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Rebekka Larson

Eckerd College

Marine Science

Natural Sciences Collegium
Sheen Science Center, SHA-102
St. Petersburg, FL  33711  

larsonra@eckerd.edu

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems III (C-IMAGE III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Research Staff

Resuspension, Redistribution and Deposition of Deep Water Horizon (DwH) Recalcitrant Hydrocarbons to offshore Depocenters

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2021

Romero, I., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., Harris, A., et al. (2021). Molecular markers of biogenic and oil-derived hydrocarbons in deep-sea sediments following the Deepwater Horizon spill. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E637970.

2020

Bosman, S. H., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Wildermann, N. E., Brooks, G. R., Romero, I. C., et al. (2020). The southern Gulf of Mexico: A baseline radiocarbon isoscape of surface sediments and isotopic excursions at depth. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231678.

Conference Presentations - 25

2020

Bartlett, T., Romero, I., Hollander, D., Schwing, P., Brooks, G., & Larson, R. (2020). History of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Offshore Cuban Sediments: Understanding Pollution Preservation in a Tropical Coastal Environment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A., Romero, I., Chanton, J., et al. (2020). Oil Spill Impacts to Seafloor Sediments on Monthly to Decadal Time Scales. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Diercks, A. R., Harris, A., Doiron, N., Chanton, J. P., Bosman, S., Brooks, G., et al. (2020). Resuspension and Redistribution of Sediments in the Deep Gulf of Mexico-A Laboratory Sed-Flume Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Giles, J. D., Jimenez-Reyes, D., Stamper, M. J., Chernoch, S. K., Veldman, R. I., Wong, L. T., et al. (2020). Elemental Composition in JS-0815 Southern Gulf of Mexico Cores. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Jimenez-Reyes, D., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Martinez-Suarez, A., Diaz-Ascencio, M., et al. (2020). Annual- to Decadal-Scale Sedimentation Patterns off Northwest Cuba Over the Past 100 Years. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diaz-Ascencio, M., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., et al. (2020). Short-Term Sedimentary Processes Using Short-Term Sedimentary Processes Using 234Thxs: Detecting Events and Developing New Baselines 234Thxs: Detecting events and developing new baselines. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., et al. (2020). Sedimentary Processes on Monthly to Decadal Time Scales: Applications for MOSSFA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
OMalley, B., Schwing, P. T., Martinez-Colon, M., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G., & Hollander, D. J. (2020). Development of a Benthic Foraminifera Based Marine Biotic Index for the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Romero, I., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned From Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. (2020). The fate and distribution of oil residues in deep-sea sediments resulting from the sinking of marine snow in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned from Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Ruiz-Fern?ndez, A. C., Schwing, P. T., S?nchez-Cabeza, J. A., Larson, R., P?rez-Bernal, L. H., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2020). Organic carbon burial rates and efficiency in sediment cores from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Sanchez-Cabeza, J., Ruiz-Fern?ndez, A. C., P?rez-Bernal, L. H., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2020). Can Regional Assessment of Sediment Accumulation Rates Be Useful to Forecast the Fate of MOSSFA Derived Sedimentation Events? A Case Study from the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Schwing, P., Kilborn, J., Montagna, P., Paris, C., Faillettaz, R., Joye, S., et al. (2020). Assembling the Benthic Record of Species and Community Change for the Gulf of Mexico Following the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Armenteros, M., Hernandez-Abreu, C., Marzo-Perez, D., Perez-Garcia, J. A., Schwing, P. T., Diaz-Asencio, M., et al. (2019). Developing a Baseline of Meiofauna (Especially Free Living Nematodes) for the Cuban Part of the Gulf of Mexico. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P. S., Diercks, A., Romero, I., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). “Predicting Oil Spill Impacts to the Seafloor on Different Time Scales”. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Diaz-Asencio, M., Herguera, J. C., Schwing, P., Espinosa, G., Pacheco, Y., Larson, R. A., et al. (2019). Accumulation, Mixing, and OC Early Diagenisis Downcore in the Upper Slope of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Diaz-Asencio, M., Herguera, J. C., Schwing, P., Larson, R. A., & Brooks, G. R. (2019). Evaluacion de la Mezcla por Biodifusion en los Sedimentos del Sur del Golfo de Mexico Usando Perfiles de 210Pb. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19: Poster.
Jimenez-Reyes, D., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Giles, J. D., Stamper, M. J., Chernoch, S. K., et al. (2019). Annual- to Decadal-Scale Sedimentation Patterns off NW Cuba Over Past 100 Years. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19: Poster.
Larson, R., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., Diaz-Asencio, M., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). High-Resolution Sediment Studies Using 234Thxs: For Detecting Oil Spill Impacts and Developing New Baselines. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Lee, J., Schwing, P. T., Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., & Hollander, D. J. (2019). Variation of Sedimentary Biogenic Silica Deposition in the Southern Gulf of Mexico before and after the IXTOC-I Oil Spill (1979-80). In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
O'Malley, B., Schwing, P. T., Martinez-Colon, M., Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., & Hollander, D. J. (2019). The Development and Implementation of the Foram-AMBI for the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. R. (2019). The fate of spilled-oil from the water column to the sea??oor: Lessons learned from geochemical analyses of sediments after the DWH spill. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Sutton, T., Diercks, A., Patterson, W., Hollander, D. J., Chanton, J., et al. (2019). El legado quimico de los derrames de petroleo en el Golfo de Mexico: lecciones aprendidas de los analisis de muestras biologicas y de sedimentos. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Schwing, P. T., Omalley, B. J., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Romero, I. C., Rohal, M., et al. (2019). The need for comprehensive benthic baselines and monitoring programs prior to marine petroleum extraction: Lessons learned form the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.