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RFP-III

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Application of Passive Samplers to Monitor PAHs Concentrations in Water, Sediment Porewater, Sediment, and Commercially Important Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico in Order to Quantify Site-Specific, Chronic Damages to the Natural Resources

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Biodegradability of MC252 Oil-Sand Aggregates on Rapidly Eroding Coastal Beach Environments

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Collection and Analysis of Oiled Sand Patties along the Gulf Coast

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Collection of Water Column Samples in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone and Areas Near the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Site

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Comprehensive Study of Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Health and Productivity of Gulf Coast Salt Marshes

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Continued Sampling of Blue Crab Larvae, Juveniles and Adults to Evaluate Oil Spill Effects on Population Connectivity and Adaptation, and Predict the Dynamics of Recovery

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Continued Sampling of Tabanid Populations as Indicators of Acute and Potentially Chronic Effects of Oil Spill Stress on Coastal Marsh Health

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Expanding Contaminated Sediment Sampling in Gulf Coast Beaches

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Floating Sargassum Communities of the Gulf of Mexico: Data Collection for the Continued Assessment of Associated Faunal Assemblages, Trophic Interations and Habitat Function in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center: Oil-Contaminated Sample Collection in Louisiana Coastal Areas: Toward an Optical Sensor for Quick Detection and Quantification

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Oil Spill Impacts on Food Webs of Barrier Islands: Critical Sampling of Florida Beaches

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Sampling for Reproductive and Developmental Recovery in Fish from the Gulf of Mexico One Year after Exposure to BP Oil/Dispersants

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Sampling of Megalopal and Larval Stages of Blue Crabs

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Sampling of Oil and/or Dispersal-Related Contamination on Mississippi Marsh Ecosystem Functioning

RFP-III
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Dataset Available

Application of Passive Samplers to Monitor PAH Concentrations in Water Column and Sediment Porewater in the Gulf of Mexico, 2011

Authors: Bouwer, Edward
Published On: Oct 27 2015 16:05 UTC
File Format: xlsx, pdf
DOI: 10.7266/N78S4NBP
UDI: R3.x162.000:0001
File Size: 699.1 KB
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Water column data from the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone collected in July 2011

Authors: Xinping Hu, Wei-Jun Cai
Published On: Sep 05 2014 17:48 UTC
File Format: dat
DOI: 10.7266/N7513WM8
UDI: R3.x164.000:0001
File Size: 10.02 KB
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Fish tissue samples to assess reproductive and developmental abnormalities, Barataria Bay, LA, 2011

Authors: Carr, James
Published On: Oct 27 2015 14:34 UTC
File Format: excel
DOI: 10.7266/N71834WX
UDI: R3.x165.000:0001
File Size: 67.2 KB
Dataset Available

Beach infauna from four N.E. Gulf of Mexico beaches: July and September 2011.

Authors: Bell, Susan
Published On: Oct 27 2015 16:22 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7WH2NDN
UDI: R3.x167.000:0001
File Size: 23.29 KB
Dataset Available

CO2 Efflux from Salt Marsh Sediments, Mississippi, August thru December 2011.

Authors: Davis, Michael
Published On: Oct 27 2015 17:56 UTC
File Format: xls
DOI: 10.7266/N7RV0M3N
UDI: R3.x168.000:0001
File Size: 773.22 KB
Dataset Available

Adult tabanid population data and available voucher specimens, Louisiana Tidal Marsh, 2010-2011.

Authors: Foil, Lane
Published On: Jan 23 2015 20:22 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N75718ZM
UDI: R3.x169.000:0001
File Size: 126.39 KB
Dataset Available

Tabanus nigrovittatus Microsatellite population genetics, coastal Louisiana, 2010-2011.

Authors: Husseneder, Claudia and Lane Foil
Published On: Feb 05 2015 23:56 UTC
File Format: txt, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N71J97N2
UDI: R3.x169.000:0002
File Size: 35.75 KB
Dataset Available

Oil-contaminated sediment field sampling location information from Louisiana's coastline, August-November 2011

Authors: David Weindorf
Published On: Feb 11 2016 15:57 UTC
File Format: doc
DOI: 10.7266/N790224K
UDI: R3.x171.000:0001
File Size: 5.17 MB
Dataset Available

Sargassum aerial observations and cruise CTD data collected on the Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-September 2011.

