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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Andy Canion

Florida State University

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

1017 Academic Way
PO Box 3064520
Tallahassee , FL 32306

acanion@fsu.edu

Project List:

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Staff, Graduate Student - Master's Level, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Expanding Contaminated Sediment Sampling In Gulf Coast Beaches

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Penetration, Accumulation and Degradation of BP DWH Oil in Florida Sandy Beaches

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Deepwater Horizon Oil Deposition in Gulf of Mexico Beaches Phase 2: Recovery of the Beach Sedimentary Environment

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Impact of Crude Oil on Coastal and Ocean Environments of the West Florida Shelf and Big Bend Region from the Shoreline to the Continental Shelf Edge

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Outreach Team

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2
2014
Canion, A., Kostka, J. E., Gihring, T. M., Huettel, M., van Beusekom, J. E. E., Gao, H., et al. (2014). Temperature response of denitrification and anammox reveals the adaptation of microbial communities to in situ temperatures in permeable marine sediments that span 50 Degrees in latitude. Biogeosciences, 11(2), 309–320.
2011
Kostka, J. E., Prakash, O., Overholt, W. A., Green, S., Freyer, G., Canion, A., et al. (2011). Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and the bacterial community response in Gulf of Mexico beach sands impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(22), 7962–7974.
Conference Presentations - 4
2012
Kostka, J., Huettel, M., Prakash, O., Green, S., Kaba, J., Hagan, C., et al. (2012). The fate of Deepwater Horizon oil in Florida sandy beaches: can oil eating microbes help to clean up the mess? In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
2011
Huettel, M., Kostka, J., Hastings, D., Prakash, O., Kaba, J., Hagan, C., et al. (2011). Deepwater Horizon oil in Florida sandy beaches. In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Conference. St. Petersburg, FL, October 25, 2011.
Huettel, M., Kostka, J. E., Prakash, M., Overholt, W. A., Green, S., Freyer, G., et al. (2011). Penetration, Accumulation and Degradation of Deepwater Horizon Oil in Florida Sandy Beaches. In Goldschmidt Conference 2011. Praque, Czech Republic, August 14-19, 2011.
2010
Huettel, M. H., Kostka, J. E., Green, S., Prakash, O., Kaba, J., & Canion, A. (2010). Rates and mechanisms controlling the microbial degradation of crude oil from the MC252 spill in Gulf of Mexico beach sands. In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Principal Investigator Conference. St. Petersburg, FL, October 5-6, 2010.