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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Chris Brown

Mount Allison University

Department of Geography and Environment

Mount Allison University
Avard-Dixon Building
Sackville, NB E4L 1A8 Canada

cmbrown@mta.ca

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2
2020
Finkel, Z. V., Liang, Y., Nanjappa, D., Bretherton, L., Brown, C. M., Quigg, A., et al. (2020). A ribosomal sequence-based oil sensitivity index for phytoplankton groups. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110798.
2019
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Setta, S., Liang, Y., et al. (2019). Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology, 206, 43–53.
Conference Presentations - 5
2020
Bretherton, L., Liang, Y., Brown, C. M., Nanjappa, D., Passow, U., Quigg, A., et al. (2020). Transcriptome-wide responses of marine snow aggregates of the diatom Odontella aurita to oil. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
2018
Liang, Y., Nanjappa, D., Brown, C., Passow, U., Quigg, A., Irwin, A., et al. (2018). Trasncriptome-wide responses of aggregates of the diatom Odentall aurita to oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
2017
Finkel, Z. V., Brown, C. M., Quigg, A., Setta, S., Bretherton, L., & Irwin, A. J. (2017). Oil And Corexit Alter Planktonic Microbial Eukaryotic Community Structure In Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Setta, S., Whitaker, E., Genzer, J., Bretherton, L., Doyle, S., Brown, C., et al. (2017). The effects of Oil and Corexit on the interaction between bacteria and phytoplankton in Mesocosm experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Setta, S., Whitaker, E., Genzer, J., Bretherton, L., Doyle, S., Brown, C., et al. (2017). The interaction between bacteria and phytoplankton in response to oil and corexit in mesocosm experiments. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.