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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

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Assessing Impacts on a Critical Habitat, Oyster Reefs and Associated Species in Florida Gulf Estuaries

Conference Presentations - 4

2013

Weinstein, J., Miller, J., Proffitt, C. E., Kimbro, D. L., Geiger, S., & Coen, L. D. (2013). Spatial and temporal trends in PAH levels of oysters from the Florida Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.

2012

Geiger, S., Proffitt, C. E., Coen, L. D., Nance, H., Kimbro, D. L., & Weinstein, J. E. (2012). Baseline assessment of oyster reefs and their associated fauna in multiple Florida Gulf estuaries. In National Shellfisheries Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, March 25-29, 2012.

2011

Coen, L. D., Proffitt, C. E., Geiger, S., Kimbro, D. L., & Weinstein, J. E. (2011). Florida Gulf Oysters and Associated Fauna: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Setting Baseline Conditions for Future Disturbances. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November, 2011.
Nance, H., & Proffitt, C. E. (2011). Population genetics response to the DWH oil spill in Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona, FL, Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org