Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Christopher M. Reddy Front Page  |  Curriculum Vitae (external file)  |  Projects  |  Publications  |  Photo Gallery Projects » Source, transport, and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the marine environment » Natural halogenated compounds: biosynthesis, transport, and fate in aquatic food webs. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (OCE-0550486). » The sources and cycling of combustion-derived material in the environment » Investigating new materials (and avoiding the next DDT) » Deepwater Horizon disaster Enlarge image Carcass of Trues Beaked whale that we analyzed for natural halogenated compounds. Enlarge image Process of getting blubber off whale for future analysis. Enlarge image Chunks of whale blubber awaiting to be blended. Enlarge image Blended blubber (our own Bass-O-Matic) Enlarge image Emma Teuten filtering blended blubber to yield yellow oil. Enlarge image Another image of blubber being filtered. Future steps were employed in order to isolate pure compounds. Natural halogenated compounds: biosynthesis, transport, and fate in aquatic food webs. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (OCE-0550486). Please refer to three articles in Oceanus that describe this work: http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=3802 and http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=32828§ionid=1021 and http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/viewPage.do?id=3658&cl=11&preview=true

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