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

Auburn University at Montgomery

Department of Biology

PO Box 244023
Montgomery , AL  36124  

bokeke@aum.edu

Project List:

Chemical Engineering Applications to Study the Chemical Evolution and Biological Degradation of the Oil-Dispersant Systems and Subsequent Interaction with the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2012

Natter, M., Keevan, J., Keimowitz, A. R., Okeke, B., Wang, Y., Son, A., et al. (2012). Level and degradation of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil in coastal marsh sediments and pore-water. Environ. Sci. Technol, 46(11), 5744–5755.

Conference Presentations - 4

2012

Keimowitz, A., Lee, M. - K., Saunders, J. A., Lamberg, C. H., Okeke, B., Natter, M., et al. (2012). Effects of oil contamination on metal cycling in pore waters and sediments of wetlands. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA.

2011

Keevan, J., Natter, M., Lee, M. - K., Keimowitz, A., Okeke, B., Sarvda, C., et al. (2011). Biogeochemical and hydrological controls on fate and distribution of trace metals in oiled Gulf salt marshes. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
Keimowitz, A., Lee, M. - K., Saunders, J. A., Lamberg, C. H., Okeke, B., Natter, M., et al. (2011). After the spill: Metal cycling in Gulf coastal wetlands. In Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN, October 9-12, 2011.
Natter, M., Keevan, J., Lee, J. - K., Keimowitz, A., Savrda, C., Son, A., et al. (2011). Fate and transport of organic contaminants in coastal marsh sediments resulting from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 5-19 2011.