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Kai Ziervogel

University of New Hampshire

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS)

136A Morse Hall
8 College Road
Durham, NH  03824-3525  

kai.ziervogel@unh.edu

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers 2 (ADDOMEx-2): Towards a synthesis of process and pathways of marine oil snow formation

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

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

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2021

Quigg, A., Santschi, P. H., Xu, C., Ziervogel, K., Kamalanathan, M., Chin, W. - C., et al. (2021). Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx): Toward a Synthesis of Processes and Pathways of Marine Oil Snow Formation in Determining the Fate of Hydrocarbons. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E642160.

2019

Diercks, A., Ziervogel, K., Sibert, R., Joye, S. B., Asper, V., & Montoya, J. P. (2019). Vertical marine snow distribution in the stratified, hypersaline, and anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico). Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 10.
Ziervogel, K., Joye, S. B., Kleindienst, S., Malkin, S. Y., Passow, U., Steen, A. D., et al. (2019). Polysaccharide hydrolysis in the presence of oil and dispersants: Insights into potential degradation pathways of exopolymeric substances (EPS) from oil-degrading bacteria. Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 31.

2016

Ziervogel, K., Dike, C., Asper, V., Montoya, J., Battles, J., D'souza, N., et al. (2016). Enhanced particle fluxes and heterotrophic bacterial activities in Gulf of Mexico bottom waters following storm-induced sediment resuspension. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 77–88.
Ziervogel, K., Osburn, C., Brym, A., Battles, J., Joye, S., D'souza, N., et al. (2016). Linking Heterotrophic Microbial Activities with Particle Characteristics in Waters of the Mississippi River Delta in the Aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Front. Mar. Sci., 3(8), 1–12.

2015

Kleindienst, S., Seidel, M., Ziervogel, K., Grim, S., Loftis, K., Harrison, S., et al. (2015). Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 112(48), 14900–14905.

Conference Presentations - 10

2020

Edwards, C. R., Ziervogel, K., & D'souza, N. A. (2020). Seeding Snow: Mississippi River Plume Interaction With Oil in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Ziervogel, K. (2020). Microbes produce copious amounts of exopolymeric substances (EPS) as biosurfactants: what happens to all the excess organic carbon? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Ziervogel, K., Sweet, J., Bretherton, L., Quigg, A., & Passow, U. (2020). Fragmentation of marine snow and marine oil snow due to small-scale turbulence. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.

2019

Ziervogel, K., Passow, U., & Quigg, A. (2019). Marine oil snow decomposition and physical fragmentation: Insights into MOSSFA processes. In 3rd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Hamburg, Germany : 12/05/19-12/05/19.
Ziervogel, K., Sweet, J., Bretherton, L., Quigg, A., & Passow, U. (2019). Fragmentation of Marine Oil Snow Due to Small-Scale Turbulence. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Wang, Y., Roland, P., Ziervogel, K., & Miele, C. (2018). Modeling sediment resuspension and methane distribution in the deep Gulf of Mexico under the effect of near-seabottom flow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Edwards, C. R., Castelao, R. M., Ziervogel, K., & Dsouza, N. A. (2017). Seeding snow: MS River plume interaction with surface oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Ziervogel, K., Sweet, J., & Passow, U. (2017). Fate and transport of particulates below the sea surface: Testing a new method for the quantification of exopolymeric substances (EPS) using FlowCAM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

MacGregor, B., Passow, U., & Ziervogel, K. (2016). Intact Ribosomal RNA in Mercury-poisoned Sediment Trap Samples: Preservation or Growth? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Ziervogel, K., Diercks, A., Joye, S. B., Arnosti, C., Passow, U., Montoya, J. P. A. 7:A. 50., et al. (2016). Storm-induced sediment resuspension affects particle flux and bacterial activities in the deep Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/07/16: Poster.