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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

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

Journal Article - 1
2015
Churchill, D., Heithaus, M., Vaudo, J. J., Grubbs, R. D., & Castro, J. I. (2015). Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach contents analysis. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 92–102.
Conference Presentations - 4
2014
Leary A., Gelsleichter, J., & Grubbs, R. D. (2014). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biomarkers in Gulf of Mexico sharks and fishes in the years following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
2013
Churchill, D., & Heithaus, M. R. (2013). Spatial and temporal variation in trophic interactions of deep sea fishes and invertebrates of the Gulf of Mexico. In American Elasmobranch Society/American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Summer 2013.
2012
Gelsleichter, J., Leary, A. E., Drakos, H., Davis, M., Gonzalez de Acevedo, M., McCallister, M., et al. (2012). Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Deepwater Shark Populations from the Northeast Gulf of Mexico. In American Elasmobranch Society Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, August 8-13, 2012.
Grubbs, R. D., Gelsleichter, J., Heithaus, M. R., Gastrich, K., & Cotton, C. (2012). Assemblages of large demersal fishes associated with DeSoto Canyon and the continental slope waters in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico with reference to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.

This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org