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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 - The Northern Gulf Institute

Project Publications & Presentations

Impact of Crude Oil on Coastal and Ocean Environments of the West Florida Shelf and Big Bend Region from the Shoreline to the Continental Shelf Edge: Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Tracing

Journal Articles - 5
2021
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Wildermann, N., Rosenheim, B. E., Montoya, J. P., Hollander, D., et al. (2021). Mapping spatial and temporal variation of seafloor organic matter Δ14C and δ13C in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 112076.
2016
Wilson, R. M., Cherrier, J., Sarkodee-Adoo, J., Bosman, S., Mickle, A., & Chanton, J. P. (2016). Tracing the intrusion of fossil carbon into coastal Louisiana macrofauna using natural 14C and 13C abundances. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 89–95.
2015
Chanton, J., Zhao, T., Rosenheim, B. E., Joye, S., Bosman, S., Brunner, C., et al. (2015). Using Natural Abundance Radiocarbon To Trace the Flux of Petrocarbon to the Seafloor Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(2), 847–854.
2014
Cherrier, J., Sarkodee-Adoo, J., Guilderson, T. P., & Chanton, J. (2014). Fossil Carbon in Particulate Organic Matter in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deep Water Horizon Event. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 1(1), 108–112.
2013
Wilson, R. M.,, Nelson, J. A., Balmer, B. C., Nowacek, D. P., & Chanton, J. P. (2013). Stable isotope variation in the northern Gulf of Mexico constrains bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) foraging ranges. Mar Biol, 160(11), 2967–2980.
Conference Presentations - 2
2012
Chanton, J., Cherrier, J., Magen, C., Sarkadee-Adoo, J., Joye, S. B., Hollander, D. J., et al. (2012). Biogeochemical Radiocarbon analysis of the Gulf Oil Spill: Sediments, Plankton and Coastal Fauna. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.
Sarkodee-Addo, J., Cherrier, J., & Chanton, J. (2012). Tracing the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill into Fish along Coastal and Offshore Contamination Gradients in the Gulf of Mexico using natural 14C and 13C Abundances. 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