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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Publications & Presentations

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Journal Articles - 18

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).

2021

Wiesenburg, D., Shipp, B., Fodrie, J., Powers, S., Lartigue, J., Darnell, K., et al. (2021). Prospects for Gulf of Mexico Environmental Recovery and Restoration. Oceanog, 34(1), 164–173.

2020

Dorgan, K., Parker, R., Ballentine, W., Berke, S., Kiskaddon, E., Gadeken, K., et al. (2020). Investigating the sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 635, 9–24.
Martin, C. W., Lewis, K. A., McDonald, A. M., Spearman, T. P., Alford, S. B., Christian, R. C., et al. (2020). Disturbance-driven changes to northern Gulf of Mexico nekton communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 155, 111098.

2019

Bennett, C., Robertson, A., & Patterson, W. (2019). First record of the non-indigenous Indo-Pacific damselfish, Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. BioInvasions Records, 8(1), 154–166.
Beresford, S., Kastler, J., McDonald, R., DiNicola, D., & Fillingham, K. (2019). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Organisms and Habitats. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 33(1), 21–32.
Seubert, E. A., Hussey, N., Powers, S. P., Valentine, J. F., & Drymon, J. M. (2019). Assessing trophic flexibility of a predator assemblage across a large estuarine seascape using blood plasma stable isotope analysis. Food Webs, 21, e00132.
Urakawa, H., Rajan, S., Feeney, M. E., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2019). Ecological response of nitrification to oil spills and its impact on the nitrogen cycle: Ecological response of nitrification to oil spills. Environ Microbiol, 21(1), 18–33.
Urakawa, H., Skutas, J., Lopez, J. V., & Thrash, J. C. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. Strain APG5, a Betaproteobacterial Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Isolated from Beach Sand. Microbiol Resour Announc, 8(21), e01573–18.

2018

Beresford, S., Fillingham, K., & Miller-Way, T. (2018). Recommendations for Science Outreach Program Development: Perspectives from Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Consortia. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, 27(3), 67–75.
Hughes, A. R., Cebrian, J., Heck, K., Goff, J., Hanley, T. C., Scheffel, W., et al. (2018). Effects of oil exposure, plant species composition, and plant genotypic diversity on salt marsh and mangrove assemblages. Ecosphere, 9(4), e02207.
Schrandt, M., Powers, S., Rikard, F. S., Thongda, W., Peatman, E., & Xu, P. (2018). Short-term low salinity mitigates effects of oil and dispersant on juvenile eastern oysters: A laboratory experiment with implications for oil spill response activities. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203485.
Tatariw, C., Flournoy, N., Kleinhuizen, A. A., Tollette, D., Overton, E. B., Sobecky, P. A., et al. (2018). Salt marsh denitrification is impacted by oiling intensity six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Pollution, 243, 1606–1614.
Thongda, W., Zhao, H., Zhang, D., Jescovitch, L. N., Liu, M., Guo, X., et al. (2018). Development of SNP Panels as a New Tool to Assess the Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Parentage Analysis of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Mar Biotechnol, 20(3), 385–395.

2017

Dzwonkowski, B., Greer, A. T., Briseno-Avena, C., Krause, J. W., Soto, I. M., Hernandez, F. J., et al. (2017). Estuarine influence on biogeochemical properties of the Alabama shelf during the fall season. Continental Shelf Research, 140, 96–109.
Hinshaw, S. E., Tatariw, C., Flournoy, N., Kleinhuizen, A., Taylor, C., Sobecky, P. A., et al. (2017). Vegetation Loss Decreases Salt Marsh Denitrification Capacity: Implications for Marsh Erosion. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51(15), 8245–8253.
Urakawa, H., & Bernhard, A. E. (2017). Wetland management using microbial indicators. Ecological Engineering, 108(Part B), 456–476.

2016

Pennings, S. C., Zengel, S., Oehrig, J., Alber, M., Bishop, T. D., Deis, D. R., et al. (2016). Marine ecoregion andDeepwater Horizonoil spill affect recruitment and population structure of a salt marsh snail. Ecosphere, 7(12), e01588.

