The National Science Foundation and the Department of Biological Science at Florida State are hosting an invited workshop, “Long-Term Ecological Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coastal Ecosystems.”

The purpose of this workshop, scheduled for Sept. 10-12 at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center in Tallahassee, will be to organize the long-term responses of ecologists to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the environmental effects of which could persist for decades in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists must quantify these effects in ways that will best allow for understanding and responding to the disaster.

Workshop attendance is by invitation only; Florida State faculty and students who are interested in more information may contact T.E. Miller or E. Gornish at (850) 644-8575 or egornish@bio.fsu.edu.

Additional information on the workshop is available here.