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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Melissa Rohal

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Task Co-Lead, GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Coast Watch: Remote Sensing and Verification Sampling of Oil Spill Impact on Florida Coast

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2020

Rohal, M., Ainsworth, C., Lupher, B., Montagna, P. A., Paris, C. B., Perlin, N., et al. (2020). The effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on two ecosystem services in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Modelling & Software, 133, 104793.
Rohal, M., Barrera, N., Escobar-Briones, E., Brooks, G., Hollander, D., Larson, R., et al. (2020). How quickly will the offshore ecosystem recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106593.
Rohal, M., Barrera, N., Van Eenennaam, J. S., Foekema, E. M., Montagna, P. A., Murk, A. J., et al. (2020). The effects of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow on meiofauna in a microcosm. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150(January 2020), 110656.

2019

van Eenennaam, J. S., Rohal, M., Montagna, P. A., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Romero, I. C., et al. (2019). Ecotoxicological benthic impacts of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow deposition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141, 164–175.

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Foekema, E. M., van Eenennaam, J. S., Hollander, D. J., Langenhoff, A. M., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Rohal, M., et al. (2019). Testing the effect of MOSSFA (Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation) events in benthic microcosms. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 288–399). Springer International.
Schwing, P. T., Montagna, P. A., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Escobar-Briones, E., & Rohal, M. (2019). Benthic faunal baselines in the Gulf of Mexico: A precursor to evaluate future impacts. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 96–108). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 6

2019

Yeom, J., Rohal, M., Montagna, P. A., & Lee, W. (2019). New Zosime species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Zosimeidae) from the South western Gulf of Mexico. In 17th International Meiofauna Conference (SeventIMCO). Evora, Portugal : 07/07/19-07/12/19: Poster.

2018

Rohal, M., Escobar-Briones, E., Montagna, P., Romero, I., Schwing, P., & Hollander, D. (2018). How quickly will the deep sea ecosystem recover from the 2010 DWH oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Rohal, M., Escobar-Briones, E., Montagna, P., Romero, I., Schwing, P., & Hollander, D. (2018). How quickly will the deep sea ecosystem recover from the 2010 DWH oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout event. In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18.

2017

Rohal, M. (2017). The modeled effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Ecosystem Services. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Rohal, M. (2016). The Effect of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Rohal, M. (2016). The Importance of Meiofauna, an Ecosystem Services Modeling Approach. In 16th International Meiofauna Conference. Heraklion, Crete : 07/03/16-07/08/16: Poster.