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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Timothy Sullivan

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA  70504  

tsulli1988@gmail.com

Project List:

The Environmental Effects of an Oil Spill on Blue Crabs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Dynamics of Recovery: Integrating Oceanography and Molecular Ecology

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2017

Sullivan, T., & Neigel, J. (2017). Misidentification of megalopae as a potential source of error in studies of population genetics and ecology of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 565, 95–111.

2016

Sullivan, T., Gelpi, C., & Neigel, J. (2016). Molecular detection of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium perezi from blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in Louisiana, USA. Dis. Aquat. Org., 120(1), 83–88.

2015

Yednock, B. K., Sullivan, T. J., & Neigel, J. E. (2015). De novo assembly of a transcriptome from juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) following exposure to surrogate Macondo crude oil. BMC Genomics, 16(1).

Conference Presentations - 3

2016

Neigel, J., Plouviez, S., Sullivan, T., & Taylor, C. (2016). Shifting Baselines and Slippery Slopes: The Oil Spill Signal and Long-Term Trends in Fishery-Independent Monitoring Data. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Sullivan, T. (2016). Environmental Stress and Pathogen Dynamics in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.

2015

Yednock, B., Duffy, T., Sullivan, T., Chesney, E., & Neigel, J. (2015). Transcriptional Responses of Blue Crabs and Bay Anchovies to Surrogate Oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.