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Michael L. Parsons

Florida Gulf Coast University

Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

10501 FGCU Blvd, South
Fort Meyers, FL  33965  

mparsons@fgcu.edu

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium III (CWC III): Oil Spills as Stressors in Coastal Marshes - The Legacy and the Future

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Coastal Waters Consortium II (CWC II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2021

Parsons, M. L., Brandt, A. L., Turner, R. E., Morrison, W. L., & Rabalais, N. N. (2021). Characterization of common phytoplankton on the Louisiana shelf. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 168, 112458.
Quigg, A., Parsons, M., Bargu, S., Ozhan, K., Daly, K. L., Chakraborty, S., et al. (2021). Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 112074.

2019

Turner, R. E., Rabalais, N. N., Overton, E. B., Meyer, B. M., McClenachan, G., Swenson, E. M., et al. (2019). Oiling of the continental shelf and coastal marshes over eight years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Pollution, 252, 1367–1376.

2015

Parsons, M. L., Morrison, W., Rabalais, N. N., Turner, R. E., & Tyre, K. N. (2015). Phytoplankton and the Macondo oil spill: A comparison of the 2010 phytoplankton assemblage to baseline conditions on the Louisiana shelf. Environmental Pollution, 207, 152–160.

2014

Ozhan, K., Parsons, M. L., & Bargu, S. (2014). How Were Phytoplankton Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? BioScience, 64(9), 829–836.
Parsons, M. L., Turner, R. E., & Overton, E. B. (2014). Sediment-preserved diatom assemblages can distinguish a petroleum activity signal separately from the nutrient signal of the Mississippi River in coastal Louisiana. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 85(1), 164–171.

2013

Parsons, M. L., Dortch, Q., & Doucette, G. J. (2013). An assessment of Pseudo-nitzschia population dynamics and domoic acid production in coastal Louisiana. Harmful Algae, 30, 65–77.

Conference Presentations - 14

2019

Feeney, M. E., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Responses of anaerobic bacterial communities to hydrocarbon contamination. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.
Hancock, T. L., Blonder, S. L., Bury, A. A., Robertson, A., Parsons, M. L., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Succession pattern and phylotype analysis of microphytobenthic communities in a simulated oil spill seagrass mesocosm experiment. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.

2018

Feeney, M. E., Lindsey, M. W., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2018). Oiling Effects on Oxygen and Hydrogen Sulfide Depth Profiles in Coastal Marine Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Zingre, J. A., & Parsons, M. L. (2018). Benthic diatom population responses to the oiling of Louisiana coastal waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Bury, A., Parsons, M., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2017). Comparison of Resilience in Naïve Ruppia Maritima (Florida) versus Pre-conditioned Ruppia Maritima (Louisiana) in Exposure to the Water Associated Fraction (WAF) of Crude Oil in Laboratory Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Robertson, A., Baltzer, K., Gwinn, J. K., Parsons, M., Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R., et al. (2017). Assessment of Oiling on the Biodiversity and Resilience of the Benthic Microbial Assemblages in coastal sediments of the Chandeluer Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R. A., Baltzer, K., Novoveska, L., Gwinn, J. K., Smith, S. N., et al. (2017). Characterization of the Sediment Archaeal Community in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Catasus, A., Bury, A., Zingre, J., & Parsons, M. (2016). Southwest Florida coastal mesocosm oiling experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Zingre, J. A., & Parsons, M. L. (2016). Benthic diatom responses to the oiling of castal waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.

2015

Parsons, M. L., Morrison, W., Rabalais, N. N., Turner, R. E., & Tyre, K. N. (2015). Phytoplankton and the Macondo oil spill: A comparison of the 2010 phytoplankton assemblage to baseline conditions on the Louisiana Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Rabalais, N., Able, K., Bernhard, A., Besonen, M., Engel, A., Fodrie, F., et al. (2015). CWC-II Principal Investigators and Research Plan, CWC-II poster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Rabalais, N. N., Able, K. W., Bernhard, A. E., Brown, K. M., Crandall, K. A., Engel, A. S., et al. (2015). CWC-I Plenary Presentation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Tyre, K. N., & Parsons, M. L. (2015). Phytoplankton Responses to the 2010 Macondo Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Parsons, M. L., Rabalais, N. N., & Morrison, W. (2014). Did the coastal phytoplankton community change in response to the Macondo oil spill? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: poster.