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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

Project Publications & Presentations

Assessment of Deepwater Fish Assemblages Associated with Desoto Canyons and Continental Slope Waters in the Eastern GOM

Journal Article - 1
2015
Churchill, D., Heithaus, M., Vaudo, J. J., Grubbs, R. D., & Castro, J. I. (2015). Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach contents analysis. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 92–102.
Conference Presentations - 4
2013
Gelsleichter, J., Leary, A. E., Heithaus, M., & Grubbs, R. D. (2013). Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Deepwater Fish Populations from the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Grubbs, R. D., Coleman, F., Koenig, C., Gelsleichter, J., Heithaus, M., & Cotton, C. (2013). Community Structure of Deep Demersal Fishes from Desoto Canyon and Adjacent Habitats of the Eastern Gulf Of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
2012
Churchill, D., Heithaus, M., Grubbs, D., & Vaudo, J. (2012). Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Spill on the trophic interactions of deep-sea sharks and associated species of the Gulf of Mexico. In American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, August 8-13, 2012.
Grubbs, R. D., Gelsleichter, J., Heithaus, M., Gastrich, K., & Cotton, C. (2012). Demersal elasmobranch assemblages associated with DeSoto Canyon and the continental slope of the eastern Gulf of Mexico relative to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, August 8-13, 2012.

This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org