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Joseph Tarnecki

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL  33701  

jtarnecki83@gmail.com

Project List:

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Staff, Graduate Student - Master's Level

Acute Effects of Oil on Northern Gulf of Mexico Reefs and Reef Communities

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2020

Lewis, J. P., Tarnecki, J. H., Garner, S. B., Chagaris, D. D., & Patterson, W. F. (2020). Changes in Reef Fish Community Structure Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Sci Rep, 10(1).

2015

Tarnecki, J. H., & Patterson III, W. F. (2015). Changes in Red Snapper Diet and Trophic Ecology Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 7(1), 135–147.

Conference Presentations - 10

2020

Barnett, B. K., Chanton, J. P., Tarnecki, J. H., & Patterson, W. F. (2020). Stable and Radioisotopes in Tissues and Otoliths as Natural Biogeochemical Tracers of Food Web Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Lewis, J. P., Tarnecki, J. H., Garner, S. B., Chagaris, D. D., & Patterson, W. F. (2020). Changes in Reef Fish Community Structure Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2017

Barnett, B. K., Patterson III, W. F., Chanton, J., Hollander, D., Romero, I., Goddard, E., et al. (2017). Stable and radio isotopes reveal food web impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tampa, FL : 08/20/17-08/24/17.
Patterson, W. F., Ahrens, R., Allen, M. S., Cass-Calay, S., Chagaris, D., Chanton, J., et al. (2017). Evidence of acute and chronic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Gulf of Mexico red snapper. In 147th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. Tampa, FL : 08/20/17-08/24/17.

2015

James, M., Smeltz, M., Ghiran, C., Tarnecki, J. H., & Patterson, W. (2015). Biomarkers of exposure to PAH in GoM fishes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Patterson III, W. F., Hollander, D., Jagoe, C., James, M., Murawski, S., Romero, I., et al. (2015). Reef fishes and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: chronic effects and evidence of system resiliency. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Patterson III, W. F., Hollander, D., Jagoe, C., James, M., Murawski, S., Romero, I., et al. (2015). Emerging Ecological Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Evaluating Ecosystem Change and Resiliency. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Dahl, K., Patterson, W., & Tarnecki, J. (2014). Declines in small demersal reef fishes: confounding effects of the DWH oil spill and invasive lionfish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Patterson, W., Tarnecki, J., Jagoe, C., Romero, I., Hollander, D., & James, M. (2014). Acute and chronic effects of the DWH oil spill on reef fish community and trophic structure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Tarnecki, J., & Patterson, W. F. (2014). The effects of ontogeny, habitat, and DWH oil spill on red snapper, diet and tropic cology in the N GoM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.