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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Patricia M. Medeiros

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA  30602  

medeiros@uga.edu

Project List:

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2016

Seidel, M., Kleindienst, S., Dittmar, T., Joye, S. B., & Medeiros, P. M. (2016). Biodegradation of crude oil and the influence of dispersant in deep sea water from the Gulf of Mexico: Insights from ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 108–118.

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

2015

Babcock-Adams, L., Chanton, J. P., Joye, S. B., & Medeiros, P. M. (2015). Oil distribution and transformation in the Gulf sediments after the 2010 Macondo blowout: A multi-tracer approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Joye, S., Passow, U., Medeiros, P., Sibert, R., Yang, T., Asper, V., et al. (2015). Rapid sedimentation, resuspension and redistribution of hydrocarbons in the wake of the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Malkin, S., Harrison, S., Saxton, M., Loftis, K., Battles, J., Seidel, M., et al. (2015). Do Chemical Dispersants Impede or Hasten Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons in Surface Waters? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Seidel, M., Kleindienst, S., Babcock-Adams, L., Dittmar, T., Joye, S. B., & Medeiros, P. M. (2015). Unraveling Microbial Degradation of Dispersant and Water-Soluble Oil Compounds in Deep Seawater from the Gulf of Mexico using Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Babcock-Adams, L. C., Joye, S. B., & Medeiros, P. M. (2014). Tracking oil transformations in the Gulf of Mexico sediments after the 2010 macondo blowout using biomarker ratios. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Joye, S. B., Seidel, M., Medeiros, P., Hunter, K., Grim, S., Sogin, M., et al. (2014). Chemical dispersants used in oil spill response alter microbial community composition and evolution but not microbial activity. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Kleindienst, S. S., Grim, S., Sogin, M., Seidel, M., Medeiros, P. M., Passow, U., et al. (2014). The microbial response to the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea plume. In Goldschmidt 2014 Conference. Sacramento, CA : 06/08/14-06/13/14.
Seidel, M., Kleindienst, S., Dittmar, T., Joye, S. B., & Medeiros, P. M. (2014). Influence of dispersants on the biodegradation of crude oil in deep sea water from the Gulf of Mexico: Insights from ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. In Gordon Conference on Organic Biogeochemistry. Holderness, NH : 8/2/14-8/3/14.

2013

Babcock-Adams, L., Medeiros, P. M., & Joye, S. B. (2013). Petroleum Biomarker Levels in the Gulf Sediments Following the 2010 Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.

2012

Joye, S. B., Crespo-Medina, M., Medeiros, P., Benitez-Nelson, C., Moore, W., Montoya, J. P., et al. (2012). Intense sedimentation on the seafloor following the 2010 Macondo blowout: Geochemical composition, mechanisms, and microbial impacts. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.