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Abigail Renegar

Nova Southeastern University

Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
3301 College Ave
Fort Lauderdale, FL  33314  

drenegar@nova.edu

Project List:

Coral-Tox: A Species-Sensitivity Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Toxicity to Scleractinian Corals

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Outreach Point of Contact

Deep-sea Risk Assessment and species sensitivity to WAF, CEWAF and Dispersant

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Passive dosing yields dissolved aqueous exposures of crude oil comparable to the CROSERF (Chemical Response to Oil Spill: Ecological Effects Research Forum) water accommodated fraction method: Comparison of water accommodated fraction preparations. Environ Toxicol Chem, 37(11), 2810–2819.

Conference Presentations - 12

2019

Bera, G., Knap, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, D. A., Whitemiller, E., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of oil and dispersant on deep-sea crustaceans. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Renegar, A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Knap, A., & Schuler, P. (2019). Species Sensitivity Assessment of Petroleum Hydrocarbons to Six Species of Atlantic Scleractinian Corals. In 42nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Halifax, Canada : 06/04/19-06/06/19.
Renegar, D. A., Turner, N. R., Bickham, D. M., & Whitemiller, E. (2019). Acute and subacute toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 1-methylnaphthalene & phenanthrene to five Atlantic scleractinian coral species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Whitemiller, E., Renegar, D. A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of 1-methylnaphthalene and Macondo surrogate crude oil to the peppermint shrimp, Lysmata boggessi. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Single hydrocarbon toxicity to deep-sea shrimps and use of PETROTOX model in predicting aquatic toxicity of oil. In Oil Spill India 2018 – 5th International Conference & Exhibition on Oil Spill Prevention. New Delhi, India : 07/05/18-07/06/18.
Renegar, D. A. (2018). Coral-Tox: A species-sensitivity assessment of petroleum hydrocarbon toxicity to scleractinian corals. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Renegar, D. A., Schuler, P., & Turner, N. R. (2018). A Collaborative Approach to Designing Purposeful Oil Spill Research: Bridging the Gap between Science and Response. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, BC, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.

2017

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, Texas : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
Bera, G., Renegar, A., Turner, N., Frank, T., Sweet, S., Gold, G., et al. (2017). Temperature and salinity effects on partitioning co-efficient (KPDMS-water) of selected hydrophobic organic carbons (HOCs): their use for passive dosing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Bera, G., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN : 11/12/17-11/16/17: Poster.

2016

Knap, A. H., Renegar, A., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Turner, N., & Gold-Bouchot, G. (2016). D-Tox: Deep sea Risk Assessment and Species Sensitivity to WAF, CWAF and Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster .