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Alison Robertson

University of South Alabama

Department of Marine Sciences

Life Sciences Building Room 25
Mobile, AL  36688  

arobertson@disl.org

Project List:

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2019

Bennett, C., Robertson, A., & Patterson, W. (2019). First record of the non-indigenous Indo-Pacific damselfish, Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. BioInvasions Records, 8(1), 154–166.

Conference Presentations - 15

2019

Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Kiskaddon, E. P., Robertson, A., & Bell, S. (2019). Worms, mud, and oil: benthic community responses to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM) 2019. Newfoundland, Canada : 04/03/19-04/06/19.
Feeney, M. E., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Responses of anaerobic bacterial communities to hydrocarbon contamination. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.
Hancock, T. L., Blonder, S. L., Bury, A. A., Robertson, A., Parsons, M. L., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Succession pattern and phylotype analysis of microphytobenthic communities in a simulated oil spill seagrass mesocosm experiment. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.

2018

Feeney, M. E., Lindsey, M. W., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2018). Oiling Effects on Oxygen and Hydrogen Sulfide Depth Profiles in Coastal Marine Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Caffray, T., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Long-term changes in benthic community structure following the Deepwater Horizon event. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Bury, A., Parsons, M., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2017). Comparison of Resilience in Naïve Ruppia Maritima (Florida) versus Pre-conditioned Ruppia Maritima (Louisiana) in Exposure to the Water Associated Fraction (WAF) of Crude Oil in Laboratory Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Caffray, T., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Lasting Effect of Environmental Disturbance on Benthic Community Structure. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Ballentine, W., Kiskaddon, E., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., et al. (2017). Sublethal impacts of oil exposure on common bioturbating infauna of the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Cerf 2017. Providence, RI : 11/05/17-11/09/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Sublethal Impacts of Oil Exposure on Bioturbation. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Robertson, A., Baltzer, K., Gwinn, J. K., Parsons, M., Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R., et al. (2017). Assessment of Oiling on the Biodiversity and Resilience of the Benthic Microbial Assemblages in coastal sediments of the Chandeluer Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R. A., Baltzer, K., Novoveska, L., Gwinn, J. K., Smith, S. N., et al. (2017). Characterization of the Sediment Archaeal Community in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Weldin, E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Parker, R., et al. (2017). Effects of oil exposure and diversity on the behavior of Owenia fusiformis. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.

2016

Dahl, K. A., Patterson, W. F., Robertson, A., Ortmann, A. C., Portnoy, D., & Hogan, J. D. (2016). DNA barcoding and microsatellite genotyping reveal cannibalism among invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf Estuarine Research Society Fall 2016 Meeting. Pensacola Beach, FL : 11/03/16-11/05/16.
Keller, E. L., Caffray, T. E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Bell, S., Robertson, A., et al. (2016). Oxygen fluxes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting. Portland, OR : 01/03/16-01/07/16: Poster.
Keller, E. L., Caffray, T. E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Bell, S., Robertson, A., et al. (2016). Oxygen fluxes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.