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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium

Project Publications & Presentations

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

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 - 10
2011
Gamble, R. B., Cebrian, J., & Heck, K. L. (2011). Abundance and richness of macroinvertebrate and finfish assemblages in shallow coastal embayments with contrasting seagrass cover. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11.
Gamble, R. B., Cebrian, J., & Heck, K. L. (2011). Impacts of reduced seagrass cover in shallow coastal embayments on production contributions of macroinvertebrate and finfish populations to offshore habitats. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.
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
Gamble, R. B., Cebrian, J., & Heck, K. L. (2010). Abundance and diversity of macroinvertebrate and finfish assemblages in shallow coastal embayments with contrasting seagrass cover. In Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, December 1-2, 2010: Poster.
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.

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This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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