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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

A Decade-Long Study on Impact, Recovery, and Resilience in Louisiana Salt Marshes: The Evolution of the Oil Transformation Compounds and Plant-Soil-Microbial Responses to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Journal Articles - 2

2022

Zengel, S., Weaver, J., Mendelssohn, I. A., Graham, S. A., Lin, Q., Hester, M. W., et al. (2022). Meta-analysis of salt marsh vegetation impacts and recovery: a synthesis following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Ecological Applications, 32(1).

2020

Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Graham, S. A., Mendelssohn, I., Fleeger, J. W., Deis, D., et al. (2020). Planting Spartina alterniflora in a salt marsh denuded of vegetation by an oil spill induces a rapid response in the soil microbial community. Ecological Engineering, 151, 105815.

Conference Presentations - 23

2020

Cagle, G., Hou, A., Ren, J., Lin, Q., Graham, S., Deis, D., et al. (2020). Environmental Factors Influencing the Recovery of Soil Microbial Communities in Heavily-Oiled Salt Marshes Eight Years After Deepwater Horizon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Chen, H., Aeppli, C., Dipinto, L., McKenna, A. M., & Rodgers, R. P. (2020). Molecular Understanding of Source Oil and Weathered Surface Sheens From Mississippi Block 20 Site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Weisbrod, C., Rodgers, R. P., & Hou, A. (2020). Eight Year Evolution of Oil Transformation Compounds in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments Revealed by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Lin, Q., Hou, A., Mendelssohn, I. A., Fleeger, J. W., Graham, S. A., Deis, D. R., et al. (2020). A Decade-Long Response and Recovery of Coastal Salt Marshes Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Ren, J., Hou, A., Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Graham, S., Deis, D., et al. (2020). The Response of Indigenous Microbial Communities in Louisiana Saltmarshes to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Over Time. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Fleeger, J., Graham, S. A., Dies, D., Chen, H., et al. (2019). Soil microbial community in Barataria Bay salt marshes, Louisiana eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chen, H., Davis, C. C., Hou, A., Lin, Q., McKenna, A. M., Niles, S. F., et al. (2019). Marriage of Microcosm and Field Results: Molecular Understanding of the Weathering Processes and Fate of Macondo Well Oil by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Davis, C. C., Hou, A., & Rodgers, R. P. (2019). 8 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Spill: The Evolution of Oil Transformation Compounds in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments Revealed by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In ACS National Meeting & Exposition. Orlando, FL : 03/31/19-04/04/19.
Davis, C. C., Chen, H., Niles, S. F., Chacon Patino, M. L., Rodgers, R. P., Lin, Q., et al. (2019). Novel Fractionation Techniques Applied to Field Samples with Subsequent Characterization by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry Reveals the Complexity of Ox Transformation Products. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Hou, A., Cagle, G., Matherne, B. W., Ren, J., Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I. A., et al. (2019). Microbial Communities of Louisiana Saltmarshes: 8 Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In ASM Microbe 2019. San Francisco, CA : 06/18/19-06/22/19: Poster.
Lin, Q., Graham, S. A., Hou, A., Deis, D. R., Johnson, D. S., Mendelssohn, I. A., et al. (2019). Long-Term Response and Recovery of Coastal Salt Marshes following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Matherne, B., Cagle, G., & Hou, A. (2019). A Preliminary Evaluation of the Microbial Community of Louisiana Estuaries Under Stress. In ASM Microbe 2019. San Francisco, CA : 06/18/19-06/22/19: Poster.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Niles, S. F., Chacon Patino, M. L., Davis, C. C., Rodgers, R. P., et al. (2019). Detailed Identification and Molecular Characterization of Oxygen Compounds in Field Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Davis, C. A., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Molecular Characterization of Interfacial Material Isolated from Environmental Samples Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Niles, S., Zito, P. A., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Microcosm Approach to the Molecular Understanding of Oil transformation Products from Macondo Well Oil. In 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. San Diego, CA : 06/03/18-06/07/18: Poster.
Chen, H., Niles, S. F., McKenna, A. M., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Disentangle Biotic and Abiotic Modification of Macondo Crude Oil at the Molecular Level. In 256th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Boston, MA : 08/19/18-08/23/18.
Hou, A., Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I., Fleeger, J., Dies, D., Graham, S. A., et al. (2018). A long-term study on microbial dynamics in Louisiana salt marshes following the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. In 2018 SWS – China Chapter and Asia Chapter Joint Meeting Wetlands and Ecological Civilization. Changchun, China : 08/17/18-08/21/18.
Hou, A., Zhang, R., Cagle, G., Hess, C., Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I., et al. (2018). Indigenous Microbial Communities in Louisiana Saltmarsh Soils Following the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Lu, J., Zito, P., Corilo, Y. E., & Rodgers, R. P. (2018). Increased Toxicity of Crude Oil Environmental Transformation Products. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
McKenna, A. M., Chen, H., Niles, S., Krawjewski, L. C., Patino-Chacon, M. L., Davis, C. C., et al. (2018). Targeted Analysis of Oxygen Transformation Products Derived from Weathered Oil by FT-ICR MS. In 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. San Diego, CA : 06/03/18-06/07/18.
Niles, S. F., Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Krajewski, L. C., Corilo, Y. E., Rodgers, R. P., et al. (2018). Targeted Analysis of Ketone-Containing Transformation Products in Photo-Ox Specific Microcosms and Field Samples. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., Corilo, Y. E., McKenna, A. M., Podgorski, D. C., et al. (2018). Molecular-level Insights into the Biotic / Abiotic Compositional Changes of Weathered Oils Exposes the Importance of Photo-Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Rodgers, R. P., Rowland, S. M., Chen, H., McKenna, A. M., Zito, Z., & Corilo, Y. E. (2018). Molecular-level Insights into Environmental Organic Contaminants by High Resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) Mass Spectrometry. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org