Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Leak Web Resources

Download list of CERF members with relevant expertise who are volunteering their time, knowledge, and experience to assist in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response and be a resource to the press.  Get Involved or Let CERF Help Your Efforts.

 CERF's Response to GOM Oil Spill

Springer, the publisher of CERF's peer-reviewed journal Estuaries and Coasts, is providing free access ('Open Access') to the articles published on past oil spills affecting coastal environments, to increase the availability of information relevant to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. To access these articles, click here
 
 

Agency resources and responses:

(NEW) Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill (8/4)

NOAA Website Highlights Economic and Ecological Value of America's Coast (6/22) http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100622_stateofcoasts.html

Initial Observations from the NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson to Track Oil Below the Surface (6/21)
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100620_jefferson.html

For volunteering and updates, see federal government’s Unified Command web site, Deepwater Horizon Response: http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/

NOAA Baseline Sampling of Sediment, Shellfish and Water Sets State for
BP Oil Spill Damage Assessment: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100524_musselwatch.html

National Ocean Service Response to Deepwater Horizon Spill. The stories on this page provide overviews of activities in which NOS is involved: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon/nosposupport.html

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has begun the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process. ADCNR has also partnered with other agencies such as the MBNEP, Alabama Coastal Foundation and Mobile BayKeepers to organize pre-event marine debris cleanups along the Gulf front beaches and inshore rivers and bays.
How you or your partners can help:


Alabama Coastal Foundation, (251) 990-6002 or info@joinacf.org



Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, (251) 431-6409 or mbnep@mobilenep.com

Mobile Bay Keeper, (251) 433-4229 or info@mobilebaykeeper.org

Governor’s Office of Faith –Based Initiatives, 1-888-421-1266 or http://governor.alabama.gov/oilspill/  

NOAA External Affairs is designed to provide you with the latest developments and a comprehensive news feature that will direct you to information that is most relevant to you and your professional community of practice.  Because of its importance as a national crisis affecting so many stakeholders, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the current feature on the site: http://www.externalaffairs.noaa.gov

Scientific articles:

References on Oil Spills - University of Texas at Austin Libraries 

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill References - Texas A&M University Libraries

 ‘The Perfect Spill: Averting the Next Deepwater Horizon’ by Robert Costanza, David Batker, John W. Day, Jr., Rusty Feagin, M. Luisa Martinez, and Joe Roman present alternative economic and regulatory policies that institutionalize new incentives to reduce the risk of disasters like the Deepwater Horizon spill/leak.  Published 16 June, in Solutions, see http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/629

Ko, J., Day J.W., 2005. A review of ecology impacts of oil and gas development on coastal ecosystems in the Mississippi Delta. Ocean & Coastal Management; 47(11-12): 597-623.

Yoskowitz, D.W., 2006. The Productive Value of the Gulf of Mexico, in Proceedings of the State of the Gulf of Mexico Summit. Tunnell, Jr. J.W. and Q.R. Dokken (eds.). Corpus Christi, Texas. 28-30 March. Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. 44 pages.

Other resources:

Gulf Oil Spill Scientific Symposium Summary and Additional Information

Ecological Society of America Coast Data Registry in which anyone with information about ecological or environmental conditions along the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal ecosystems (LA, TX, MS, AL and FL) and other potential sites that might be affected in the future can upload metadata and help build a database documenting ecological states and conditions before the spill.

 Sea Web: Marine Experts Look at Long-term Impacts of Gulf Oil Spill

Informative Video: Oil Spill Impacts on Coastal Wetlands of the Mississippi River Delta
CERF member, LSU professor and wetland ecologist, Dr. Irving Mendelssohn, answers questions about possible oil spill effects on wetlands, mechanisms of damage to plants, and pros and cons of clean-up procedures.  For more information on wetlands: http://thewetlandfoundation.org

Society of Wetland Scientists, Scientific Brief on Oil Effects on Wetlands, a brief review of the most important scientific literature on effects of oil on wetlands.

NOAA, Natural Resources Damage Assessment Remediation and Restoration Program

NOAA, Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office

Bob Howarth, CERF President 2007-2009: opinion on what previous spills can tell us about the current Gulf of Mexico leak