The Distribution of Residual Oil in Alabama Coastal Marshes and Its Impact of Marsh Vegetation

Funding Cycle: The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC)
Funding Organization: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Wetland and Shoreline Recovery

Funding Cycle: The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC)
Funding Organization: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

A Coupled Natural-Human Framework for Risk Assessment of Coastal Communities from Land-Use and Climate Change

Description: Along the Gulf of Mexico, the conversion of forests to urban or other agricultural uses can exacerbate water pollution and discharge. Land use change has become particularly apparent along the ‘Emerald Coast,’ a region of coastal Alabama and the Florida panhandle. This project seeks to understand how climate and various socioeconomic factors may change forest and landowner decisions; and how forest loss may affect water quality and drainage patterns along the coast. The team will develop a framework that includes 30-year land use and land cover (LULC) scenarios to predict future coastal ecosystem conditions.

Funding Cycle: Healthy Ecosystems 4
Funding Organization: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

The distribution of residual oil in Alabama coastal marshes and its impact on marsh vegetation from May 2010 - September 2011.

Dataset for: The effects of oil exposure and weathering on black-needle rush (Juncus roemerianus) marshes along the Gulf of Mexico.

Dataset for: Degradation and Composition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Following Oil Exposure in Experimental Salt Marshes