{"id":1782,"date":"2013-09-25T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-19T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:00:45","slug":"indicators-of-sedimentary-oil-deposition-surface-oil-dispersion-degradation-and-ecotoxicology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/indicators-of-sedimentary-oil-deposition-surface-oil-dispersion-degradation-and-ecotoxicology\/","title":{"rendered":"Indicators of Sedimentary Oil Deposition, Surface Oil Dispersion, Degradation, and Ecotoxicology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This research thread focuses on the impacts and subsequent recovery of oiled sediments, the trajectory and fate of oil spills, chemical and biological processes effecting distribution and toxicity, and the influence of dispersants on these processes. Researchers from the sedimentary deposition, degradation and ecotoxicology task collected seafloor sediment samples in Mexican, American, and Cuban waters around the Gulf of Mexico to study the Gulf-wide processes.<\/p>\n<p>Studying the <a href=\"http:\/\/beneaththehorizon.org\/dwh.html\" target=\"\u201d_blank\u201d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2010 <i>Deepwater Horizon<\/i><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/beneaththehorizon.org\/ixtoc.html\" target=\"\u201d_blank\u201d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1979 <i>Ixtoc I<\/i><\/a> spills gives our studies a diverse and robust set of sediments to study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Radio isotopes<\/li>\n<li>Benthic meio- and macrofauna<\/li>\n<li>Marine oiled snow<\/li>\n<li>Microbial degradation<\/li>\n<li>Trace elements in sediment pore water, and<\/li>\n<li>Geochemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The future goals for the sedimentary deposition group includes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Complete analysis of sediment samples collected in 2017 (\u039414C, \u03b4<sup>13<\/sup>C, forams, macrofauna, <sup>234<\/sup>Th)<\/li>\n<li>Assess ecosystem impacts of MOSSFA using <i>Deepwater Horizon<\/i> and <i>Ixtoc I<\/i> findings<\/li>\n<li>Identify components for MOS formation and distribution, and<\/li>\n<li>Develop a dispersion model to simulate MOSSFA production<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Task Partners<\/h4>\n<div class=\"custom\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"ourclients\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"University of South Florida-College of Marine Science\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/usf.png\" alt=\"USF\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>USF-College of Marine Science<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/prg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"University of Calgary-Oldenburg Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/calgary.png\" alt=\"Calgary\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The University of Calgary<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joelkostka.net\/l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Georgia Institute of Technology-Kostka Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/georgiatech.png\" alt=\"GT\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Georgia Institute of Technology<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/marinescience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Eckerd College-Hastings &amp; Brooks Labs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/eckerd.png\" alt=\"Eckerd\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Eckerd College<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eoas.fsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Florida State University-Chanton Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/fsu.png\" alt=\"FSU\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Florida State University<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.khfreeman.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Penn State University-Freeman Lab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/pennstate.png\" alt=\"PSU\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania State University<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wur.nl\/en\/Expertise-Services\/Chair-groups\/Animal-Sciences\/Marine-Animal-Ecology-Group.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Wageningen University-Murk &amp; Foekema\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/wur.png\" alt=\"WUR\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Wageningen University<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harteresearchinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harte Research Institute\/Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi-Montagna &amp; Portnoy Labs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tamucc.png\" alt=\"TAMUCC\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&amp;M University-Corpus Christi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico-Escobar &amp; Gracia Labs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/unam.png\" alt=\"UNAM\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This research thread focuses on the impacts and subsequent recovery of oiled sediments, the trajectory and fate of oil spills, chemical and biological processes effecting distribution and toxicity, and the influence of dispersants on these processes. 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