The impact of Deepwater Horizon oil exposure on the vertebrate stress response
Implementing Organization
Mast Academy High School
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$541,657
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
Physical Aspects Research
Targeted Resources
Fish/Fish Habitats
Project Description
This project proposes to elucidate the mechanism(s) by which exposure to DWH oil may be interfering with the marine vertebrate stress response and determining the trajectory of recovery. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that there are multiple pathways by which PAHs found in DWH oil may disrupt the marine vertebrate stress response, due to the complexity of both the stress response and the oil mixture, and that recovery will be pathway-dependent.
Contact
M. Danielle McDonaldNone
dmcdonald@rsmas.miami.edu
Project Website
Project Partners
None
Affiliated Institutions
None