Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk II (RECOVER II)
Implementing Organization
The University of Texas at Austin
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$1,000,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Funding Program
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Chemical Aspects Research
Targeted Resources
Fish/Fish Habitats
Project Description
The RECOVER II activities represent a unique and integrative approach encompassing studies at the molecular, cellular, organ, whole animal and population level placed in the context of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) physical and chemical environment. The overarching objective is to gain what may be the most comprehensive understanding of oil impacts on any single organism, an objective that we pursue for a coastal and a pelagic GOM fish species. This legacy will provide an exceptionally strong foundation for predicting biological endpoints most at risk during future oil spills in the context of relevant environmental factors (light, temperature, dissolved organic carbon, oxygen and currents). The RECOVER II team works almost exclusively on two important GOM predatory fishes, the coastal red drum and the pelagic mahimahi (mahi).
Contact
Martin GrosellNone
mgrosell@rsmas.miami.edu
Project Website
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