Diversity of free-living marine nematode assemblages in the Southwestern Gulf Mexico (SW GoM) is scarcely studied. Here, we aimed (1) to analyze influence a water depth gradient on species richness, feeding type and taxonomic composition assemblages; (2) document regional diversity nematodes SW GoM. We sampled 63 sites along from 186 3774 m during four oceanographic cruises. found clear variati...

The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is an important source oil for the United States and Mexico. There has been growing interest, particularly after Deepwater Horizon spill, in characterizing fungal diversity GoM identifying isolates use bioremediation petroleum event another spill. Most studies have focused on light crude processes, while heavy (HCO) extra-heavy (EHCO) largely ignored. In this work, we e...

As an important parameter to characterize physical and biogeochemical processes, sea surface salinity (SSS) has received extensive attention. Cubist is a data mining model, which can be well-suited estimate analyze SSS in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) because it reflect internal heterogeneity GOM—overall circular distribution, seasonality related temperature river discharge changes. Using remote sen...

Previous studies have shown how the passage of eddies from Caribbean Sea (CS) to Gulf Mexico (GoM) can impact Loop Current (LC) system, in particular detachments LC Eddies (LCEs). Here we used numerical modeling investigate eddy field CS on predictions. We a HYCOM ocean model configuration North Atlantic at 1/12° resolution perform two data-assimilative experiments: one which all available obse...

Hydroacoustic surveys were conducted at 56 different oil and gas platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), along with a commensurate collection physio-chemical data, order to characterize patterns fish distribution around platforms. Relative acoustic measurements Mean Volume Backscatter “MVBS”, Target Strength “TS” density examined. These variables employed test if MVBS, TS GOM differed among...

In the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ) form large aggregations at continental shelf-edge banks during summer; however, knowledge movements once they leave aggregation sites is limited. Here we report on seasonal occurrence in GOM based over 800 shark sightings from 1989 to 2016, as well 42 tagged with satellite-linked and popup satellite archival transmitting tag...

Gulf of Mexico (GOM) ecosystems are interconnected by numerous physical and biological processes. After the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster, these ecological processes facilitated dispersal oil-spill toxicants or were damaged broken. A considerable portion post-DWH research focused on higher levels organization (i.e., populations, communities, ecosystems) spanning at least four environments (o...

A plume often results when a river discharges fresh water into the nearshore waters. This thesis combines both hydrographic data and idealized numerical simulations to examine how ambient currents and winds influence the transport and mixing of plume waters. The alongshore transport of freshwater is studied using a numerical model. In the absence of ambient currents, the downstream coastal curr...