Greetings!
The Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Program will be hosting two seminars in the month of April. Please help us spread the word and pass along the attached flyers.
April 6, 2016 in Austin, TX
To register: https://gulfseagrant.wordpress.com/oilspilloutreach/presentations/chilling-with-your-chums/
During this social, local scientists will speak about the impact that the oil spill has had on managed fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Questions: Contact Chris Hale with Texas Sea Grant at chris.hale@tamu.edu or phone: 361.825.6215 or Larissa Graham with Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant at Larissa.Graham@auburn.edu or phone: 251.348.5439.
April 14, 2016 in Mobile, AL
To register: https://gulfseagrant.wordpress.com/oilspilloutreach/presentations/oil-spill-science-seminar-where-did-the-oil-go/
To register: https://gulfseagrant.wordpress.com/oilspilloutreach/presentations/oil-spill-science-seminar-where-did-the-oil-go/
Scientists will discuss where the oil went through out the Gulf of Mexico. Topics being covered include transport of oil, oil recovery, the natural breakdown of oil as well as breakdown due to weathering, marine snow, and oil in the water column and on the seafloor. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Questions: Contact Monica Wilson with Florida Sea Grant at monicawilson447@ufl.edu or phone: 727.553.3516 or Larissa Graham with Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant at Larissa.Graham@auburn.edu or phone: 251.348.5439.
We are continuously working to bring you oil spill science, so please be sure to check out our other oil spill outreach publications: https://gulfseagrant.wordpress.com/oilspilloutreach/publications/ and listen to the recordings of past seminars: https://gulfseagrant.wordpress.com/oilspilloutreach/presentations/.
Please click the following link to view the April 6, 2016 Flyer: https://shrimpalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/April-6-Science-Seminar-Fisheries-impacts.pdfPlease click the following link to view the April 14, 2016 Flyer: https://shrimpalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/April-14-Science-Seminar-WhereDidTheOilGo.pdf
Thank you,
Monica
Monica Wilson, PhD
Gulf Oil Spill Research Extension Specialist
UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Program
College of Marine Science, KRC 3115
140 7th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Office: (727) 553-3516