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1 WELCOME October 22 23, 2013 Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation & Flocculent Accumulation Nancy E. Kinner Center for Spills in the Environment University of New Hampshire 2 1

2 Logistics Fire Exits Restrooms Lunches and snacks today and tomorrow Poster Session at lunch and tonight (Cash Bar) Dinner tonight (on your own) Logistical questions see Meredith Field or me 3 Coastal Response Research Center (NOAA Funded) UNH Oil Spill Centers Since 2003 Center for Spills in the Environment (All Other Funding) Conduct and Oversee Basic and Applied Research and Outreach on Spill Response and Restoration Serve as Hub for Oil Spill R&D (ALL Stakeholders) Facilitate Collaboration on R&D Among Stakeholders 4 2

3 Facilitation Encourage everyone to speak Discourage side conversations Commit to: Being engaged in meeting Texting and discouraged Keeping on task and time Being faithful to process 5 Goal of Meeting Obtain comprehensive view of factors controlling formation, flocculation, deposition, and accumulation of oilassociated marine snow on seafloor During oil and gas release and dispersant application Integrate ongoing studies Develop new ideas and collaborations 6 3

4 Overall Goals Define processes/frameworks Understand spatial and temporal variations of each process Delineate manifestation in sedimentary record Determine impacts (biological and chemical) on processes and ecosystems Feed information on processes, sediments and impacts into numerical models to predict ecosystem response to spills. 7 Overall Goals Processes Sediments Impacts LONG TERM GOAL Numerical Models Prediction of Ecosystem Response 8 4

5 Agenda Kendra Daly, USF 9 Agenda Conceptual Diagrams 10 5

6 Participant Introduction Name Affiliation Expertise Reason for Attending 11 Agenda Kendra Daly, USF 12 6

7 Breakout Group Questions Breakout Group I The Conceptual Diagram Refine conceptual diagram for your topic Group 1: Factors Impacting Formation & Modification of Sinking Oil associated Marine Snow Group 2: Deposition, Accumulation and Biogeochemical Fate of Oil associated Floc at Seafloor Group 3: Impacts of Oil associated Snow & Floc on Pelagic and Benthic Organisms, Communities & Ecosystems 13 Group 1: Oil associated Marine Snow Factors impacting the formation & modification of sinking oil snow Nutrients Riverine Influences Salinity Clays OMAs Marine oil snow Feces, feeding Mucus production structures, removal Marine biota Mucus oilsnow Aggregates with Oil Aggregation & Fragmentation Petrogenic, weathering Oil, Dispersant Dispersant Pyrogenic 7

8 Group 2: Deposition, Accumulation and Biogeochemical Fate of Oil associated Floc at the Seafloor Clays, Terrestrial Organic Matter, Increased Productivity Riverine Inputs Benthic fauna Deposition & Accumulation of Floc Sedimentary Depositional Chem. Env. Smothering, Bio turbation, C input (substrate), Poisoning (toxic) Oil & Dispersants Petrogenic HC Smaller Oil Droplets Burning Pyrogenic Ecotoxicology Nature & Chemical Composition of Sediments Reflects Inputs and Processes Sedimentology, Mineralogy and Chronology: Grain size, Clay mineralogy, Radioisotope Chemistry, Sediment Resuspension, slumping and Cross shelf/lateral Transport Organic Matter Sources, Fluxes and Concentrations: Algae, Terrestrial, Microbial, Petrochemical Redox Changes & Chemical Processes: Porewater Chemistry, Metals, Degradation Rates, Decomposition and Transformation of Petrochemicals Group 3: Impacts of Oil associated Snow & Floc on Pelagic and Benthic Organisms, Communities & Ecosystems Ecotox Physiological Impacts: Lethal to sub lethal: Photosynthetic capacity, stress response, immune & enzymatic response, Altered Biochemistry: metabolic transformation of PAHs, metabolic byproducts, oil feces production Inadvertent Ingestion Behavioral Impacts: Swimming behavior, reproduction, Direct Effects Oil or Dispersant associated Snow or Floc Population dynamics: Mortality & Growth; Organisms abundance to community composition & functioning Physical coating: Suffocation, poisoning, transdermal uptake, habitat destruction (burrowing, microbes) Intentional Uptake Degradation, Utilization & Modification of HC: Removal of HC, mucus production, marine snow formation, Impacts f (Hydrocarbon concentration, exposure time, food source, environmental conditions, life stage of organism, productivity, organism interaction) 8

