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Terry Wade

Texas A&M University

Geochemical and Environmental Research Group

833 Graham Road
College Station , TX  77845  

terry@gerg.tamu.edu

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers 2 (ADDOMEx-2): Towards a synthesis of process and pathways of marine oil snow formation

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

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

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

Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR)

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

Responses of Benthic Communities and Sedimentary Dynamics to Hydrocarbon Exposure in Neritic and Bathyal Ecosystems: Phase II

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 20

2022

Wise, S. A., Rodgers, R. P., Reddy, C. M., Nelson, R. K., Kujawinski, E. B., Wade, T. L., et al. (2022). Advances in Chemical Analysis of Oil Spills Since the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, .

2020

Bera, G., Doyle, S., Passow, U., Kamalanathan, M., Wade, T. L., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Biological response to dissolved versus dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110713.
Doyle, S. M., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Niche Partitioning between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Catabolic Pathways. mSystems, 5(4), e00668–20.
Kamalanathan, M., Doyle, S. M., Xu, C., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Schwehr, K., et al. (2020). Exoenzymes as a Signature of Microbial Response to Marine Environmental Conditions. mSystems, 5(2).
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Shi, D., Knap, A. H., Quigg, A., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2020). Mesocosm experiments to better understand hydrocarbon half-lives for oil and oil dispersant mixtures. PLoS ONE, 15(1), e0228554.
Rowe, G. T., Fernando, H., Elferink, C., Ansari, G. A. S., Sullivan, J., Heathman, T., et al. (2020). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) cycling and fates in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. PLoS ONE, 15(12), e0243734.
Shi, D., Bera, G., Knap, A. H., Quigg, A., Al Atwah, I., Gold-Bouchot, G., et al. (2020). A mesocosm experiment to determine half-lives of individual hydrocarbons in simulated oil spill scenarios with and without the dispersant, Corexit. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110804.

2019

Bera, G., Gold-Bouchot, G., Passow, U., Wade, T. L., Shi, D., Morales-McDevitt, M., et al. (2019). Inter-laboratory calibration of estimated oil equivalent (EOE) concentrations of a water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil and a chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF). Heliyon, 5(1), e01174.
Xu, C., Lin, P., Zhang, S., Sun, L., Xing, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). The interplay of extracellular polymeric substances and oil/Corexit to affect the petroleum incorporation into sinking marine oil snow in four mesocosms. Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133626.

2018

Doyle, S. M., Whitaker, E. A., De Pascuale, V., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2018). Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit. Front. Microbiol., 9.
Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Lin, P., Sun, L., Doyle, S. M., et al. (2018). The role of microbially-mediated exopolymeric substances (EPS) in regulating Macondo oil transport in a mesocosm experiment. Marine Chemistry, 206, 52–61.
Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Wozniak, A., Obeid, W., Lin, Y., et al. (2018). Decreased sedimentation efficiency of petro- and non-petro-carbon caused by a dispersant for Macondo surrogate oil in a mesocosm simulating a coastal microbial community. Marine Chemistry, 206, 34–43.

2017

Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M., Bera, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., Wang, B., et al. (2017). A method for the production of large volumes of WAF and CEWAF for dosing mesocosms to understand marine oil snow formation. Heliyon, 3(10), e00419.

2016

Dincer Kirman, Z., Sericano, J. L., Wade, T. L., Bianchi, T. S., Marcantonio, F., & Kolker, A. S. (2016). Composition and depth distribution of hydrocarbons in Barataria Bay marsh sediments after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Pollution, 214, 101–113.
Overton, E. B., Wade, T. L., Radovic, J., Meyer, B. M., Miles, M. S., & Larter, S. R. (2016). Chemical Composition of Macondo and other Crude Oils and Compositional Alterations during Oil Spills. Oceanog, 29(3), 50–63.
Qu, F., Nunnally, C. C., Lemanski, J. R., Wade, T. L., Amon, R. M. W., & Rowe, G. T. (2016). Polychaete annelid (segmented worms) abundance and species composition in the proximity (6 to 9km) of the deep water Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the deep gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 130–136.
Quigg, A., Passow, U., Chin, W. - C., Xu, C., Doyle, S., Bretherton, L., et al. (2016). The role of microbial exopolymers in determining the fate of oil and chemical dispersants in the ocean: Interactions of microbial exopolymers in oil and chemical dispersants. Limnol. Oceanogr., 1(1), 3–26.
Wade, T. L., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S. T., Knap, A. H., & Guinasso Jr, N. L. (2016). Spatial and temporal distribution of water column total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) incident. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), 286–293.

