About the Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division

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What We Do
Management
Branches
Main Office Location

 

What We Do

The Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division (GEMMD):

• Provides leadership and research in marine, estuarine, and watershed ecology and ecotoxicology to predict and assess the effects of human-generated stressors on the aquatic resources of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the U.S.;
• Uses its research to help determine ecological condition, evaluate rates and causes of declining systems, and predict future conditions under various alternative water quality scenarios; and
• Works closely with communities, states, and the region to develop tools and provide a scientific basis for sustainable environmental management decisions that maximize economic, ecosystem, and social outcomes and resiliency.

Relevant Research

• Human Well-Being Index (HWBI)
• Ecosystem Services in Coordinated Case Studies
• Coral Reef Biological Condition Gradient
• National Coastal Condition Assessment
• Web-based Interspecies Correlation Estimation (Web-ICE)
• Linking Watershed Stressors to Biological Effects

• Methods, Models, Tools, and Databases for Water Research

 

Management

Tinelle Bustam, Director

• Email: bustam.tinelle@epa.gov 

 

Branches

Biological Effects and Population Response Branch

Acting Branch Chief: Brandon Jarvis

Ecosystem Assessment Branch

Branch Chief: Lisa Smith

Ecosystem Dynamics and Effects Branch

Branch Chief: Yongshan Wan

Main Office Location

US EPA ORD 
Gulf Ecosystem Measurement and Modeling Division
1 Sabine Island Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561-5299