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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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

Project Publications & Presentations

Macondo 252 Oil Spill Impacts in Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: Effects on Soil-Microbial-Plant Systems

Journal Articles - 4
2016
Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I. A., Graham, S. A., Hou, A., Fleeger, J. W., & Deis, D. R. (2016). Response of salt marshes to oiling from the Deepwater Horizon spill: Implications for plant growth, soil surface-erosion, and shoreline stability. Science of The Total Environment, 557-558, 369–377.
2015
Fleeger, J., Carman, K., Riggio, M., Mendelssohn, I., Lin, Q., Hou, A., et al. (2015). Recovery of salt marsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to recovery of Spartina alterniflora. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 536, 39–54.
2012
Lin, Q., & Mendelssohn, I. A. (2012). Impacts and Recovery of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Vegetation Structure and Function of Coastal Salt Marshes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(7), 3737–3743.
Mendelssohn, I. A., Anderson, G. L., Baltz, D. A., Caffey, R. H., Fleeger, J. W., Joye, S. B., et al. (2012). Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. BioScience, 62(6), 562–574.
Conference Presentations - 6
2014
Chen, H., Hou, A., Bhattacharyya, N., Zhang, R., Beasley, R. L., Rodgers, R. P., et al. (2014). Temporal Characterization of Petroleum Residue in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Baltimore, MD : 06/15/14-06/19/14: Poster.
2013
Hou, A. (2013). Microbial Community Analysis of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes: Methodological Advances and Biogeochemical Implications. In International Forum on Wetland Ecological Processes and Services. Changchun, China 07/28/13 - 08/03/13.
Hou, A., Bhattacharyya, M., Ackoury, K., Navarre, L., Zhou, J., Lin, Q., et al. (2013). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Soil Microbial Communities of Salt Marsh in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Lin, Q., & Mendelssohn, I. (2013). Recovery of Ecological Structure and Function of Coastal Marshes Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
2012
Lin, Q., & Mendelssohn, I. (2012). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and recovery of structure and function in coastal salt marshes. In INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Orlando, FL, June 3-9, 2012.
2011
Mendelssohn, I., Lin, q., Hou, A., Carman, K., Fleeger, J., Zengel, S., et al. (2011). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Impacts to Coastal Wetland Vegetation. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference. Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, FL, November 6-10, 2011.

This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org