2014

Joye, S. B., Montoya, J. P., Murawski, S. A., Ã?zgökmen, T. M., Wade, T. L., Montuoro, R., et al. (2014). A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout. Eos Trans. AGU, 95(38), 341–342.

2013

Pendergraft, M. A., Dincer, Z., Sericano, J. L., Wade, T. L., Kolasinski, J., & Rosenheim, B. E. (2013). Linking ramped pyrolysis isotope data to oil content through PAH analysis. Environ. Res. Lett., 8(4), 044038.

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Montagna, P. A., Baguley, J., Rowe, G. T., & Wade, T. (2019). Linking abiotic variables with macrofaunal and meiofaunal abundance and community structure patterns on the Gulf of Mexico continental slope. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 109–131). Springer International.

2018

Chapman, P., Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H. (2018). Environmental Effects and Management of Oil Spills on Marine Ecosystems. In: Environmental Management of Marine Ecosystems (N. Islam, S.E. Jorgensen, eds). In Tayor and Francis/CRC Press (pp. 119–146).

Conference Presentations - 44

2020

Doyle, S., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T., & Quigg, A. (2020). Niche Partitioning Between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and PAH Catabolic Pathways. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Doyle, S., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2020). Niche Partitioning Between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and PAH Catabolic Pathways. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wade, T. L., Bera, G., Liu, Y., Gold-Bouchot, G., Quigg, A., & Knap, A. H. (2020). Comparison of Estimated Oil Equivalent Half-Lives in ADDOMEx Controlled Mesocosm MOSSFA Studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wade, T. L., Liu, Y., Doyle, S., Fulton, T., Sericano, J., Sylvan, J., et al. (2020). Tracing Microbial Transformation of Diluted Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Crude Oil Through Targeted Metabolomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Shi, D., Bera, G., Knap, A. H., & Quigg, A. (2019). Half-Lives of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Controlled Mesocosm Studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Waggoner, D. C., Hughey, M., Yard, A., Schwehr, K. A., Doyle, S., Xu, C., et al. (2019). An Investigation into the Effects of Biodegradation vs. Photodegradation During Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Doyle, S., Achberger, A., Lin, G., Wade, T., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. (2018). Comparing microbial community responses to oil and dispersant between coastal and offshore waters. In ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting. Victoria, Canada : 06/10/18-06/15/18.
Doyle, S. M., Lin, G., Setta, S., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., et al. (2018). Comparing Microbial Community Responses to Oil and Corexit between Coastal and Offshore Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Kamalanathan, M., Gold Bouchot, G., Doyle, S., Bacosa, H., Bretherton, L., Altum, S., et al. (2018). Extracellular enzyme activities in a mesocosm experiment: insight into the microbial world during Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Knap, A., Windham, R., Sweet, S., Morales, M., Bera, G., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2018). A simple system for the oxygenation of mesocosms without stirring or bubbling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Lin, P., Xu, C., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., Xing, W., Yard, A., et al. (2018). Production of Exopolymeric Substances and the roles in oil transport in Water-Accommodated Fraction of Oil and Corexit/Oil Contaminated Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Wade, T. L., Bera, G., Shi, D., Quigg, A., & Knap, A. (2018). Comparison between ambient and enhanced nutrient mesocosms in short and long term experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H. (2018). Estimated Effects on Fish Larvae of Water Column Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) during and after the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) Incident. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H. (2018). Estimated Effects on Fish Larvae of Water Column Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) during and after the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) Incident. In 255th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Knap, A. H., Shi, D., Bera, G., & Quigg, A. (2018). Long Term Marine Oil Snow Experiment (LTMOSE). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Xu, C., Lin, P., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., Xing, W., Yard, A., et al. (2018). Effects of Water-Accommodated Fraction of Macondo Oil and Corexit on Oil Transport in Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Gold-Bouchot, G., Nolen, R., Shi, D., Bera, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., et al. (2017). Chlorophyll a Levels in Dichloromethane Extracts from Mesocosm Exposed to WAF, DCEWAF and CEWAF. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Knap, A., Wade, T. L., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Bera, G., et al. (2017). Formation of Microbial Exopolymers in Mesocosm Experiments using Coastal and Open Ocean Waters Dosed with BP Surrogate Oil and Corexit 9500A. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Santschi, P. H., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Schwehr, K. A., Lin, P., Sun, L., et al. (2017). Effects of Water-Accommodated Fraction of Macondo Oil and Corexit on Sinking Marine Snow Formation and Oil Transport in Three Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Shi, D., Wade, T. L., Gold-Bouchot, G., Sweet, S. T., Morales-McDevitt, M., Bera, G., et al. (2017). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Distributions of WAF, DCEWAF and CEWAF Treatments in Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Wade, T. L., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S. T., Morales-McDevitt, M., Bera, G., et al. (2017). Making Oil and Water Mix for ADDOMEx Mesocosms Marine Oil Snow Impact Experiments: a tale of WAF and CEWAF. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Agueda, O., Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2016). Relationships between surface tension and chemical composition of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in the presence of water accommodated fraction (WAF) and Corexit in two contrasting environments: open ocean versus coastal ocean. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Wade, T. L., et al. (2016). Production and composition of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in the presence of water accommodated fraction (WAF) oil and Corexit in two contrasting environments: open ocean versus coastal ocean. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Wade, T. L., et al. (2016). Production and Composition of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) in the presence of Water Accomodated Fraction (WAF) Oil and Corexit in two contrasting Environments: Open Ocean versus Coastal Ocean. In 2016 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium. Houston, TX : 10/22/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A., Sericano, J., Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Gold-Bouchot, G., et al. (2016). Stability and chemical composition of water accommodated fraction (WAF) made through three different procedures and their implication in formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during oil spill. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A. H., Wade, T. L., Gold-Bouchot, G., Sericano, J. L., & Quigg, A. (2016). Formation of Marine Snow in Presence of Dissolved Hydrocarbons from Oil Spills. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16: Poster.
Doyle, S., Whitaker, E., Steichen, J., Brown, C., Genzer, J., Knapp, A., et al. (2016). Initial analysis of microbial community response to oil and Corexit in coastal water mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., Morales-McDevitt, M., Ramirez-Miss, N., Passow, U., et al. (2016). Analysis of Hydrocarbons in WAF and CEWAF by Fluorescence. Results of an intercalibration exercise. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., et al. (2016). Water Accommodated Fraction (WAF) and Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction (CEWAF) production using BP surrogate oil and Corexit 9500 for dosing of ADDOMEx Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Wade, T. L., Knap, A., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., et al. (2016). Degradation of WAF, CEWAF, and DCEWAF in biologically enriched mesocosms. In 2016 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Port Arsansas, TX : 04/13/16-04/14/16.
Shi, D., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Guinasso, N. L., & Wade, T. L. (2016). Distribution of Estimated Oil Equivalence (EOE) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Water Samples after the Deepwater Horizon Incident. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Wade, T. L., Knap, A., Morales-McDevitt, M., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S. T., et al. (2016). 2016 Identifying oil/marine snow associations Preparation of water accommodated fraction (WAF) and chemical enhanced water accommodated fraction (CWAF) for dosing of ADDOMEx mesocosms experiments. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Lin, P., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2016). Effects of Water-Accommodated Fraction (WAF) of Macondo Oil and Corexit on Formation of Marine Snow and Their Fate in Mesocosm Experiments. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.