Conference Presentations - 96

2020

Zerebecki, R. A., Heck, K., & Valentine, J. (2020). The role of biodiversity on the resistance and resilience of coastal ecosystems to oil disturbance. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Kiskaddon, E. P., Robertson, A., & Bell, S. (2019). Worms, mud, and oil: benthic community responses to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM) 2019. Newfoundland, Canada : 04/03/19-04/06/19.
Crawford, P., Whitehurst, P., Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. (2019). Using Functional Marker Genes to Characterize Denitrifying Microbial Populations in Oil-Impacted Barrier Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Feeney, M. E., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Responses of anaerobic bacterial communities to hydrocarbon contamination. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.
Flournoy, N. Y., Crawford, P., Kleinhuizen, A., Tatariw, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2019). Predicting Disturbance-driven impact on Ecosystem Services in Coastal Wetlands in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Hancock, T. L., Blonder, S. L., Bury, A. A., Robertson, A., Parsons, M. L., & Urakawa, H. (2019). Succession pattern and phylotype analysis of microphytobenthic communities in a simulated oil spill seagrass mesocosm experiment. In 28th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. Fort Myers, FL : 01/25/19-01/25/19: Poster.
Kiskaddon, E. P., Dorgan, K. M., & Berke, S. K. (2019). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phylogenetic diversity of benthic infauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2019 Meeting. Tampa, FL : 01/03/19-01/07/19.
Martin, C. W., Able, K., Christian, R., Fodrie, F., Jensen, O., Lewis, K., et al. (2019). Nine years after Deepwater Horizon, what have we learned about nearshore fishes? In 25th Biennial CERF Conference. Mobile, AL : 11/03/19-11/07/19.
Martin, C. W., Able, K., Fodrie, F., Jensen, O., Lopez-Duarte, P., Olin, J., et al. (2019). Nearshore fishes after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: why were fish communities so resilient? In 48th Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM 2019). St. Johns, Canada : 04/03/19-04/06/19.
Martin, C. W., Scheffel, W., Alford, S., Engel, A., Hooper-Bui, L., Jensen, O., et al. (2019). Effects of river diversions, restoration, and salinity on fishes and invertebrate community structure in southeast Louisiana marshes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Crawford, P., Sobecky, P., & Mortazavi, B. (2019). The effect of Avicennia germinans expansion on salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Whitehurst, P., Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Crawford, P., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. (2019). Microbial Community Structure and Diversity of Avicennia germinans and Spartina alterniflora associated Sediments in Northern Gulf of Mexico Salt Marsh Habitats. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Cole, L. K., Krause, J. W., Latham, J., & Thamatrakoln, K. (2018). Phytoplankton Derived Transparent Exopolymer Particle Response to Oiling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Cole, L. K., Krause, J. W., & Thamatrakoln, K. (2018). Phytoplankton Derived Transparent Exopolymer Particle Response to Oiling. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Crawford, P., Whitehurst, P., Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2018). Using Functional Marker Genes to Characterize Denitrifying Microbial Populations in Oil-Impacted Barrier Islands. In 2018 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/05/18-09/07/18: Poster.
Feeney, M. E., Lindsey, M. W., Parsons, M. L., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2018). Oiling Effects on Oxygen and Hydrogen Sulfide Depth Profiles in Coastal Marine Sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Crawford, P., Flournoy, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2018). Resilience and Recovery: A Three Year Biodiversity Assessment of oil-impacted Salt Marsh and the Effect on Denitrifying Microbial Communities. In 2018 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/05/18-09/07/18.
Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Crawford, P., Whitehurst, P., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). Quantification of Functional Marker Genes for Denitrifying Microbial Populations in the Chandeleur Islands Impacted by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. In 3rd Annual Water Policy Summit. Tuscaloosa, AL : 03/27/18-03/29/18: Poster.
Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Crawford, P., Whitehurst, P., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). Quantification of Functional Marker Genes for Denitrifying Microbial Populations in the Chandeleur Islands Impacted by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Goff, J., Scheffel, W., Cebrian, J., & Heck, K. L. (2018). Effect of black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) on the recovery of Spartina alterniflora communities. In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18: Poster.
