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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Beth N. Orcutt

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Research

180 McKown Point Road
West Boothby Hbr, ME 04575

borcutt@bigelow.org

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1
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.
Conference Presentations - 7
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.
2016
Astudillo, F. S., Sharrar, A., & Orcutt, B. N. (2016). Hydrocarbon degradation pathways used by coastal sediment microbial communities exposed to crude oil. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
Orcutt, B. N., Aeppli, C., Sharrar, A., & Spaulding Astudillo, F. (2016). Crude oil biodegradation by estuarine sediment microbial communities from diverse coastal environments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/07/16: Poster.
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.
Sharrar, A. M., Aeppli, C., & Orcutt, B. N. (2015). Influence of temperature and nutrients on the chemistry and microbiology of crude oil biodegradation in coastal sediments. In 2015 Aquatic Science Meeting. Granada, Spain : 02/22/15 - 02/27/15: Poster.
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.
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.