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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Gary M. King

Louisiana State University

Department of Biological Sciences

202 Life Sciences Building
Baton Rouge, LA  70803  

gking@lsu.edu

Project List:

A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Linkages among Wetland Vegetation, Rhizosphere Microbial Communities and Soil Stability and Decreased Coastal Wetland Sustainability in Response to Oiling

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Microbial Community Responses to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Pre-Spill Background Assessment

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Physiological Effects of Deepwater Horizon Oil on Phytoplankton and Microbial Communities from the Coastal/nearshore Waters of Louisiana

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2015

King, G. M., Kostka, J. E., Hazen, T., & Sobecky, P. (2015). Microbial Responses to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: From Coastal Wetlands to the Deep Sea. Annu. Rev. Marine. Sci., 7(1), 377–401.

2013

Tolar, B. B., King, G. M., & Hollibaugh, J. T. (2013). An Analysis of Thaumarchaeota Populations from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Microbiol., 4(72), 1–36.

2012

King, G. M., Judd, C., Kuske, C. R., Smith, C., & Neufeld, J. (2012). Analysis of Stomach and Gut Microbiomes of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) from Coastal Louisiana, USA. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e51475.

2011

Bianchi, T. S., Cook, R. L., Perdue, E. M., Kolic, P. E., Green, N., Zhang, Y., et al. (2011). Impacts of diverted freshwater on dissolved organic matter and microbial communities in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, U.S.A. Marine Environmental Research, 72(5), 248–257.
Smith, C. B., Johnson, C. N., & King, G. M. (2011). Assessment of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation by Potentially Pathogenic Environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates from Coastal Louisiana, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64(1), 138–143.