9 GOOD MORNING!!!! October 22 23, 2013 Agenda Revise Conceptual Model and Examine Data Putting It All Together 18 9

10 Breakout Group II Questions Breakout Group II Revise Conceptual Diagram and Examine the Data What data exist regarding different aspects of your conceptual diagram? What data are being collected? What data need to be generated by new projects? What are the research projects needed to obtain these data? 19 Breakout Group III Questions Breakout Group III The Big Picture What synthesis products are needed to develop a holistic picture of what happened to Marine Snow during the Deepwater Horizon? How do these products help compare what happened to Marine Snow to historical conditions (non spill)? How will these products help improve future oil spill response? 20 10

11 21 Agenda 22 11

12 Breakout Group Questions Breakout Group III What syntheses are needed to develop a holistic picture of what happened with respect to Marine Snow during the Deepwater Horizon Incident? How do these products help compare what happened to Marine Snow during the Deepwater Horizon event to historical conditions (non spill)? How will these products help improve future oil spill response actions (e.g., timing of release of Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico)? 23 Group 1: Oil Associated Marine Snow Location: Room 120 Presenter: Ali Khelifa Facilitator: Kendra Daly Rapporteur: George Jackson Vernon Asper Eric Chassignet Meredith Jennings Vijay John InOk Jun Sara Kleindienst David Lindo Ian MacDonald Olivia Mason Tinka Murk Tamay Özgökmen Elizabeth Simons Evan Variano 24 12

13 Group 2: Deposited Oil Associated Marine Snow Location: Room 255 Presenter: Samantha Joye Facilitator: Jeff Chanton Rapporteur: David Hollander Gregg Brooks Arne Diercks Clayton Dike Markus Huettel Rebekka Larson Chris Martens John Quinlan Isabel Romero Brad Rosenheim Chuck Wilson Don Zhao 25 Group 3: Ecosystem Consequences Location: Room 267 Presenter: Joel Kostka Facilitator: David Hastings Rapporteur: Carol Arnosti Cameron Ainsworth Amy Baco-Tyler Carl Childs Felicia Coleman Wade Jeffrey William Landing Sara Lincoln Joe Montoya Steve Murawski Claire Paris Patrick Schwing Arvind Shantharam Kevin Shaw John Walsh 26 13

14 27 Group 1 Location: Room 120 Facilitator: Kendra Daly Rapporteur: George Jackson Amy Baco-Tyler Carl Childs Markus Huettel Wade Jeffrey Meredith Jennings Samantha Joye InOk Jun Sara Kleindienst Joel Kostka Sara Lincoln Steve Murawski John Quinlan Brad Rosenheim Don Zhao 28 14

15 Group 2 Location: Room 255 Facilitator: Jeff Chanton Rapporteur: David Hollander Cameron Ainsworth Vernon Asper Eric Chassignet Vijay John William Landing David Lindo Chris Martens Tinka Murk Tamay Özgökmen Claire Paris Patrick Schwing Arvind Shantharam John Walsh Chuck Wilson 29 Group 3 Location: Room 267 Facilitator: David Hastings Rapporteur: Carol Arnosti Gregg Brooks Felicia Coleman Arne Diercks Clayton Dike Rebekka Larson Ali Khelifa Ian MacDonald Olivia Mason Joe Montoya Isabel Romero Kevin Shaw Elizabeth Simons Evan Variano 30 15

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