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Samantha Bosman

Florida State University

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

3012 Westcott North
Tallahassee, FL  32306  

sbosman@fsu.edu

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems III (C-IMAGE III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Research Staff

Resuspension, Redistribution and Deposition of Deep Water Horizon (DwH) Recalcitrant Hydrocarbons to offshore Depocenters

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Research Staff

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

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

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Staff

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Staff

Tracing the Intrusion of the GOM-2010 Oil Spill on Coastal and Marine Food Webs Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Research Staff

Impact of Crude Oil on Coastal and Ocean Environments of the West Florida Shelf and Big Bend Region from the Shoreline to the Continental Shelf Edge: Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Tracing

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 12

2021

Diercks, A. R., Romero, I. C., Larson, R. A., Schwing, P., Harris, A., Bosman, S., et al. (2021). Resuspension, Redistribution and Deposition of oil-residues to offshore Depocenters after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E630183.
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Wildermann, N., Rosenheim, B. E., Montoya, J. P., Hollander, D., et al. (2021). Mapping spatial and temporal variation of seafloor organic matter Δ14C and δ13C in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 112076.
Romero, I., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., Harris, A., et al. (2021). Molecular markers of biogenic and oil-derived hydrocarbons in deep-sea sediments following the Deepwater Horizon spill. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E637970.

2020

Bosman, S. H., Schwing, P. T., Larson, R. A., Wildermann, N. E., Brooks, G. R., Romero, I. C., et al. (2020). The southern Gulf of Mexico: A baseline radiocarbon isoscape of surface sediments and isotopic excursions at depth. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231678.

2019

Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Lardie-Gaylord, M., McNichol, A., Rosenheim, B. E., Montoya, J. P., et al. (2019). Petrocarbon evolution: Ramped pyrolysis/oxidation and isotopic studies of contaminated oil sediments from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212433.
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Weber, S., Magen, C., Montoya, J. P., & Chanton, J. P. (2019). Sources of carbon to suspended particulate organic matter in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 51.

2018

Chanton, J. P., Giering, S., Bosman, S. H., Rogers, K. L., Sweet, J., Asper, V., et al. (2018). Isotopic composition of sinking particles: Oil effects, recovery and baselines in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010-2015. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6(1), 43.

2016

Wilson, R. M., Cherrier, J., Sarkodee-Adoo, J., Bosman, S., Mickle, A., & Chanton, J. P. (2016). Tracing the intrusion of fossil carbon into coastal Louisiana macrofauna using natural 14C and 13C abundances. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 89–95.

2015

Chanton, J., Zhao, T., Rosenheim, B. E., Joye, S., Bosman, S., Brunner, C., et al. (2015). Using Natural Abundance Radiocarbon To Trace the Flux of Petrocarbon to the Seafloor Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(2), 847–854.
Rakowski, C. V., Magen, C., Bosman, S.;R., K., Gillies, L. E., Chanton, J. P., & Mason, O. U. (2015). Methane and Microbial Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico Water Column. Front. Mar. Sci., 2(69), 1–10.

2014

Magen, C., Lapham, L. L., Pohlman, J., Marshall, K., Bosman, S., Casso, M., et al. (2014). A simple headspace equilibration method for measuring dissolved methane. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 12(9), 637–650.

2012

Chanton, J. P., Cherrier, J., Wilson, R. M., Sarkodee-Adoo, J., Bosman, S., Mickle, A., et al. (2012). Radiocarbon evidence that carbon from the Deepwater Horizon spill entered the planktonic food web of the Gulf of Mexico. Environ. Res. Lett., 7(4), 045330.

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Chanton, J. P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Rosenheim, B., Walker, B. D., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and sediments of Gulf of Mexico. 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. 160–181). Springer International.

2017

Bosman, S. H., Chanton, J. P., & Rogers, K. L. (2017). Using stable and radiocarbon analyses as a forensic tool to find evidence of oil in the particulates of the water column and on the seafloor following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. In Case Studies in Oil Spill Environmental Forensics. Academic Press.

