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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Roster

Deep-Pelagic Plankton Communities of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Trophic Ecology, Assemblage Dynamics, and Connectivity with the Upper Ocean

8 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Frank Hernandez, Jr
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Co-Principal Investigator

Kevin Dillon
University of Southern Mississippi
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Kelly L. Robinson
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology
James J. Ruzicka
Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Frank Hernandez, Jr
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Project Data Point of Contact

Frank Hernandez, Jr
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Outreach Point of Contact

Frank Hernandez, Jr
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Post-Doc

Verena Wang
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Research Staff

Carley Zapfe
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

GoMRI Scholar

Emily Gipson
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Stacy Calhoun
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Biology

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Emily Gipson
University of Southern Mississippi
Division of Coastal Sciences, School of Ocean Science and Technology
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org