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Alexis Khursigara

The University of Texas at Austin

Department of Marine Science

Marine Science Institute
750 Channel View Drive
Port Aransas, TX  78373  

akhursigara@utmail.utexas.edu

Project List:

Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk II (RECOVER II)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk (RECOVER)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, J. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2021). The effects of acute crude oil exposure on growth and competition in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. Science of The Total Environment, 751, 141804.

2019

Armstrong, T., Khursigara, A. J., Killen, S. S., Fearnley, H., Parsons, K. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2019). Oil exposure alters social group cohesion in fish. Sci Rep, 9(1).
Khursigara, A. J., Ackerly, K. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2019). Oil toxicity and implications for environmental tolerance in fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 220, 52–61.
Rowsey, L. E., Johansen, J. L., Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2019). Oil exposure impairs predator-prey dynamics in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Mar. Freshwater Res., 71(1), 99–106.
Xu, E. G., Khursigara, A. J., Li, S., Esbaugh, A. J., Dasgupta, S., Volz, D. C., et al. (2019). mRNA-miRNA-Seq Reveals Neuro-Cardio Mechanisms of Crude Oil Toxicity in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Environ. Sci. Technol., 53(6), 3296–3305.

2018

Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, J. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2018). Social competition in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) is influenced by crude oil exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 203, 194–201.
Magnuson, J. T., Khursigara, A. J., Allmon, E. B., Esbaugh, A. J., & Roberts, A. P. (2018). Effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil on ocular development in two estuarine fish species, red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 166, 186–191.
Pan, Y. K., Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, J. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2018). The effects of oil induced respiratory impairment on two indices of hypoxia tolerance in Atlantic croaker ( Micropogonias undulatus ). Chemosphere, 200, 143–150.

2017

Khursigara, A. J., Perrichon, P., Martinez Bautista, N., Burggren, W. W., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2017). Cardiac function and survival are affected by crude oil in larval red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. Science of The Total Environment, 579, 797–804.
Xu, E. G., Khursigara, A. J., Magnuson, J., Hazard, E. S., Hardiman, G., Esbaugh, A. J., et al. (2017). Larval Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Sublethal Exposure to Weathered Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil: Developmental and Transcriptomic Consequences. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51(17), 10162–10172.

Conference Presentations - 20

2020

Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2020). Does crude oil alter behavior in fish? In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2020. Austin, TX : 01/03/20-01/07/20.
Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2020). Does Crude Oil Exposure Alter Behavior in Fish? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2020). The Effects of Oil and PAH Exposure on Swim Bladder Development and Function. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2020. Austin, TX : 01/03/20-01/07/20: Poster.

2019

Bonatesta, F., Khursigara, A., Greer, J., Xu, E., Schlenk, D., Esbaugh, A., et al. (2019). Acute and Latent Effects on the Teleost Kidney Following Early Life-Stage Exposure to Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil. In SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada : 11/03/19-11/07/19.
Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2019). Impacts of crude oil exposure on competition and predation evasion performance. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2019). Impact of crude oil exposure on teleost personality behaviors. In Society of Experimental Biology 2019 Annual Meeting. Seville, Spain : 07/02/19-07/05/19: Poster.
McGruer, V., Pasparakis, C., Khursigara, A., Volz, D. C., Esbaugh, A. J., Grosell, M., et al. (2019). Deepwater Horizon oil alters the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway in exposed larval fish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Roberts, A. P., Magnuson, J., Khursigara, A., Allmon, E., Esbaugh, A., Heuer, R., et al. (2019). An Adverse Outcome Pathway Linking Oil Exposure to the Development of Vision in Fishes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, L. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2018). Competition in a marine teleost is altered by exposure to crude oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, L. J., Rowsey, L. E., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2018). Does predation risk increase with crude oil exposure? In 13th International Congress on the Biology of Fish. Calgary, Canada : 07/15/18-07/19/18.
Magnuson, J., Barnes, E., Khursigara, A., Esbaugh, A., Xu, E., Schlenk, D., et al. (2018). Early life stage fishes exposed to crude oil have reduced visual development and function. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Magnuson, J., Khursigara, A., Allmon, E., Esbaugh, A., Heuer, R., Stieglitz, J., et al. (2018). Effects of oil exposure on visual function in early life stage fishes. In SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting. Rome, Italy : 05/13/18-05/17/18: Poster.
McGruer, V., Pasparakis, C., Khursigara, A., Vliet, S., Dasgupta, S., Volz, D. C., et al. (2018). Exploring Mechanisms of Cardiotoxicity in Crude Oil Exposed Fish. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/04/18-11/08/18: Poster.

2017

Armstrong, T., Khursigara, A. J., Killen, S., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2017). Effect of oil exposure on social behaviour. In The Society of Experimental Biology – SEB Gothenburg 2017. Gothenburg, Sweden : 07/03/17-07/06/17: Poster.
Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, J. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2017). The influence of oil exposure on social interactions and competition in a marine teleost. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2017. New Orleans, LA : 01/04/17-01/08/17.
Khursigara, A. J., Johansen, J. L., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2017). The influence of oil exposure on social interactions and competition in a marine teleost. In The Society of Experimental Biology – SEB Gothenburg 2017. Gothenburg, Sweden : 07/03/17-07/06/17: Poster.
Magnuson, J. T., Allmon, E., Khursigara, A. J., Xu, E. G., Esbaugh, A., Schlenk, D., et al. (2017). Effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil on visual function in early life stage fishes. In SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN : 11/12/17-11/16/17.
Rowsey, L. E., Khursigara, A. J., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2017). Effects of Sub-Lethal Oil Exposure on Predator-Prey Dynamics in a Larval Marine Fish. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2017. New Orleans, LA : 01/04/17-01/08/17: Poster.

2016

Khursigara, A., Perrichon, P., Bautista, N. M., Burggren, W. W., & Esbaugh, A. J. (2016). Early life sensitivity of red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, to source and naturally weathered oil. In International Congress on the Biology of Fish. San Marcus, TX : 06/12/16 - 06/16/16.
Xu, G. E., Khursigara, A., Starr Hazard, E., Hardiman, G., Esbaugh, A. J., Grosell, M., et al. (2016). Global transcriptional responses to Deepwater Horizon oil in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) embryos. In 7th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress/SETAC North America 37th Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL : 11/06/16-11/10/16: Poster.