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Bryan O'Malley

Eckerd College

Marine Science

Natural Sciences Collegium
Sheen Science Center, SHA-102
St. Petersburg, FL  33711  

bjomalle@eckerd.edu

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2018

Schwing, P. T., O'Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2018). Resilience of benthic foraminifera in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2011-2015). Ecological Indicators, 84, 753–764.

2017

Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Holmes, C. W., O'Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2017). Constraining the Spatial Extent of Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation Following the Deepwater Horizon Event Using an Excess210Pb Flux Approach. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51(11), 5962–5968.
Schwing, P. T., OMalley, B. J., Romero, I. C., Martínez-Colón, M., Hastings, D. W., Glabach, M. A., et al. (2017). Characterizing the variability of benthic foraminifera in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon event (2010-2012). Environ Sci Pollut Res, 24(3), 2754–2769.

2016

Romero, I. C., Ã?zgökmen, T., Snyder, S., Schwing, P., O'Malley, B. J., Beron-Vera, F. J., et al. (2016). Tracking the -Hercules 265- marine gas well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(1), 706–724.
Schwing, P. T., Romero, I. C., Larson, R. A., O'Malley, B. J., Fridrik, E. E., Goddard, E. A., et al. (2016). Sediment Core Extrusion Method at Millimeter Resolution using a Calibrated, Threaded-rod2016. JoVE, (114), e54363 Pg 1–7.

Conference Presentations - 11

2020

OMalley, B., Schwing, P. T., Martinez-Colon, M., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G., & Hollander, D. J. (2020). Development of a Benthic Foraminifera Based Marine Biotic Index for the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

O'Malley, B., Schwing, P. T., Martinez-Colon, M., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., & Hollander, D. J. (2019). The Development and Implementation of the Foram-AMBI for the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Schwing, P., O'Malley, B., Machain-Castillo, M., Armenteros, M., & Hollander, D. J. (2019). The utility of benthic foraminifera for Gulf of Mexico oil spill science and resource management. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Oâ??Malley, B. J., Schwing, P. T., Hollander, D. J., & Armenteros, M. (2018). Using benthic foraminifera as indicators for environmental baselines and anthropogenic influence on the northern Cuban continental slope. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Schwing, P. T., Oâ??Malley, B. J., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Armenteros, M., & Hollander, D. J. (2018). Utilizing Benthic Foraminifera to Assess the Impacts of Oil Spills and Environmental Response in the Gulf of Mexico: Past, Present and Future. In International Symposium on Foraminifera (FORAMS) 2018. Edinburgh, Scotland : 06/17/18-06/22/18: Poster.
Schwing, P. T., Oâ??Malley, B. J., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Hastings, D. W., Armenteros, M., & Hollander, D. J. (2018). Using benthic foraminifera to assess oil spill impact, resilience, long-term preservation, and to provide a measure of Gulf-wide benthic baselines. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

O'Malley, B. J. (2017). Utilizing the Foraminiferal Index of Environmental Impact to assess benthic impacts and recovery following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Fridrik, E., Schwing, P., Ramirez, H., Larson, R., Brooks, G., Oâ??Malley, B., et al. (2016). Comparison of the 2015 Abkatun (Mexico) and 2013 Hercules-265 (USA) Blowout Events in the Southern and Northern Gulf Using Benthic Foraminifera as Environmental Proxies of Hydrocarbon Pollution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Oâ??Malley, B., Schwing, P., Romero, I., Larson, R., Brooks, G., & Hollander, D. (2016). Comparative Records of Planktic Foraminiferal Mass Accumulation Rates following the 2010 DWH and 1979 IXTOC Blowout Events: A Microfossil Indicator of Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Holmes, C. W., O'Malley, B. J., & Hollander, D. J. (2016). Constraining the spatial extent of the Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Accumulation (MOSSFA) following the Deepwater Horizon event using a 210Pb inventory approach. In 2nd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Hamburg, Germany : 09/19/16-09/20/16.

2015

Schwing, P. T., Martínez-Colón, M., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Romero, I. C., Brooks, G. R., Hastings, D. W., et al. (2015). Documenting the spatial and temporal response of benthic foraminifera following subsurface oil releases in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2015 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD : 11/01/15-11/04/15.