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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Publications & Presentations

Assessing the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Sediments and Benthic Communities on the West Florida Shelf and Slope

Journal Articles - 6

2018

Schwing, P. T., O'Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2018). Resilience of benthic foraminifera in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2011-2015). Ecological Indicators, 84, 753–764.

2017

Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Holmes, C. W., O'Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2017). Constraining the Spatial Extent of Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation Following the Deepwater Horizon Event Using an Excess210Pb Flux Approach. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51(11), 5962–5968.
Schwing, P. T., OMalley, B. J., Romero, I. C., Martínez-Colón, M., Hastings, D. W., Glabach, M. A., et al. (2017). Characterizing the variability of benthic foraminifera in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2010-2012). Environ Sci Pollut Res, 24(3), 2754–2769.

2016

Hastings, D. W., Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Morford, J. L., Roeder, T., et al. (2016). Changes in sediment redox conditions following the BP DWH blowout event. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 167–178.

2015

Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P. T., Romero, I., Moore, C., Reichart, G. - J., et al. (2015). Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout. PLoS ONE, 10(7), e0132341.
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.

Book Chapter - 1

2019

Schwing, P. T., & Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2019). Impact and Resilience of Benthic Foraminifera in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc 1 Oil Spills. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 374–387). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 7

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.
Hastings, D. W., Brooks, G. R., Hollander, D. J., Larson, R., Morford, J., Romero, I., et al. (2013). Changes in the redox state in pore water and marine sediments following the 2010 BP blowout. 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.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P., Hollander, D., Romero, I., Moore, C., et al. (2013). Shift in sedimentation patterns and increased mass accumulation rates following the BP blowout event: NE Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Schwing, P. T., Flower, B., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Romero, I., & Hollander, D. J. (2013). Using short-lived radionuclide inventories and geochronology to quantify benthic foraminfera response to the BP oil blowout. 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.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org