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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf Institute

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Impacts of the Deep Horizon Oil Spill on Ecosystem Structure and Function in Alabama's Marine Waters

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Journal Articles - 10

2014

Ortell, N., & Ortmann, A. (2014). Interactions among members of the microbial loop in an estuary dominated by microzooplankton grazing. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 72(1), 63–71. doi
Ortmann, A. C., & Ortell, N. (2014). Changes in free-living bacterial community diversity reflect the magnitude of environmental variability. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 87(1), 291–301. doi

2013

Mortazavi, B., Horel, A., Anders, J. S., Mirjafari, A., Beazley, M. J., & Sobecky, P. A. (2013). Enhancing the biodegradation of oil in sandy sediments with choline: A naturally methylated nitrogen compound. Environmental Pollution, 182, 53–62. doi
Mortazavi, B., Horel, A., Beazley, M. J., & Sobecky, P. A. (2013). Intrinsic rates of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation in Gulf of Mexico intertidal sandy sediments and its enhancement by organic substrates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 224-245, 537–544. doi
Powers, S. P., Hernandez, F. J., Condon, R. H., Drymon, J. M., Free, C. M., & Moustafa, A. (2013). Novel Pathways for Injury from Offshore Oil Spills: Direct, Sublethal and Indirect Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Pelagic Sargassum Communities. PLoS ONE, 8(9), e74802. doi

2012

Carmichael, R. H., Jones, A. L., Patterson, H. K., Walton, W. C., Pérez-Huerta, A., Overton, E. B., et al. (2012). Assimilation of Oil-Derived Elements by Oysters Due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46(23), 12787–12795. doi
Horel, A., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2012). Seasonal Monitoring of Hydrocarbon Degraders in Alabama Marine Ecosystems Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Water Air Soil Pollut, 223(6), 3145–3154. doi
Horel, A., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2012). Responses of microbial community from northern gulf of mexico sandy sediments following exposure to Deepwater horizon crude oil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(5), 1004–1011. doi
Peterson, C. H., Anderson, S. S., Cherr, G. N., Ambrose, R. F., Anghera, S., Bay, S., et al. (2012). A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model. BioScience, 62(5), 461–469. doi

2010

Graham, W. M., Condon, R. H., Carmichael, R. H., D'Ambra, I., Patterson, H. K., Linn, L. J., et al. (2010). Oil carbon entered the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environ. Res. Lett., 5(4), 045301. doi

Conference Presentations - 21

2012

Valentine, J. F. (2012). Changes in Coastal Fish Communities Following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Alabama Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Tuskegee, AL, February 22-24, 2012. openurl

2011

Aven, A., & Carmichael, R. H. (2011). Detection of belted manatees using passive acoustic monitors. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11: Poster. openurl
Condon, R. H., Graham, W. M., Kiene, R., & Brandes, J. (2011). Priming effect: hydrocarbons as a subsidy energy source for increased food web production and microbial metabolism. In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL, May 17-19, 2011. openurl
Drymon, M., Schlenker, L., Gregalis, K., Mareska, J., & Powers, S. (2011). Fisheries Independent Assessment of Red Snapper Populations in Alabama�s Reef Permit Zone. In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Mobile, AL, May 17-19, 2011. openurl
Horel, A., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. (2011). Characterization of hydrocarbon degraders from coastal Alabama marsh sediments. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11. openurl
Kauffman, T. C., Martin, C. W., Valentine, J. F., & Steele, L. (2011). Changes to coastal fish communities following Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11: Poster. openurl
Kronmiller, K., Patterson, H., & Boettcher, A. (2011). Biomarkers of oxygen and combined oxygen and temperature stress in oysters. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11: Poster. openurl
Moody, R. M. (2011). Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on ecosystem services of coastal marshes. In International, Interdisciplinary Sustainability Forum. Melbourne, FL, March 8-9, 2011. openurl
Moody, R. M., Kerner, S., Biermann, L., Howard, J., Cebrian, J., Heck, K. L., et al. (2011). Temporal dynamics of nekton abundance in a coastal fringing marsh: Impact of the oil? In Alabama Fisheries Association Annual Meeting. Mobile, AL, February 2-4, 2011: Poster. openurl
Mortazavi, B., Ortmann, A., Wang, L., & Bernard, R. (2011). Nitrification and Denitrification Potential Along a Vegetation Gradient in a Saltmarsh Ecosystem. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11. openurl
Patterson, H. K., Boettcher, A. A., & Carmichael, R. H. (2011). Can stable isotopes detect low oxygen stress in oysters? In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11. openurl
Schlenker, L., Gregalis, K., Drymon, M., & Powers, S. (2011). Multiple Gear Fisheries Independent Assessment of the Red Snapper Population in Alabama's Reef Permit Zone. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11. openurl
Shelton, N. L., Condon, R. H., Graham, W. M., & Linn, L. J. (2011). Source-sink dynamics of oil-derived chromophoric dissolved organic matter in coastal Gulf of Mexico waters. In AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 13-18, 2011: Poster. openurl

2010

Chadhain, N., Ortell, S. N., Wang, L., & Ortmann, A. C. (2010). Microbial community response to the Deepwater Horizon spill, a functional gene approach. In Southeastern Branch ofthe American Society of Microbiology. Montgomery, AL: Poster. openurl
Graham, W. M., Condon, R. H., Carmichael, R. H., D'Ambra, I., Patterson, H., Linn, L., et al. (2010). Entry of oil (carbon) into the coastal planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon spill. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2010. openurl
Graham, W. M., Condon, R. H., Carmichael, R. H., D'Ambra, I., Patterson, H. K., & Brandes, J. (2010). Oil carbon entered the coastal microbial & planktonic food web during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Meeting. InteCrete, Greece : 10/10/10-10/14/10: Poster. openurl
Gregalis, K., Powers, S., Drymon, M., & Mareska, J. (2010). Fisheries independent sampling program in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Alabama's reef permit zone. In Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, December 1, 2010. openurl
Martin, C. W., Madsen, S. L., & Valentine, J. F. (2010). Changes to coastal fish communities following Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, December 1, 2010: Poster. openurl
Ortmann, A. C., Ortell, S. N., & Chadhain, N. (2010). Archaea as a sentinel group to measure recovery from the Deepwater Horizon spill. In Southeastern Branch ofthe American Society of Microbiology. Montgomery, AL. openurl
Patterson, H., Boettcher, A. A., & Carmichael, R. H. (2010). Measuring dissolved oxygen stress in the Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. In Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting. Port Aransas, TX, November 3-4, 2010. openurl
Patterson, H. K., Boettcher, A. A., & Carmichael, R. H. (2010). Measuring dissolved oxygen stress in the Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. In Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, December 1-2, 2010, AL: Poster. openurl
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