2015

Wade, T., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., & Guinasso, J., N.L. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Water Column Polycyclic Aromatic and other Petroleum Hydrocarbons from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Inciden. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Wade, T., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Shi, D., & Guinasso, J., N.L. (2015). Temporal Trends of Florescence Estimated Oil Equivalents in the Water Column during and four year after the Deepwater Horizon Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Shi, D., Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., & Guinasso, N. L. (2014). Estimated Oil Equivalents in the Water Column Three Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Shiller, A. M., Joung, D., & Wade, T. (2014). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distribution and Modification in the Sub-surface Plume Near the Deepwater Horizon Wellhead. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Wade, T. L., Chapman, P., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S. T., Shi, D.,, & Guinasso, N. L. (2014). Petroleum in the Water Column in the Vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon 252 Spill and Hercules 365 Gas Blowout. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Wade, T. L., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S. T., & Guinasso, N. L. (2014). Distribution of Water Column Hydrocarbons from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Wade, T. L., Shi, D., Chapman, P. S.,, S.T., & Guinasso, N. L. (2014). Hercules 252 Gas Blowout Rapid Response: Water Sample Estimated Oil Equivalents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Wade, T., Sweet, W., Sericano, J., Shi, E., & Guinasso, N. (2013). Total Scanning Fluorescence (TSF) determination of Petroleum in the Water Column in the Vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Shi, D., Knap, A. H., Chapman, P., et al. (2013). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Chemistry Perspective. In International Symposium on Deep-water Oil Spills. Qingdao, China, October 28 - 29, 2013.

2012

Shiller, A. M., Joung, D. J., Wade, T. L., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S. T., Yeager, K. M., et al. (2012). Deepwater Horizon Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distribution and Modification from wellhead to coastal marshes. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Yeager, K. M., Brunner, C. A., Briggs, K., Louchouarn, P., Wade, T., Shiller, A. M., et al. (2012). Widespread distribution of Deepwater Horizon-derived hydrocarbons on the seafloor of the northern Gulf of Mexico. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012.