Conference Presentations - 19

2020

Bosman, S., Passow, U., Sweet, J., Diercks, A., Magen, C., & Chanton, J. (2020). Sinking POC from Sediment Traps in the Northern Gulf: The Rest of the Story. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Chanton, J., Diercks, A., MacDonald, I., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Silva, M., et al. (2020). Pleistocene Aged Terrestrial Sediments in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico at 1,800-3,000 Meters Water Depth. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Diercks, A. R., Harris, A., Doiron, N., Chanton, J. P., Bosman, S., Brooks, G., et al. (2020). Resuspension and Redistribution of Sediments in the Deep Gulf of Mexico-A Laboratory Sed-Flume Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Schwing, P. T., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., et al. (2020). Sedimentary Processes on Monthly to Decadal Time Scales: Applications for MOSSFA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Romero I.C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. - R. (2020). Deepwater Horizon oil-residues as tracers of subsurface transport, partitioning, and fate of toxic compounds in the Gulf of Mexico. In Goldschmidt Virtual Conference 2020. Honolulu, HI (Virtual) : 06/22/20 - 06/26/20.
Romero, I., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Brooks, G., Schwing, P., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned From Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Chanton, J., Brooks, G., Bosman, S., Larson, R. A., & Diercks, A. (2020). The fate and distribution of oil residues in deep-sea sediments resulting from the sinking of marine snow in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Romero, I. C., Diercks, A., Hollander, D., Mckenna, A., Chanton, J., Brooks, G. R., et al. (2020). The Chemical Legacy of Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Lessons Learned from Organic Geochemical Analyses of Sediment Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Bosman, S. H., Rogers, K. L., Zhao, T., Rosenheim, B., Montoya, J. P., Hollander, D., et al. (2019). Mapping spatial and temporal variation of seafloor organic matter D14C and d13C in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Brooks, G. R., Larson, R. A., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., Schwing, P., et al. (2019). REDIRECT: Evidence for Recent Gravity Flow Deposition Down-slope of DWH: Re-sedimentation of MOSSFA? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Chanton, J. P., Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Montoya, J. P., Diercks, A. R., Giering, S., et al. (2019). The relative importance of submarine seepage to carbon pools of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Larson, R. A., Brooks, G. R., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Romero, I., Bosman, S., et al. (2019). REDIRECT: Spatial and Temporal Sedimentation Patterns in the NEGoM: Short-lived Radioisotope Records of Sediment Focusing and Downslope Transport of MOSSFA. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S., Lardie Gaylord, M., Hollander, D., Montoya, J. P., & Chanton, J. P. (2018). Assessing Transformations of Oil Deposited on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico Using Ramped Oxidation and 14C Analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Bosman, S. (2017). 13C and 14C isotopic distributions in sediment and suspended particulates in the southern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Chanton, J., Passow, U., Asper, V., Bosman, S., Sweet, J., Rogers, K., et al. (2017). System Recovery and Organic Source Variability: Sinking Particulate Organic Carbon Stable and Radioisotope Time Series at 3 Sites in the Northern Gulf 2010-2014. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Bosman, S., Chanton, J., Hollander, D., Schwing, P., Romero, I., Goddard, E., et al. (2016). Evidence for Sea Floor Oil Sedimentation Associated with the Ixtoc Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Chanton, J., Patterson, W., Barnett, B., Tarnecki, J., Bosman, S., Mickle, A., et al. (2016). Isotopic Tracers: Documenting Ecosystem Effects of the DWH Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Chanton, J., Rosenheim, B., Joye, S., Hollander, D., Yeager, K., Wilson, R., et al. (2015). Radiocarbon Tracing of the Flux of Petrocarbon to the Sea Floor and Coastal Foodweb Associated with the Deep Water Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Chanton, J., Zhao, T., Cherrier, J., Joye, S., Hollander, D., Brunner, C., et al. (2014). A radiocarbon-based determination of the flux of oil to the seafloor. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.