Rajan, S., Crawford, P., Tatariw, C., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). Predicting Disturbance-drive Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Coastal Wetlands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Seubert, E. A., Valentine, J., Drymon, J. M., & Hussey, N. (2018). Trophic Niche Variability of an Elasmobranch Assemblage Revealed through Stable Isotope Analysis. In Sharks International 2018. Joao Pessoa, Brazil : 06/03/18-06/08/18.
Seubert, E. A., Valentine, J., Powers, S. P., & Drymon, J. M. (2018). Evaluating trophic diversity in a northcentral Gulf of Mexico Elasmobranch Assemblage. In 2018 Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL : 11/28/18-11/29/18.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Crawford, P., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). Does black mangrove expansion alter salt marsh nitrogen removal capacity? In 2018 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/05/18-09/07/18.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Rajan, S., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). Salt marsh resilience in the Anthropocene: Evaluating N removal in response to human-driven disturbances. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Tatariw, C., Tollette, D., Ledford, T., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Crawford, P., et al. (2018). The effect of black mangrove on salt marsh nitrogen removal capacity. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Tollette, D., Tatariw, C., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Tollette, D., Tatariw, C., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18: Poster.
Tollette, D., Tatariw, C., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In Gulf of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium 2018. Dauphin Island, AL : 03/02/18-03/04/18: Poster.
Tollette, D., Tatariw, C., & Mortazavi, B. (2018). The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In 2018 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/05/18-09/07/18: Poster.
Urakawa, H. (2018). Wetland landscape management using microbial indicators. In EcoSummit 2016. Montpellier, France : 08/29/16-09/01/16.
Urakawa, H., Qin, W., Feeney, M. E., Wagner, K. D., Bonacolta, A. M., Pettit, M. B., et al. (2018). Ecophysiology and phylogeny of nitrifying microorganisms and their differential chemical toxicity responses. In 5th International Conference on Nitrification and Related Processes (ICoN5). Vienna, Austria : 07/23/17-07/28/17: Poster.
Valentine, J. F., Martin, C. W., & Alford, S. B. (2018). Impacts of multiple predator effects on prey assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a mesocosm test using addititve and substitutive designs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Alford, S., Valdez, D. R., Valentine, J. F., & Martin, C. W. (2017). Effects of Oil Exposure on Predator-Prey Interactions in Northern Gulf of Mexico Nekton. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Alford, S. B., Valentine, J. F., & Martin, C. W. (2017). Small Scale Effects of Oil Exposure on Food Webs in the Gulf of Mexico. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Ballentine, W. M., Dorgan, K. M., Gadeken, K., Mortazavi, B., Parker, R., Kiskaddon, E., et al. (2017). Effects of Macrofauna on Oxygen Consumption and Nutrient Fluxes in Sediments. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Caffray, T., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Long-term changes in benthic community structure following the Deepwater Horizon event. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Bury, A., Parsons, M., Robertson, A., & Urakawa, H. (2017). Comparison of Resilience in Naïve Ruppia Maritima (Florida) versus Pre-conditioned Ruppia Maritima (Louisiana) in Exposure to the Water Associated Fraction (WAF) of Crude Oil in Laboratory Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Caffray, T., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Lasting Effect of Environmental Disturbance on Benthic Community Structure. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Cole, L. K., Krause, J. W., & Thamatrakoln, K. (2017). Stress Induced Variation in Transparent Exopolymer Particle Size Frequency Distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Crawford, P., Flournoy, N., Tatariw, C., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Quantification of Functional Marker Genes for Denitrifying Microbial Populations in the Chandeleur Islands Impacted by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Crawford, P., Flournoy, N., Taylor, C., Hinshaw, S., Kleinhuizen, A., Sobecky, P., et al. (2017). A Temporal Study of Nitrogen Cycling in a Deep water Horizon Impacted Coastal Marsh System. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Dorgan, K. M., Berke, S., Clemo, C., Gadeken, K., Keller, E., Caffray, T., et al. (2017). Sediment oxygen demand in shallow seagrass beds in the Chandeleur Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Dorgan, K. M., Lockridge, G., Ballentine, W., Wilson, P., Ballard, M., & Lee, K. (2017). Acoustics as a tool for studying infaunal impacts on sediments. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Flournoy, N., Taylor, C., Tatariw, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2017). Quantification of functional marker genes for denitrifying microbial populations in the Chandeleur Islands impacted by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. In 2017 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/06/17-09/08/17.
