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

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Heather Patterson

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

University of South Alabama Programs - Student

101 Bienville Blvd
Dauphin Island, AL 36528

Project List:

Recovery: Sentinel Macrofauna

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2014
Patterson, H. K., Boettcher, A., Carmichael, R. H., & Vopel, K. C. (2014). Biomarkers of Dissolved Oxygen Stress in Oysters: A Tool for Restoration and Management Efforts. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104440.
2012
Carmichael, R. H., Jones, A. L., Patterson, H. K., Walton, W. C., PÃ©rez-Huerta, A., Overton, E. B., et al. (2012). Assimilation of Oil-Derived Elements by Oysters Due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46(23), 12787–12795.
2010
Graham, W. M., Condon, R. H., Carmichael, R. H., D'Ambra, I., Patterson, H. K., Linn, L. J., et al. (2010). Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environ. Res. Lett., 5(4), 045301.
Conference Presentations - 6
2011
Carmichael, R., & Patterson, H. (2011). Stable isotope composition of weathered oil: implications for tracing oil degredation and bioassimilation. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.
Kronmiller, K., Patterson, H., & Boettcher, A. (2011). Biomarkers of oxygen and combined oxygen and temperature stress in oysters. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11: Poster.
Patterson, H., & Carmichael, R. (2011). Can we use stable isotopes to measure sublethal stress in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica? In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL, May 17-19, 2011.
Patterson, H., Carmichael, R., & et al. (2011). Stressed out oysters: Measuring sub-lethal responses using stable isotopes and protein regulation. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.
Patterson, H. K., Carmichael, R. H., & Boettcher, A. A. (2011). Stressed out oysters: measuring sublethal stress in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.
2010
Graham, W. M., Condon, R. H., Carmichael, R. H., D'Ambra, I., Patterson, H., Linn, L., et al. (2010). Entry of oil (carbon) into the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon spill. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2010.