Summary:
GoMRI Synthesis Core Area 3, Ecological/Ecosystem Impacts, summarized research and identified gaps related to ecosystem impacts and the vulnerability and resilience of species and ecosystems to large-scale contamination events. Cross-cutting ecological impacts were investigated for several ecotypes: open-ocean, deep benthic, continental shelf, and coastal in-shore.
Products:
Special Issue/Research Topic Publications
- DEEPEND Special Issue of Frontiers in Marine Science: Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column: The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon
- C-IMAGE Special Issue of Frontiers in Marine Science: Vulnerability and Resilience of Marine Ecosystems Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- CWC Plankton Synthesis Special Issue: Plankton Gulf of Mexico in Marine Pollution Bulletin.