COASTAL ECOLOGY

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill, which occurred on April 20, 2010, remains the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, causing catastrophic impacts on the ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico coastal regions. The objective of this study was to investigate if there was any …

Intertidal cohesive sediment systems are found throughout the world in areas of low hydrodynamic energy. These systems are ecologically and economically important but are under pressure from global warming, sea level rise and other anthropogenic influences. To protect and conser…