Sampling for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
May 1, 2010 sampling activities by GCRL researchers.
Dr. Joe Griffitt, aquatic toxicologist at GCRL, Eric Pulis and Idrissa Boube, graduate students in
Southern Miss’ Department of Coastal Sciences, sort a trawl sample aboard the R/V Tom McIlwain.
Dr. Joe Griffitt, aquatic toxicologist at GCRL, Idrissa Boube, graduate student in Southern Miss’ Department of Coastal Sciences, store biological samples on ice.
Idrissa Boube, graduate student in Southern Miss’ Department of Coastal Sciences, and Kim
Griffitt, lab manager for marine microbiology at GCRL, retrieve a benthic grab used to collect
sediment samples from the water bottom.
Dr. Joe Griffitt, aquatic toxicologist at GCRL, sorts shrimp and fish from a trawl sample taken north of
Deer Island.
GCRL fisheries biologist John Anderson retrieves a dredge used to collect oysters from Davis Bayou.
To volunteer:
- BP Deepwater Hozizon Volunteer Hotline - Call 866-448-5816
Coming in May, 2011: International Oil Spill Conference