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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., 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, 107692.

2021

Ainsworth, C., Chassignet, E., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., Fiddaman, T., Huang, H., Huettel, M., Justic, D., Kourafalou, V., Liu, Y., Mauritzen, C., Murawski, S., Morey, S., Özgökmen, T., Paris, C., Ruzicka, J., Saul, S., . . . Zheng, Y. (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., MacDonald, T. C., Newton, C., Peebles, E., & Robinson, K. L. (2021). A Synthesis of Deepwater Horizon Impacts on Coastal and Nearshore Living Marine Resources. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.
Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., Chassignet, E. P., Chen, S. S., Conmy, R. N., Court, C. D., Dewar, W. K., Farrington, J. W., Feldman, M. G., Ferguson, A. C., Fetherston-Resch, E., French-McCay, D., Hale, C., He, R., Kourafalou, V. H., . . . Yoskowitz, D. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Calhoun, S. R., K.L.; Ruzicka, J. H., F.; Wang, V. S., M.; Sutton, T. A., & C (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
Gipson, E. W., V.; Zapfe, C. D., & 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
Gipson, E. W., V.; Zapfe, C. H., & F (2020). Trophic Ecology of Mesopelagic Larval Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Murawski, S. K., J.; DiPinto, L. C., D.; Donaldson, D. L., J.; MacDonald, T. N., C.; Peebles, E. R., K.; Schwacke, L. T., & R (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
Patterson, W. C., M.; Chagaris, D. H., D.; Murawski, S. P., A.; Portnoy, D. P., & E.; Robinson, K. (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
Ruzicka, J. C., S.; Robinson, K. H., F.; Wang, V. D., & K.; Sutton, T. (2020). Evaluating Trophic Vertical Exchange Processes within the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico: GoMex-ECOTRAN. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Wang, V. Z., & C.R.; Hernandez, F. (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

2019

Calhoun, S. R., K.; Hernandez, F. W., & 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
Calhoun, S. R., K.; Ruzicka, J. H., & F (2019). Deep Sea Dining: A Vertically Integrated Oceanic Food Web Model for the Gulf of Mexico. In UL Lafayette Biology Graduate Student Symposium
Ruzicka, J. R., K.; Hernandez, F. W., V.; Calhoun, S. D., & K.; Sutton, T. (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
Wang, V. G., E.E.; Zapfe, C. H., & 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
Wang, V. G., E.E.; Zapfe, C. H., & 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
Wang, V. G., E.E.; Zapfe, C. H., & 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
Wang, V. Z., & C.R.; Hernandez, F. (2019). Community assemblage structure and vertical distribution patterns of deep-pelagic ichthyoplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 43rd Annual Larval Fish Conference

2018

Hernandez, F. D., K.; Robinson, K. R., & 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
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org