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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Barbara J. MacGregor

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Marine Sciences

3202 Venable Hall, CB 3300
Chapel Hill , NC  27599  

bmacgreg@unc.edu

Project List:

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: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2016

Yang, T., Speare, K., McKay, L., MacGregor, B. J., Joye, S. B., & Teske, A. (2016). Distinct Bacterial Communities in Surficial Seafloor Sediments Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout. Front. Microbiol., 7.

Conference Presentations - 4

2016

MacGregor, B. (2016). Intact rRNA in mercury-poisoned sediment trap samples: Preservation or growth? In 16th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Montreal, Canada : 08/21/16-08/26/16.
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.

2014

MacGregor, B., & Passow, U. (2014). RNA in mercuric chloride-poisoned sediment trap material: Preservation or growth? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

MacGregor, B. J., Passow, U., Asper, V., & Diercks, A. (2013). Stable carbon isotopes of ribosomal RNA as a tracer for microbial growth substrates: First data from Gulf of Mexico sediment traps. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.