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About NGI >> Member Institutions >> Dauphin Island Sea Lab


Dauphin Island Sea Lab

NGI Fellow representing DISL

John Valentine
jvalentine@disl.org

DISL Research Strengths

  • Marine Science Education K-12 and Pubic Outreach through the Estuarium
  • Region-wide marine education through BayMobile outreach program
  • Habitat Conservation and Restoration
  • Experimental Marine and Estuarine Ecology
  • Coastal Oceanography

Research Projects

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Active DISL ProjectsResearch Themes
EcosystemGeospatialClimateHazards
11-BP_GRI-04 - Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Accident on Food Web Structure in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico  
11-BP_GRI-03 - Potential Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Fishery Resources: will there be Reduced Recruitment of Economically Important Shrimp, Crabs, and Finfish in Seagrass and Marsh Nursery Habitats of the North Central Gulf of Mexico?
11-BP_GRI-02 - Does the "Priming Effect" Caused by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Result in Increased Microbial and Zooplankton Consumption of Labile and Refractory Dissolved Organic Carbon?  
11-BP_GRI-01 - Quantifying the Effects of Oil on Carbon Cycling and Diversity of the Pelagic Microbial Community of Coastal Alabama 
10-NGI_MOD-45 - Northern Gulf Institute Diversity Internship Program
10-BP_GRI_DISL-01 - Impacts of the Deep Horizon Oil Spill on Ecosystem Structure and Function in Alabama's Marine Waters  
09-NGI-10 - Climate-related ichthyofaunal shifts in the northern Gulf of Mexico: implications for estuarine ecology and nearshore fisheries.  
09-NGI-07 - Food webs without borders: a case for ecosystem-based management in the northern Gulf of Mexico   
06-DISL-02 - Restoring estuarine landscapes in Alabama coastal waters through creation of oyster reefs.  
06-DISL-01 - Marine Education and Outreach at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab