Chapter 1 Introduction to the Volume

Chapter 2 Deepwater Oil and Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico and Related Global Trends

Chapter 3 Spilled Oil Composition and the Natural Carbon Cycle: The True Drivers of Environmental Fate and Effects of Oil Spills

Chapter 4 An Overview of the Geologic Origins of Hydrocarbons and Production Trends in the Gulf of Mexico

Chapter 5 Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Bottom Sediments and Depositional Processes: A Baseline for Future Oil Spills

Chapter 6 Benthic Faunal Baselines in the Gulf of Mexico: A Precursor to Evaluate Future Impacts

Chapter 7 Linking Abiotic Variables with Macrofaunal and Meiofaunal Abundance and Community Structure Patterns on the Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope

Chapter 8 The Asphalt Ecosystem of the Southern Gulf of Mexico: Abyssal Habitats Across Space and Time

Chapter 9 Geochemical and Faunal Characterization in the Sediments off the Cuban North and Northwest Coast

Chapter 10 Mapping Isotopic and Dissolved Organic Matter Baselines in Waters and Sediments of the Gulf of Mexico

Chapter 11 Toward a Predictive Understanding of the Benthic Microbial Community Response to Oiling on the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast

Chapter 12 Combining Isoscapes with Tissue-Specific Isotope Records to Recreate the Geographic Histories of Fish

Chapter 13 The Utility of Stable and Radioisotopes in Fish Tissues as Biogeochemical Tracers of Marine Oil Spill Food Web Effects

Chapter 14 Modernizing Protocols for Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Oil and Dispersant

Chapter 15 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Baselines in Gulf of Mexico Fishes

Chapter 16 Case Study: Using a Combined Laboratory, Field, and Modeling Approach to Assess Oil Spill Impacts

Chapter 17 Testing the Effect of MOSSFA (Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation) Events in Benthic Microcosms

Chapter 18 Physical Processes Influencing the Sedimentation and Lateral Transport of MOSSFA in the NE Gulf of Mexico

Chapter 19 Simulating Deep Oil Spills Beyond the Gulf of Mexico

Chapter 20 Comparison of the Spatial Extent, Impacts to Shorelines, and Ecosystem and Four-Dimensional Characteristics of Simulated Oil Spills

Chapter 21 A Predictive Strategy for Mapping Locations Where Future MOSSFA Events Are Expected

Chapter 22 Connectivity of the Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Fish Populations and Implications of Simulated Oil Spills

Chapter 23 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fishery Closures for Deep Oil Spills Using a Four-Dimensional Model

Chapter 24 As Gulf Oil Extraction Goes Deeper, Who Is at Risk? Community Structure, Distribution, and Connectivity of the Deep-Pelagic Fauna

Chapter 25 Evaluating Impacts of Deep Oil Spills on Oceanic Marine Mammals

Chapter 26 Comparative Environmental Sensitivity of Offshore Gulf of Mexico Waters Potentially Impacted by Ultra-Deep Oil Well Blowouts

Chapter 27 Preparing for the Inevitable: Ecological and Indigenous Community Impacts of Oil Spill-Related Mortality in the United States’ Arctic Marine Ecosystem

Chapter 28 Summary of Contemporary Research on the Use of Chemical Dispersants for Deep-Sea Oil Spills

Chapter 29 Perspectives on Research, Technology, Policy, and Human Resources for Improved Management of Ultra-Deep Oil and Gas Resources and Responses to Oil Spills