifts in Reef Fish Community and Trophic Structure Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Romero, I., Hollander, D. J., Brooks, G. R., Patterson, W., Ross, S. W., Torres, J. J., et al. (2013). Deposition and persistance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the first DEEPWATER oil spill: from deep-sea sediments to fish communities (Gulf of Mexico, USA). In International Meeting of Organic Geochemists (IMOG). Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, September 15-20, 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.
Watson, K., Romero, I., Murawski, S., & Hollander, D. J. (2013). Large-scale tracking of oil-derived hydrocarbons after the Deepwater Horizon blowout: Reconstructing spatial and temporal petroleum distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.

2012

Chanton, J., Cherrier, J., Sarkadee-Adoo, J., Joye, S. B., Hollander, D. J., Graham, W. M., et al. (2012). Biogeochemical Radiocarbon analysis of the Gulf Oil Spill: Sediments, Plankton and Coastal Fauna. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 2012.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Flower, B. P., Hollander, D., Hastings, D., Romero, I., et al. (2012). Assessing the Fate and Impact of BP Oil on Deep Sea Sedimentary Environments and Benthic Communities: NE Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.
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.
Hollander, D. J., Flower, B., Naar, D., Weisberg, R., Daly, K., Romero, I., et al. (2011). Deposition, Distribution and Fate of Macondo Oil in the Sediments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In NSTC-SOST Meeting. October 2011.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org