Most of the studies of microbial processes in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill focused on the deep water plume, and not on the surface communities. The effects of the crude oil and the application of dispersants on the coastal microbial food web in the northern Gulf of Mexico have not been well characterized even though these regions support much of the fisheries production in the Gu...

The present work describes a comparative study on pool of 12 dispersants for the de-agglomeration and stabilization silicon carbide in aqueous suspensions with solids loading relevant dip coating applications. As slurries may include sintering aids, different functional groups, molecular weight, mechanisms were considered to be able stabilize both slurry components. Additionally, pH effect, tox...

Dispersants are among a number of options available to oil spill responders. The goals this technique remove from surface waters in order reduce exposure surface-dwelling organisms, keep slicks impacting sensitive shorelines, and protect responders volatile organic compounds. During the Deepwater Horizon response, unprecedented volumes dispersants (Corexit 9500 9527) were both sprayed on airpla...

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...