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William Schmidt

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA  70504  

william.schmidt.algae@gmail.com

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

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

Stop-Gap Sampling to Assess the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Macroalgae and Macrocrustaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2017

Krayesky-Self, S., Schmidt, W. E., Phung, D., Henry, C., Sauvage, T., Camacho, O., et al. (2017). Eukaryotic Life Inhabits Rhodolith-forming Coralline Algae (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta), Remarkable Marine Benthic Microhabitats. Sci. Rep., 7, 45850.

2016

Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W. E., Suda, S., & Fredericq, S. (2016). A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of coral reef and rhodolith endolithic communities with tufA. BMC Ecology, 16(1).

2015

Yang, E. C., Kim, K. M., Kim, S. Y., Lee, J. M., Boo, G. H., Lee, J. - H., et al. (2015). Highly Conserved Mitochondrial Genomes among Multicellular Red Algae of the Florideophyceae. Genome Biol Evol, 7(8), 2394–2406.

2014

Felder, D. L., Thoma, B. P., Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., Self-Krayesky, S. L., Chistoserdov, A., et al. (2014). Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BioScience, 64(9), 808–819.
Fredericq, S., Arakaki, N., Camacho, O., Gabriel, D., Krayesky D., Self, S., et al. (2014). A dynamic approach to the study of rhodoliths: A case study for the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cryptogamie, Algologie, 35(1), 77–98.

Conference Presentations - 20

2015

Camacho, O., Clinton, K., Self-Krayesky, S., Rees, G., Richards, J. L., Sauvage, T., et al. (2015). Trials and tribulations of Gulf of Mexico algae and macrocrustaceans inhabiting deep banks offshore Louisiana: what have we learned since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Fredericq, S., Sauvage, T., & Schmidt, W. (2015). Four years after the DWH oil spill: What has changed with the offshore seaweeds and rhodoliths in the NW Gulf of Mexico deep banks? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W. E., & Fredericq, S. (2015). New insights in the exploration of cryptic microbiota associated with pre- and post-DWH oil spill rhodoliths using Next-Generation and Sanger Sequencing: a case for the NW Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Camacho-Hadad, O., Schmidt, W., & Fredericq, S. (2014). Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) growing from rhodoliths collected in the NW Gulf of Mexico. In 2014 Phycological Society of America Meeting/Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR : 05/18/14-05/23/14: Poster.
Fredericq, S., Sauvage, T., Self, S., Richards, J., Felder, D., & Schmidt, W. E. (2014). What happened to the offshore rhodoliths and other seaweeds in the NW Gulf of Mexico since the 2010 DWH oil spill? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Fredericq, S., Sauvage, T., & Schmidt, W. E. (2014). Environmental Next-Generation sequencing coupled with Sanger sequencing reveals novel, unexpected red algal biodiversity within rhodoliths. In 2014 Phycological Society of America Meeting/Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR : 05/18/14-05/23/14.
Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W. E., Self, S., Richards, J., Camacho, O., Venera-Ponton, D., et al. (2014). Rhodoliths offshore the NW Gulf of Mexico: before and after, inside and out. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Camacho, O., Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W., Freshwater, D. W., & Fredericq, S. (2013). New insights in the diversity of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting. Orlando, FL, August 4-10, 2013.
Fredericq, S., Krayesky, D., Sauvage, T., Gabriel, D., Schilz, T., Draisma,D., et al. (2013). A revised phylogeny of the red algal family Peyssonneliaceae (Peyssonneliales). In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting. Orlando, FL, August 4-10, 2013.
Fredericq, S., Sauvage, T., Richards, J., Camacho, O., Venera-Ponton, D., & Schmidt, W. E. (2013). Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon spill impacts on offshore seweed diversity in the NW Gulf of Mexico. In Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Dauphin Island, AL, September 27-28, 2013: Poster.
Fredericq, S., Sauvage, T., Richards, J., Camacho. O., G., W., Venera-Ponton, D., & Schmidt, W. (2013). Function of rhodoliths as seedbanks in post-spill NW Gulf of Mexico deep banks: A novel and unexplored concept. In Invited Presentation, Department of Marine Life Science, Chosun University. Gwangjiu, Korea, July 3, 2013.
Gabriel, D., Sauvage, T., Draisma, S., Schmidt, W., Schils, T., & Fredericq. S. (2013). Genetic diversity in the pantropical red algal genus Titanophora (Schizymeniaceae, Nemastomatales). In Advances in Ecological Speciation, CIBIO. Vairão, Portugal, April 29-30, 2013.
Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., Camacho, O., Richards, O., Krayesky, D., Self-Krayesky, D., et al. (2013). A dynamic approach to the study of rhodoliths: A case study for the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting. Orlando, FL, August 4-10, 2013.
Self, S., Schmidt, W., Sauvage, T., & Fredericq, S. (2013). Characterization of dinoflagellates found in rubble/rhodolith samples from the NW Gulf of Mexico and Panama. In Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Dauphin Island, AL, September 27-28, 2013.
Self-Krayesky, S. L., Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., & Fredericq, S. (2013). Elemental and chemical characterization of rhodolith samples from the NW Gulf of Mexico and Panama. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting. Orlando, FL, August 4-10, 2013.

2012

Fredericq, S., Krayesky, D., Sauvage, T., Gabriel, D., & Schmidt, W. E. (2012). The intriguing and hidden world of the Peyssonneliaceae. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Miami, FL, October 20, 2012.
Fredericq, S., Krayesky, D., & Schmidt, W. E. (2012). New insights into the generic concepts and species diversity of the red algal family Peyssonneliaceae (Peyssonneliales). In Asian Pacific Phycological Forum. Yeosu, Korea, October 9-14, 2012.
Fredericq, S., & Schmidt, W. E. (2012). Effects of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon cruid oil spill on offshore seaweed diversity in the NW Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Fredericq, S., Schmidt, W. E., Gabriel, D., Sauvage, T., Norris, J. N., & Krayesky, D. (2012). Characterization of offshore rhodolith beds in the NW Gulf of Mexico: trials and tribulations since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Miami, FL, October 20, 2012.
Richards, J., Gardiner, W., Schmidt, W., Venera-Ponton, D., Camacho, O., Sauvage, T., et al. (2012). The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the seaweeds: Before and After. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Miami, FL, October 20, 2012.