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Keeping you current on emerging Gulf science and the people investigating the effects of oil spills on the environment and public health.

March 24, 2015                                                                    GoMRI eNews

Stories

Screenscope Releases Trailer for “Lessons from the Deep”

Award Winning Video Teaches Drone Technology for Oil Spill Research

Rita Colwell ECO Editorial on Building Better Dispersants

Understanding Influences on Microbial Responses to Oil Spills

From the Archives

Scientists to Revisit Wellhead Site in Legendary Research Submarine

A team of scientists led by the University of Georgia’s Samantha Joye will spend much of April deep underwater, surveying the ocean floor around the Deepwater Horizon blowout that discharged roughly 5 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Scientists Seek Public Help in Oil Spill Research

You may already be a winner! That is what folks will read on posters across the Gulf region if they find and report bright yellow cards drifting in Gulf waters or washed up on beaches.

Publications

Study Shows Potential of “Polysoaps” for Oil Spill Remediation
Structurally controlled "polysoaps" via RAFT copolymerization of AMPS and n-dodecyl acrylamide for environmental remediation. Wan, W.-M.; Pickett, P.D.; Savin, D.A.; McCormick, C.L. Polymer Chemistry, 2014, 5, 819-827.
 
Study Contributes to Understanding Dispersion in the Coastal Ocean
Drifter motion in the Gulf of Mexico constrained by altimetric Lagrangian coherent structures: DRIFTER MOTION TIED TO ALTIMETRIC LCS. M. J. Olascoaga, F. J. Beron-Vera, G. Haller, J. Triñanes, M. Iskandarani, E. F. Coelho, B. K. Haus, H. S. Huntley, G. Jacobs, A. D. Kirwan Jr., B. L. Lipphardt Jr., T. M. Özgökmen, A. J. H. M. Reniers and A. Valle-Levinson. Geophysical Research Letters, 2013, 40, 23, 6171–6175.
 
Early Post-Spill Study Analyzes Survival of Juvenile Fish Inhabiting Seagrass Habitat
Response of Coastal Fishes to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster. Fodrie, F.J.; Heck, K.L.; Bograd, S.J. PLoS ONE, 2011, 6 (7), e21609.

Announcements

RFP-IV Consortia Web Presence - Visit these new websites and pages for project information and activities:Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) webpage,  Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico consortium (DEEPEND) website andAggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx) Consortium website.

Attendee Survey for the 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
Please take this short survey about the overall conference, plenaries, breakout sessions, and online and mobile conference tools.  Comments on what went well and improvements are welcomed.
 
NIEHS Highlights Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program Director Linda Birnbaum talks about the 2015 conference in their March Environmental Newsletter.

Project Activities

CWC Hosts “Lagniappe” Workshop Featuring Research Scientist Hillary Sullivan
On March 28, Lagniappe participants will learn what makes Louisiana marshes unique as Sullivan compares and contrasts them with coastal marshes from other regions. Register now!
 
Deep-C Releases Fact Sheet on Oil Fingerprinting & Degradation in the Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Chris Reddy explains how identifying an oil sample’s chemical “fingerprint” can help researchers pinpoint its source and track its movement through the Gulf of Mexico.
 
CARTHE Announces LAPCOD VI Meeting
The 6th Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics will be held July 26-31, 2015 at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, Maine. Abstract submissions open March 23.
 
ECOGIG features Post-Doctoral Researchers Cardona and Kleindienst
Yuley Cardona is with the Bracco Research Group, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology; and Dr. Sara Kleindienst is with the Joye Research Group, University of Georgia.