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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

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Assessing Impacts of Oil Exposure to Deep Sea Ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico Using Sharks and Scavengers As Integrative Models

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28 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Michael Heithaus
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

Co-Principal Investigator

Jose Castro
Mote Marine Laboratory
National Center for Shark Research
Charles Cotton
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Department of Fisheries Science
Kirk Gastrich
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology
James Gelsleichter
University of North Florida
Biology Department
R. Dean Grubbs
Florida State University
Coastal and Marine Laboratory
Mahmood Shivji
Nova Southeastern University
Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Project Data Point of Contact

Michael Heithaus
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

Post-Doc

Shomen Mukherjee
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology
Jeremy Vaudo
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Jeremy Vaudo
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences

Research Staff

Willy Bemis
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shoals Marine Lab
Annabelle Brooks
Cape Eleuthera Institute
Rachel Decker
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences

Data Team

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Andrea Bernard
Nova Southeastern University
Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Derek Burkholder
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Diana Churchill
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Christine Testerman
Nova Southeastern University
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Brenda Anderson
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Kimberley Atwater
Nova Southeastern University
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
Ryan Ford
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Mike McCallister
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Robin Sarabia
Florida International University
Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

Undergraduate Student

Nicole Chavarry
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
Monica Collazos
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Hilary Drakos
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Arianne Leary
University of North Florida
Biology Department
Andrea Reategui
Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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