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Important Links from the Southern Miss Oil Spill Response Team

The University of Southern Mississippi has collected specific URLs on the Web that relate to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the response to it. The chart below lists the most important of these. 

  Link / URL
Scientific Links (government organizations)
  Live Video of the Oil Spill via the United States House of Representatives
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Deepwater Horizon Response Web Site
  Oil Spill Trajectory Map (NOAA)
  Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Imagery (NOAA's National Ocean Service)
  NASA Earth Observatory Images of Oil Spill
  U.S. Coast Guard Oil Spill Photo Gallery
  Live Video Stream to the BP oil riser at the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig
  Link to listing of American research fleet through UNOLS
  Basic Information Sheet on Oil Spills
Southern Miss Experts Quoted in the Media
  Jimmy Buffett boat takes on extra oil response duties
  Dr. Jay Grimes explains how BP oil spill may impact bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico -- for good and bad
  Dr. John Lambert appears on WDAM-TV, Hattiesburg to discuss the impact of oil spill on Mississippi shrimping industry
  Drs. Jay Grimes, Kevin Yeager and Charlotte Brunner are quoted in the NewScientist on "Gulf of Mexico becomes an accidental laboratory"
  The New Orleans Times Picayune photojournalist Ted Jackson documents work on board the R/V Tommy Munro
  Scientists say Gulf spill is altering food web -- LA Daily News
  Mississippi researchers look for answers from oil spill
  Department of Marine Science researcher Kevin Martin interviewed on data collected by gliders
  WDAM Editorial on Southern Miss Alum Jimmy Buffett's donations to Oil Spill Response
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by The Hattiesburg American on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by Reuters on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by WLOX-TV in Biloxi on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by The Sun Herald in Biloxi on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by WREG-TV in Memphis on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed in The Clarion Ledger on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. David Butler interviewed in BusinessWeek on the economic impact of the oil spill
  Dr. Jay Grimes interviewed in New York Times article on bacterial growth in the oil-contaminated waters
  Jim Franks and Harriet Perry quoted in The Scientist
  Southern Miss marine scientists interviewed by Sun Herald on need for more research into oil spill
  Dr. Vernon Asper interviewed by Shephard Smith on Fox News
  Dr. Bill Hawkins quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education
  Jim Franks and Dr. Joe Griffitt interviewed by Krystal Allan of WLOX-TV 13
  Editorial by WLOX-TV 13
  Dr. Vernon Asper interviewed by WHTM-27 on research thusfar on deep oil plumes
  Dr. Vernon Asper quoted in CNET article on new unmanned underwater robot, Seaglider.
 

Chris Snyder with GCRL interviewed on Free Speech Radio Network

  Sun Herald interviews GCRL researchers on oil spill becoming a primary focus of the lab's efforts
  WLOX-TV 13 interview with Dr. Jay Grimes on safety of seafood in the Gulf of Mexico
  WAPT News in Jackson, Miss., interviews GCRL scientists about testing seafood for oil
  Clarion-Ledger story on GCRL adding oil spill to its studies
  Clarion-Ledger story on GCRL scientists seeking Bluefin Tuna larvae
  WDAM story on GCRL scientists seeking Bluefin Tuna larvae
  Underwater Times story on Bluefin Tuna larvae
  DailyComet.com story on oil spill added to GCRL studies
  Jim Franks quoted on CBS News regarding Bluefin Tuna predicament in the Gulf
 

CNN interviews Dr. Eric Hoffmayer and Dr. Joe Griffitt on bluefin tuna exposure to oil spill

  WLOX-TV 13 in Biloxi, Miss., broadcasts story on HAZMAT training for GCRL and DMR staff
  University name mention in story on Channel 4, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  Dr. Eric Hoffmayer quoted in AP story published in Miami Herald
  Dr. Vernon Asper interviewed by "Good Morning America"
 

GCRL's Jim Franks interviewed by WLOX TV's Doug Walker

  Dr. Vernon Asper cited in article on gulflive.com
  Dr. Vernon Asper cited in Miami Herald story regarding oil plumes
  Jim Franks quoted in WREG-TV (Memphis) story on vulnerable species
  Dr. Vernon Asper and graduate student DongJoo Joung featured on Nature.com
  Dr. Vernon Asper interviewed in USA Today
  Dr. David Butler interviewed by Clarion Ledger on economic impact of spill
  Patrick Biber interviewed by Mississippi Press on oil damage to marshlands
  Harriet Perry interviewed by Mississippi Press on Blue Crab larvae impacted by oil spill
  University of Southern Mississippi cited in AOL News
  Dr. Vernon Aspert quoted in New York Times story on research into "oil plumes"
  Dr. Kevin Yeager contributes to New York Times Editorial on Oil Spill
  Sun Herald story on GCRL scientists sampling Gulf waters for environmental impacts of oil spill
  PRI's The Worldinterviews Dr. Vernon Asper about the impact of the oil spill
  AlterNetinterviews Dr. David Butler about the economic fallout of the oil spill on the Gulf Coast region still recovering from the 2005 hurricane season
Southern Miss Resources
  Southern Miss Students Volunteering to Help with the Oil Spill Site on Facebook
  Department of Marine Science
  Gulf Coast Research Laboratory