Authors: Frank Hernandez
Published On: Oct 26 2015 21:58 UTC
File Format: excel files
DOI: 10.7266/N7348H8J
UDI: R3.x172.000:0001
File Size: 632.62 KB
Dataset Available

ROV video observations of Sargassum associated fauna on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf off Alabama, July-August 2011

Authors: Hernandez, Frank and Sean Powers
Published On: Nov 09 2015 14:44 UTC
File Format: MTS; Word document
DOI: 10.7266/N7ZC80S7
UDI: R3.x172.000:0002
File Size: 4.8 GB
Dataset Available

Length, weight and age of juvenile Grey Triggerfish collected from R/V Alabama Discovery cruise AL-11-08-Sarg-06 on 2011-08-18 and R/V E.O. Wilson cruise WI-11-09-Sarg-10 on 2011-09-23 in the Gulf of Mexico

Authors: Hernandez, Frank and Sean Powers
Published On: Aug 27 2018 22:31 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7W66JCC
UDI: R3.x172.000:0003
File Size: 16.7 KB
Dataset Available

Hydrocarbon concentrations in Pensacola Beach sands, 2010-2011

Authors: Markus Huettel
Published On: Sep 23 2015 18:26 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7DR2SV6
UDI: R3.x173.000:0001
File Size: 264.47 KB
Dataset Available

Marsh Biophysical data from Northern Gulf Coast Salt Marshes collected from June-October 2011

Authors: Mishra, Deepak
Published On: Jul 30 2015 21:09 UTC
File Format: xls
DOI: 10.7266/N7N29VCP
UDI: R3.x174.000:0001
File Size: 14.83 KB
Dataset Available

Wildfire Radiative Power, Detection Confidence, Mean and Maximum Brightness band, derived from Cumulative MODIS fire detection, Louisiana 2003-2011.

Authors: Cooke, William
Published On: Jul 30 2015 20:50 UTC
File Format: .dbf, .prj, .shp, .xml, .shx
DOI: 10.7266/N7H993MW
UDI: R3.x174.000:0002
File Size: 2.95 MB
Dataset Available

Northern Gulf of Mexico Salt Marsh Climate Data: Temperature, Pressure, and Wind Characteristics 2009-2010

Authors: Mercer, Andrew
Published On: Jul 30 2015 20:36 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7CJ8BW5
UDI: R3.x174.000:0003
File Size: 58.39 KB
Dataset Available

Sedimentary Pore-Water pH, Redox Potential, and Concentrations of Hydrogen Sulfide, Oxygen, and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons, and Anaerobic and Aerobic Microbial Activity from 4 Northern Gulf of Mexico Sites 2010 to 2012

Authors: Karen McNeal
Published On: Jul 07 2015 23:31 UTC
File Format: xls
DOI: 10.7266/N77S7M5V
UDI: R3.x174.000:0004
File Size: 167.22 KB
Dataset Available

Genetic Haplotype Data for Five Nuclear Protein-Coding Genes from Callinectes sapidus (blue crabs) collected in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2009 to 2011, and Venezuela, 2000 to 2001

Authors: Neigel, J., Yednock, B., and T. Sullivan
Published On: Jun 29 2015 19:24 UTC
File Format: .tsv tab separated values file
DOI: 10.7266/N7416VFF
UDI: R3.x175.000:0001
File Size: 199.47 KB
Dataset Available Remotely Hosted

Transcriptome data from hepatopancreas and gill tissues of Callinectes sapidus (blue crabs) exposed to surrogate crude oil in the laboratory and laboratory controls

Authors: Yednock, Bree K. , Sullivan, Timothy J., and Joesph K. Neigel
Published On: Sep 14 2015 18:43 UTC
DOI: 10.7266/N70863Q3
UDI: R3.x175.000:0002
Dataset Available

Physical, chemical and microbial characteristics of small surface MC252 residue balls (SSRBs), Fourchon Beach and Barataria Basin, Louisiana, July to November 2011

Authors: John Pardue and Vijai Elango
Published On: Jul 25 2014 21:29 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7VM49PK
UDI: R3.x176.000:0001
File Size: 89.91 KB
Dataset Available

Gulf Coast Tar Samples, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, July-November 2011.

