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Nigel D'Souza

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Biology

310 Ferst Drive
Atlanta , GA  30332  

ndsouza@gatech.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2016

D'souza, N. A., Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A. R., Hafez, M., Chekalyuk, A., Phan, S., et al. (2016). Elevated surface chlorophyll associated with natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Nature Geosci, 9(3), 215–218.

2014

Ziervogel, K., D'Souza, N., Sweet, J., Yan, B., & Passow, U. (2014). Natural oil slicks fuel surface water microbial activities in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Microbiol., 5, 1–10.

Conference Presentations - 13

2020

Edwards, C. R., Ziervogel, K., & D'souza, N. A. (2020). Seeding Snow: Mississippi River Plume Interaction With Oil in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2018

Edwards, C., Castelao, R., Ziervogel, K., & DSouza, N. A. (2018). Seeding Snow: Mississippi River Plume Interaction with Surface Oil in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Cordes, E. E., Dsouza, N. A., Roman, C., & Levin, L. A. (2017). Exploration of the water column overlying hydrocarbon seeps. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
Edwards, C. R., Castelao, R. M., Ziervogel, K., & Dsouza, N. A. (2017). Seeding snow: MS River plume interaction with surface oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A., D'Souza, N., Weber, S. C., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Biogeography of Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A., D'Souza, N., Weber, S. C., Montoya, J. P., & Jenkins, R. (2016). Use of Autonomous Platforms to Study the Hydrography around Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL , : 02/01/16-02/07/16: Poster.
Weber S.C., D'Souza, N., Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Release from limitation: Exploring phytoplankton nutrient limitation and community shifts in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.

2015

D'souza, N., Juhl, A., Subramaniam, A., Hafez, M., Chekalyuk, A., Phan, S., et al. (2015). Why Is Chlorophyll Elevated Near Natural Seeps In The Gulf Of Mexico? Evidence For Bottom-Up, And Top-Down Controls On Planktonic Microbes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Bullock, K., D'souza, N., Juhl, A., & Montoya, J. (2014). Bacterial abundances in the water column near natural oil seeps and other oil-impacted areas in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
D'souza, N., Juhl, A., Ziervogel, K., Bullock, K., Yan, B., & Subramaniam, A. (2014). Synergy of Oil, Nutrients, and Predation in Influencing Planktonic Processes in the Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
D'souza, N., Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A., Hafez, M., Chekalyuk, A., Yan, B., et al. (2014). Multiple lines of evidence for elevated phytoplankton pigments near natural oil seeps in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Yan, B., Pitiranggon, M., D'Souza, N., Juhl, A., & Subramaniam, A. (2014). Fingerprinting Hydrocarbons In Gom Using Sensitive Hydrocarbon Source Indicators. In ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.

2013

Palomo, C. M., Pitiranggon, M., Yan, B., Dsouza, N., Juhl, A., & Subramaniam, A. (2013). During and Post GOM Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Time Series Analysis of Variations in Spilled Hydrocarbons. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2013.