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

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Peter R. Girguis

Harvard University

Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

26 Oxford Street
Cambridge , MA 02138

pgirguis@oeb.harvard.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

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

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4
2019
Bowles, M. W., Samarkin, V. A., Hunter, K. S., Finke, N., Teske, A. P., Girguis, P. R., et al. (2019). Remarkable Capacity for Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane at High Methane Concentration. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(21), 12192–12201.
2017
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Delaney, J., Sarode, N., Marshall, K. S., Whaley-Martin, K. J., et al. (2017). Microbial response to oil enrichment in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured using a novel long-term benthic lander system. Elem Sci Anth, 5, 18.
2013
Bose, A., Rogers, D. R., Adams, M. M., Joye, S. B., & Girguis, P. R. (2013). Geomicrobiological linkages between short-chain alkane consumption and sulfate reduction rates in seep sediments. Front. Microbiol., 4, 386.
Robidart, J., Callister, S. J., Song, P., Nicora, C. D., Wheat, C. G., & Girguis, P. R. (2013). Characterizing Microbial Community and Geochemical Dynamics at Hydrothermal Vents Using Osmotically Driven Continuous Fluid Samplers. Environ. Sci. Technol., 47(9), 4399–4407.
Conference Presentations - 5
2017
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Delaney, J., Marshall, K. S., Girguis, P. R., & Wheat, C. G. (2017). Microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured in situ using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
2015
Orcutt, B., Lapham, L., Girguis, P., Wheat, G., Marshall, K., & Delaney, J. (2015). Measuring in situ microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico deep-water sediments using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
2014
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Girguis, P., Wheat, C. G., Marshall, K., & Delaney, J. (2014). The Microbial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis (MIMOSA): Long-term coupled geochemistry and microbiology experimentation in the deep-sea. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Rogers, D. R., Bose, A., Adams, M. M., Joye, S. B., & Girguis, P. R. (2014). Geomicrobiological linkages between short-chain alkane consumption and sulfate reduction rates in seep sediments. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
2013
Lapham, L., Orcutt, B., Girguis, P., Wheat, G.,, & ECOGIG lander team. (2013). Deep-water sediment biogeochemical time-series data from MIMOSA (MIcrobial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.