Authors: Christopher Reddy
Published On: Oct 27 2015 16:34 UTC
File Format: pdf, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7QV3JZV
UDI: R3.x177.000:0001
File Size: 13.98 MB
Dataset Available

Brachyuran Megalopal Samples Collected in the Northern Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and 2011

Authors: Taylor, Caroline
Published On: Sep 09 2015 21:41 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7M32T6D
UDI: R3.x179.000:0001
File Size: 414.63 KB
Dataset Available

Callinectes sp. Megalopal Settlement and Weights in 2010 and 2011 Across the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Authors: Erin K. Grey, Susan Chiasson, Hannah G. Williams, Victoria J Troeger, and Caz M. Taylor C.
Published On: Mar 16 2016 15:47 UTC
File Format: xls, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7GB22G2
UDI: R3.x179.000:0002
File Size: 114.86 KB

Christoph Aeppli
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

caeppli@bigelow.org

Chris Akudo

Louisiana State University / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

cakudo1@lsu.edu

Lore Ayoub

University of South Florida

lmayoub@mail.usf.edu

Susan Bell
Professor
University of South Florida / Department of Integrative Biology

sbell@usf.edu

Danial Blakely

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

dblakely@disl.org

Edward J. Bouwer

Johns Hopkins University / Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering

bouwer@jhu.edu

Kaylan Bradley

Texas A&M University at Galveston

kaylanbradley@neo.tamu.edu

Andy Canion

Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

acanion@fsu.edu

Catherine Carmichael

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

ccarmichael@whoi.edu

Deborah L. Carr

Texas Tech University / Department of Biological Science

Deborah.carr@ttu.edu

James A. Carr

Texas Tech University / Department of Biological Science

james.carr@ttu.edu

Baoshan Chen

University of Georgia

bschen@uga.edu

Chris Comerford

University of Georgia

ccomer@uga.edu

William H. (Bill) Cooke

Mississippi State University / Department of Geosciences

whc5@geosci.msstate.edu

Meghan Cromie

Texas Tech University

meghan.cromie@ttu.edu

Carla Culpepper
Technician
University of Southern Mississippi / Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

carla.culpepper@usm.edu

Micheal Davis

University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Biological Sciences

Mike.Davis@usm.edu

John Dittmar

EPA Gulf Breeze Laboratory

jadittmar@gmail.com

Marcus Drymon
Assistant Extension Professor
Mississippi State University / Coastal Research Extension Center

marcus.drymon@msstate.edu

Brandon Edwards

Louisiana State University Ag Center

BEdwards@agcenter.lsu.edu

Vijai Elango
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Louisiana State University / Hazardous Substance Research Center

velango@lsu.edu

Lane Foil
Professor
Louisiana State University Ag Center / Department of Entomology

lfoil@agcenter.lsu.edu

Amelia Fox

Mississippi State University

aaf103@msstate.edu

Sarah Giltz
Graduate Student
Tulane University / Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

sarah.giltz@gmail.com

Erin Grey

Tulane University

erin.k.grey81@gmail.com

Jessica Gruber

University of South Florida / Department of Integrative Biology

jpruden@mail.usf.edu

Calista Guthrie

Mississippi State University

calista.guthrie@gmail.com

Chris Hagan

Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

chrisrh105@yahoo.com

Sharon Havard

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

chavard@disl.org

Frank Hernandez
Assistant Professor
University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Coastal Sciences

frank.hernandez@usm.edu

Jana Herrmann

University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Coastal Sciences

jana.herrmann@usm.edu

Crystal Hightower

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

chightower@disl.org

Xinping Hu
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

xinping.hu@tamucc.edu

Wei-Jen Huang

University of Delaware / School of Marine Science and Policy

huangtw@udel.edu

Markus Huettel
Professor
Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

mhuettel@fsu.edu

Peter Hull

Mote Marine Laboratory / National Center for Shark Research

pete@mote.org

Claudia Husseneder
Professor
Louisiana State University Ag Center / Department of Entomology

chusseneder@agcenter.lsu.edu

Hyun-Min Hwang

Texas Southern University

hwangh@tsu.edu

Abigail Jacobs

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

ajacobs@disl.org

Brian Jones

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

bjones@disl.org

John Kaba

Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

jrk09f@fsu.edu

Joel E. Kostka
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology / School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

joel.kostka@biology.gatech.edu

Lindsey Kramer

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

lkramer@disl.org

Kevin Kuehn

University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Biological Sciences

