Special
Session:
Lessons Learned from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Alaska Marine Science Symposium
19-Jan-2011
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill in the Gulf of
Mexico, scientists were asked to respond to track ship and personnel
assets, track the surface oil, tar balls and underwater oil plume in
four dimensions, measure rates of oxygen consumption by microbial
decomposition oil and methane, assess damage to coastlines, fish
stocks and fish larvae, and track effects on seabirds, sea turtles and
marine mammals.
The science community responded with great alacrity, but varying
levels of preparedness. A number of 'lessons learned' in the DWH
response would be of great value in Alaska if a similar spill occurred
in the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea. The goal of this workshop is to review
these lessons learned so that Alaska scientists will be better
prepared for the future.
Presentation power point files:
- Introduction: Philip McGillivary, USCG
- Oil Spill Commission Report and the Implications for Future Offshore Oil Development includes the audio (mp3) - Full Report: PDF: Fran Ulmer, UA
- Logistics Overview, ERMA: Kurt Schwehr, UNH CCOM/JHC
- 3D Oil Movement models: Debbie Payton, NOAA ORR
- Seabird studies: Chris Haney, US FWS
- Chemical detection: Michelle Wood, NOAA AOML OCD
- Benthic Studies: Sandra Brooke, Mar. Cons. Biol. Inst.
- Marine mammal studies: John Hildebrand, Scripps
- Microbial studies: Samantha Joye, UGA
- Aircraft and Autonomous Aircraft: Surface Oil Detection Methods: Philip McGillivary
- Oil Spill Detection and Tracking Technologies: Philip McGillivary
Other relevant presentations from the same conference:
