{"id":6485,"date":"2020-10-16T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2022-11-03T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:39:17","slug":"eckerd-alumni-faculty-gulf-of-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-alumni-faculty-gulf-of-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd alumni and faculty help future scientists through study of Gulf of Mexico\u2019s past"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;] [image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6487&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221;][vc_column_text]<em>Bryan O&#8217;Malley &#8217;13 (left) and Patrick Schwing &#8217;06 transfer a seafloor sediment core for storage aboard the B\/O Justo Sierra, operated by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Photo: Devon Firesinger<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3>Establishing a baseline\u2014a record of what is, to measure against what may happen in the future\u2014is easier said than done, especially because you often don\u2019t think about a need for one until the damage is already done.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]The Deepwater Horizon oil spill precipitated a wave of science trying to understand the impacts of the event on the ecosystem, including the need to find out what existed before, said <a href=\"\/marinescience\/faculty\/schwing\/\">Patrick Schwing \u201906, Ph.D.<\/a>, a visiting assistant professor of <a href=\"\/marinescience\/\">marine science at Eckerd College<\/a>. With support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/c-image\/\">Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem<\/a> (C-IMAGE), a scientific collaborative of 17 institutions that have published 250 papers on the spill\u2019s impacts, Bryan O\u2019Malley \u201913, a graduate student and lab technician at the University of South Florida, worked with colleagues over five years to try to determine the past quality of the marine ecosystems with the help of some single-celled organisms.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley\u2019s work\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1470160X20308554\">Development of a benthic foraminifera based marine biotic index (Foram-AMBI) for the Gulf of Mexico: A decision support tool<\/a>,\u201d co-authored by Schwing, Professor of Marine Science and Geosciences <a href=\"\/marinescience\/faculty\/brooks\/\">Gregg Brooks<\/a>, and Marine Science Research Assistant Rebekka Larson \u201901\u2014will be published in the January 2021 issue of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/ecological-indicators\">Ecological Indicators<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Scwhing said it took five research cruises collecting seafloor core samples spanning the entire Gulf from Florida to Mexico to Cuba to gather enough foraminifera, tiny organisms that eat organisms that feed on plant material. Crabs and shrimp are its natural predators, so it\u2019s only a couple steps removed from human dinner plates.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cond_text&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6489&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;16&#8243;][vc_column_text]Visiting Assistant Professor of Marine Science Patrick Schwing \u201906[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;6488&#8243; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;16&#8243;][vc_column_text]<em>Patrick Schwing on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in 2012<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-5-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column_text]\u201cThe Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is an economically important region (e.g., oil and gas, fisheries); and with the expansion of oil drilling, harmful algal bloom events, oil blowouts, dead zones, anthropogenic eutrophication and contaminant loading, it is important that the ecological quality statuses (EcoQS) of different localities in the Gulf are closely monitored,\u201d O\u2019Malley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>FOBIMO, short for foraminifera biomonitoring, is an international working group dedicated to developing and standardizing methods to establish benthic foraminifera in environmental monitoring. Both the North Atlantic and Mediterrean have had such studies completed, and the Gulf of Mexico is the world\u2019s third body of water to establish this type of EcoQS, Schwing said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Eckerd students and recent graduates contributed to this work in the field and in the lab. 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