Kevin.Kuehn@usm.edu

Cheryl McLaurin

Mississippi State University

cherylm@gri.msstate.edu

Karen McNeal
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University / Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

ksmcneal@ncsu.edu

Andrew Mercer

Mississippi State University / Department of Geosciences

mercer@hpc.msstate.edu

Deepak R. Mishra
Associate Professor
University of Georgia / Department of Geography

dmishra@uga.edu

Sarah Muffelman

University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Coastal Sciences

sarah.muffelman@usm.edu

Joseph Neigel
Professor
University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Department of Biology

jneigel@louisiana.edu

Robert Nelson
Research Specialist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

rnelson@whoi.edu

Martin O'Connell

University of New Orleans / Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

moconnel@uno.edu

Claire Pabody

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

capabody@disl.org

John Pardue
Professor
Louisiana State University / Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

jpardue@lsu.edu

Sean Powers
Professor
University of South Alabama / Department of Marine Sciences

spowers@disl.org

Lora Pride

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) / Research

lpride@lumcon.edu

Nancy N. Rabalais
Professor
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) / Research

nrabalais@lumcon.edu

Christopher M. Reddy
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Coastal Ocean Institute and Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

creddy@whoi.edu

Danny Reible

The University of Texas at Austin

reible@mail.utexas.edu

Erik Rifkin

National Aquarium / National Aquarium Conservation Center

erifkin102@aol.com

Jacob Schaefer

University of Southern Mississippi / Department of Biological Sciences

Jacob.Schaefer@usm.edu

Ernest E. Smith

Texas Tech University / Institute of Environmental and Human Health

Ernest.Smith@TIEHH.TTU.edu

Eric Sparks
Assistant Director for Outreach and Coastal Ecology Specialist
Mississippi State University

eric.sparks@msstate.edu

Trey Spearman
Research Technician
University of South Alabama / Department of Marine Sciences

tspearman@disl.org

Caroline Taylor
Associate Professor
Tulane University / Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

caz@tulane.edu

Erin Thead

Mississippi State University

eat5@msstate.edu

Arunthavarani Thiyagarajah

Tulane University / Department of Environmental Health Sciences

rthiyag@tulane.edu

Courtney Thomas

The University of Texas at Austin

courtneyt713@gmail.com

Yongchen Wang

University of Georgia / Department of Marine Sciences

ycwang@uga.edu

David Weindorf
Associate Dean for Research
Texas Tech University / Department of Plant and Soil Science

David.Weindorf@ttu.edu

Brian Wells

Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

wbw08@my.fsu.edu

Jeffress Williams

University of Hawaii at Manoa

jeffresswilliams@comcast.net

Amanda Winans

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

amandawinans@gmail.com

Bree Yednock

University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Department of Biology

breeyednock@gmail.com

Wentai Zhang

Louisiana State University Ag Center

WenZhang@agcenter.lsu.edu

Yuanda Zhu

Louisiana State University / Aquaculture Research Station

Yzhu@agcenter.lsu.edu

Grey, E. K., Chiasson, S. C., Williams, H. G., Troeger, V. J., & Taylor, C. M. (2015). Evaluation of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Megalopal Settlement and Condition during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135791. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135791

Hu, X., Cai, W.-J., Rabalais, N. N., & Xue, J. (2014). Coupled oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics in coastal ocean and its use as a potential indicator for detecting water column oil degradation. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.010

Husseneder, C., Donaldson, J. R., & Foil, L. D. (2016). Impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on population size and genetic structure of horse flies in Louisiana marshes. Scientific Reports, 6, 18968. doi:10.1038/srep18968

Husseneder, C., Park, J.-S., & Foil, L. D. (2018). Recovery of horse fly populations in Louisiana marshes following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Scientific Reports, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31442-1

Jefferson, A. E., Allman, R. J., Pacicco, A. E., Franks, J. S., Hernandez, F. J., Albins, M. A., … Drymon, J. M. (2019). Age and growth of gray triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) from a north-central Gulf of Mexico artificial reef zone. Bulletin of Marine Science, 95(2), 177–195. doi:10.5343/bms.2018.0025

Powers, S. P., Hernandez, F. J., Condon, R. H., Drymon, J. M., & Free, C. M. (2013). Novel Pathways for Injury from Offshore Oil Spills: Direct, Sublethal and Indirect Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Pelagic Sargassum Communities. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e74802. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074802

Yednock, B. K., & Neigel, J. E. (2014). An investigation of genetic population structure in blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, using nuclear gene sequences. Marine Biology, 161(4), 871–886. doi:10.1007/s00227-013-2387-1

Yednock, B. K., & Neigel, J. E. (2014). Detecting Selection in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Using DNA Sequence Data from Multiple Nuclear Protein-Coding Genes. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e99081. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099081

Yednock, B. K., Sullivan, T. J., & Neigel, J. E. (2015). De novo assembly of a transcriptome from juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) following exposure to surrogate Macondo crude oil. BMC Genomics, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1739-2