How Our Members Are Responding

Voting Members

• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences – Statement of Intent Regarding the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
• College of Charleston – Professor Comments on Oil Spill
• Columbia University – Gulf Oil Spill Resources
• Dauphin Island Sea Lab – DISL Oil Spill and Response Activities
• East Carolina University – ECU Professors Reserach Effects of BP Oil Spill
• Florida Atlantic University – FAU Oil Spill Experts Join Task Force
• Florida State University – Oil Spill Academic Task Force
• Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution – Harbor Branch Oil Spill Response
• Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies - HRI’s Response to the Oil Spill
• Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium – LUMCON Joins National and State Experts to Study Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
• Louisiana State University
  • LSU Media Resources: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
  • LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute: Oil Spill Resource Center
  • LSU Earth Scan Laboratory: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Surveillance
• Mississippi State University – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute – MBARI sends underwater robot to study Deepwater Horizon spill
• North Carolina State University – NC State Experts Can Offer Insight into Gulf Oil Spill
• Nova Southeastern University – NSU Oil Spill Information
• Old Dominion University – Prof. Larry Atkinson’s blog on the Oil Spill
• Oregon State University – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, PAHs, and Health
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill,  IOOS Response
• Skidaway Institute of Oceanography – Oil Spill News
• South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Information
• Texas A&M University – Oil Spill Experts
• University of California, San Diego – SCRIPPS Glider Information
• University of Delaware – The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• University of Florida – Oil Spill Response
• University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – UMCES-Led Research Team Investigates Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf of Mexico
• University of Miami
  • The Rosenstiel Oil Spill Response
  • Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Oceans and Human Health Information
• University of New Hampshire
  • UNH Interactive Map Of Oil Spill
  • UNH Coastal Response Research Center
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – UNC researchers helping tackle the Gulf oil spill
• University of North Carolina at Wilmington – UNCW Oil Spill Response
• University of South Florida – Gulf Oil Spill: USF in Action
• The University of Southern Mississippi – Southern Miss. Responds to Gulf Oil Spill Crisis
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – WHOI’s Involvement in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Associate Members

• International SeaKeepers Society – The SeaKeeper 1000TM Monitoring System to Address Oil Spill Disaster
• Johns Hopkins University – Professor Available to Speak on Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
• Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration – Gulf Oil Spill Response

Collaborations Between Academic Institutions

• Oil Spill Academic Task Force (of Florida) – Coordinated effort between Florida academic institutions, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and other state and federal agencies

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