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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

Integrating Teleost Transcriptomes to Identify Ecologically Meaningful Responses Following Oil Exposure

Journal Articles - 5

2021

Allmon, E., Serafin, J., Chen, S., Rodgers, M. L., Griffitt, R., Bosker, T., et al. (2021). Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and abiotic stressors on Fundulus grandis cardiac transcriptomics. Science of The Total Environment, 752, 142156.
Takeshita, R., Bursian, S. J., Colegrove, K. M., Collier, T. K., Deak, K., Dean, K. M., et al. (2021). A review of the toxicology of oil in vertebrates: what we have learned following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, 24(8), 355–394.

2020

Jones, E. R., Simning, D., Serafin, J., Sepulveda, M. S., & Griffitt, R. J. (2020). Acute exposure to oil induces age and species-specific transcriptional responses in embryo-larval estuarine fish. Environmental Pollution, 263, 114325.
Rodgers, M. L., Simning, D., Sepulveda, M. S., De Guise, S., Bosker, T., & Griffitt, R. J. (2020). Exposure to Oil and Hypoxia Results in Alterations of Immune Transcriptional Patterns in Developing Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). Sci Rep, 10(1), 1684.

2018

Rodgers, M. L., Takeshita, R., & Griffitt, R. J. (2018). Deepwater Horizon oil alone and in conjunction with Vibrio anguillarum exposure modulates immune response and growth in red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus). Aquatic Toxicology, 204, 91–99.

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Grosell, M., Griffitt, R. J., Sherwood, T. A., & Wetzel, D. L. (2019). Digging Deeper than LC/EC50: Nontraditional Endpoints and Non-model Species in Oil Spill Toxicology. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 497–514). Springer International.
Mitchelmore, C. L., Griffitt, R. J., Coelho, G. M., & Wetzel, D. L. (2019). Modernizing Protocols for Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Oil and Dispersant. 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. 239–252). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Allmon, E., Serafin, J., & Sepulveda, M. S.,. (2020). Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Abiotic Stressors on Fundulus grandis Transcriptomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wigren, M., Griffitt, R., Johnson, T., & Sepulveda, M. S.,. (2020). The sub-chronic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the sheepshead minnow gut-microbiome and foraging behavior. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Allmon, E., Serafin, J., Griffitt, R. J., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Abiotic Stressors on Fundulus grandis Transcriptomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Allmon, E., Serafin, J., Griffitt, R. J., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). Effects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Abiotic Stressors on Fundulus grandis Transcriptomics. In SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada : 11/03/19-11/07/19.
Griffitt, R. J., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). Identifying conserved transcriptional profiles among different fish species following exposure to oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Rodgers, M. L., & Griffitt, R. J. (2019). The impact of various oiled sediments on immune-related transcriptional responses in Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). In SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada : 11/03/19-11/07/19.
Rodgers, M. L., Simning, D., Sepúlveda, M. S., DeGuise, S., Bosker, T., & Griffitt, R. J. (2019). Exposure to Oil and Hypoxia Results in Alterations of Immune Transcriptional Patterns in Developing Sheepshead Minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Wigren, M., Allmon, E., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). The sub-chronic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the Sheepshead Minnow gut-microbiome and foraging behavior. In Purdue University Microbiome Symposium 2019. West Lafayette, IN : 05/13/19-05/14/19: Poster.
Wigren, M., Griffitt, R. J., Johnson, T., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). The sub-chronic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the sheepshead minnow gut-microbiome and foraging behavior. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Wigren, M., Griffitt, R. J., Johnson, T., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2019). The sub-chronic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on the sheepshead minnow gut-microbiome and foraging behavior. In SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada : 11/03/19-11/07/19: Poster.

2018

Griffitt, R. J., Takeshita, R., & Wetzel, D. (2018). Comparing transcriptional profiles of lab exposed and field collected flounder following the Deepwater Horizon incident. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/4/18-11/9/18.
Jones, E. R., Simning, D. J., & Griffitt, R. J. (2018). Oil-induced methylation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (ahrr) promoter in Cyprinodon variegatus. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/4/18-11/9/18.
Rodgers, M. L., & Griffitt, R. J. (2018). A Comparative Analysis of Gill and Gut Microbiomes Across Fish Species Exposed to Oil, a Pathogen, or Both. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/4/18-11/9/18.
Rodgers, M. L., Sepulveda, M. S., & Griffitt, R. J. (2018). Conserved & Differential Transcriptional Immune Responses In Commercially & Recreationally Important Fish Species Exposed to Oil, a Pathogen, or Both. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/4/18-11/9/18.
Wigren, M., Rodgers, M. L., Jones, E. R., Griffitt, R. J., & Sepulveda, M. S. (2018). Effects of oil on gut and gill microbiome of three pelagic Gulf of Mexico fish. In SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting. Sacramento, CA : 11/4/18-11/9/18: Poster.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org