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

Michael Heithaus

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO)

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Community composition and trophic interactions of deep sea elasmobranchs, teleosts, and scavengers from the Gulf of Mexico 2011-2012

Authors: Heithaus, Michael, Dean Grubbs, and Diana Churchill
Published On: Oct 06 2015 19:58 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N75B00CB
UDI: Y1.x038.000:0001
File Size: 762.59 MB
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Longline Sample Data collected during R/V Weatherbird II cruise, West Florida Shelf to DeSoto Canyon, April 2011, WB-1118

Authors: Grubbs, Dean, and Michael Heithaus
Published On: Oct 14 2015 19:06 UTC
File Format: xlsx and csv files
DOI: 10.7266/N7F76B08
UDI: Y1.x038.000:0002
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WB-1204 Longline Trap Data, West Florida Shelf to DeSoto Canyon, August 25-31, 2011

Authors: Grubbs, Dean, and Michael Heithaus
Published On: Oct 02 2015 19:55 UTC
File Format: xlsx and csv files
DOI: 10.7266/N79G5K73
UDI: Y1.x038.000:0003
Dataset Available Remotely Hosted

Longline Sample Data collected during R/V Weatherbird II cruise, West Florida Shelf to DeSoto Canyon, April 2012, WB-1215

Authors: Grubbs, Dean, and Michael Heithaus
Published On: Oct 14 2015 20:54 UTC
File Format: xlsx and csv files
DOI: 10.7266/N75Q4THC
UDI: Y1.x038.000:0004

Kimberley Atwater

Nova Southeastern University / Oceanographic Center

atwaterk5@gmail.com

Willy Bemis

University of Massachusetts Amherst / Shoals Marine Lab

wbemis@bio.umass.edu

Andrea Bernard
Research Scientist
Nova Southeastern University / Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

andrbern@nova.edu

Annabelle Brooks

Cape Eleuthera Institute

annabellebrooks@ceibahamas.org

Derek Burkholder

Florida International University / Department of Biological Sciences

dburkholder@nova.edu

Jose Castro

Mote Marine Laboratory

jcastro@mote.org

Diana Churchill

Florida International University / Department of Biology

diana.churchill@fiu.edu

Rachel Decker

Florida International University / Department of Biological Sciences

Decker.rachel@gmail.com

Kirk Gastrich

Florida International University / Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

kgastrich@fiu.edu

James Gelsleichter

University of North Florida / Biology Department

jim.gelsleichter@unf.edu

R. Dean Grubbs
Associate Director of Research
Florida State University / Coastal and Marine Laboratory

dgrubbs2@fsu.edu

Michael Heithaus

Florida International University / Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

heithaus@fiu.edu

Mike McCallister

University of North Florida / Biology Department

m.mccallister@unf.edu

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer

University of South Florida / College of Marine Science

Natasha.Mendez@MyFWC.com

Shomen Mukherjee

Florida International University / Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

shomen@gmail.com

Robin Sarabia

Florida International University / Marine Community Ecology and Behavioral Ecology

robin.sarabia@gmail.com

Mahmood Shivji
Professor
Nova Southeastern University / Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

mahmood@nova.edu

Christine Testerman

Nova Southeastern University / Oceanographic Center

powaser@nova.edu

Jeremy Vaudo

Florida International University / Department of Biological Sciences

jeremy.vaudo@fiu.edu

Churchill, D. A., Heithaus, M. R., & Dean Grubbs, R. (2015). Effects of lipid and urea extraction on δ15N values of deep-sea sharks and hagfish: Can mathematical correction factors be generated? Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 103–108. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.013

Churchill, D. A., Heithaus, M. R., Vaudo, J. J., Grubbs, R. D., Gastrich, K., & Castro, J. I. (2015). Trophic interactions of common elasmobranchs in deep-sea communities of the Gulf of Mexico revealed through stable isotope and stomach content analysis. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 115, 92–102. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.10.011