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

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Charles Geoffrey Wheat

University of Mississippi

National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology

Field Station, 15 CR 2078
Abbeville , MS 38601

wheat@mbari.org

Project List:

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Outreach Team

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2
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
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 - 3
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.