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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 Member Institutions

Assessing Impacts of Oil Exposure to Deep Sea Ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico Using Sharks and Scavengers As Integrative Models

Cape Eleuthera Institute

Annabelle Brooks
Research Staff

Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

Derek Burkholder
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Nicole Chavarry
Undergraduate Student
Diana Churchill
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Rachel Decker
Research Staff
Andrea Reategui
Undergraduate Student
Jeremy Vaudo
Post-Doc

Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

Kirk Gastrich
Co-Principal Investigator
Michael Heithaus
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact
Robin Sarabia
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Florida State University

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

R. Dean Grubbs
Co-Principal Investigator

Mote Marine Laboratory

National Center for Shark Research

Jose Castro
Co-Principal Investigator

Nova Southeastern University

Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Andrea Bernard
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Mahmood Shivji
Co-Principal Investigator

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

Kimberley Atwater
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Christine Testerman
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Shoals Marine Lab

Willy Bemis
Research Staff

University of North Florida

Biology Department

Brenda Anderson
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Monica Collazos
Undergraduate Student
Hilary Drakos
Undergraduate Student
Ryan Ford
Graduate Student - Master's Level
James Gelsleichter
Co-Principal Investigator
Melissa Gonzalez De Acevedo
Undergraduate Student
Arianne Leary
Undergraduate Student
Mike McCallister
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Department of Fisheries Science

Charles Cotton
Co-Principal Investigator
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org