Flournoy, N. Y., Rajan, S., Taylor, C., Crawford, P., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. (2017). Microbial Community Response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Metagenomic Insights into Northern Gulf of Mexico Saltmarsh Ecosystems. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Gadeken, K. J., & Dorgan, K. M. (2017). Rates of benthic metabolism in an intertidal marsh throughout a diurnal oxygen cycle. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Gadeken, K. J., & Dorgan, K. M. (2017). Rates of benthic metabolism in an intertidal marsh throughout a diurnal oxygen cycle. In 5th Nereis Park Conference. Southampton, NY : 08/09/17-08/11/17: Poster.
Kleinhuizen, A., Mortazavi, B., Hughes, R., Scheffel, W., & Tatariw, C. (2017). Effects of Oil Additions and Salt Marsh Vegetation Diversity on the Cycling and Removal of Nitrogen. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Krause, J., Cole, L., Mojzis, A., & Boyette, A. (2017). Could We Resolve the Effect of a Future Oil Spill Event on Primary Projection in the Mississippi Bight Ecosystem? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Latham, J., Cole, L., Natale, F., Krause, J. W., & Thamatrakoln, K. (2017). Assessing the Impact of Phytoplankton Community Diversity on the Ecosystem Response to Oil Perturbation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Martin, C. W., Valentine, J. F., Alford, S., & Spearman, T. (2017). Analysis of Long-term Datasets Indicates Heterogeneous Impacts Resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Accident on Nekton in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Michael, H. L., Crawford, P., Rajan, S., Sobecky, P., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Enrichment of Marine Microbial Mats associated with Salt Marsh Plants Exposed to Oil Amendments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Miller-Way, T., McDonald, R., & Byron, D. (2017). Getting the science out of the lab: from fact sheets to multimedia blogging. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Ballentine, W., Kiskaddon, E., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., et al. (2017). Sublethal impacts of oil exposure on common bioturbating infauna of the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Cerf 2017. Providence, RI : 11/05/17-11/09/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Sublethal Impacts of Oil Exposure on Bioturbation. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Rajan, S., Crawford, P., Kleinhuizen, A., Tatariw, C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2017). Predicted Disturbance-Driven Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Coastal Wetlands. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Rajan, S., Crawford, P., Kleinhuizen, A.;T., C., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2017). Predicted Disturbance-Driven Impacts on Ecosystem Services in Coastal Wetlands. In 2017 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/06/17-09/08/17: Poster.
Robertson, A., Baltzer, K., Gwinn, J. K., Parsons, M., Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R., et al. (2017). Assessment of Oiling on the Biodiversity and Resilience of the Benthic Microbial Assemblages in coastal sediments of the Chandeluer Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Scheffel, W., Heck, K. L., Hughes, R. A., Cebrian, J., & Goff, J. (2017). Effects of plant species and genetic diversity on wetland's functional responses to oiling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Scheffel, W. A., Heck, K. L., Hughes, A. R., Cebrian, J., Goff, J., & Zerebecki, R. A. (2017). Biodiversity of wetland plants and resistance to disturbance: The Deepwater Horizon example. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Schrandt, M., & Powers, S. (2017). The role of eastern oyster genetic diversity in response to oil spills and associated clean-up activities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Seubert, E. A., Drymon, J. M., & Valentine, J. F. (2017). Species and functional diversity of apex and mesopredators in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Seubert, E. A., Valentine, J. F., & Drymon, J. M. (2017). Evaluating ecosystem resiliency through catch data and stable isotope analysis of common elasmobranchs across the northern Gulf of Mexico. In 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society. Austin, TX : 07/12/17-07/16/17.
Tatariw, C., Flournoy, N., Rajan, S., Kleinhuizen, A., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Does Avicennia germinans expansion alter salt marsh nitrogen removal capacity? In Cerf 2017. Providence, RI : 11/05/17-11/09/17.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. (2017). Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Sediment Nitrogen Cycling in Salt Marshes Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Rajan, S., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Does Avicennia germinans expansion alter salt marsh nitrogen removal capacity? In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Tatariw, C., Kleinhuizen, A., Flournoy, N., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Assessing the long-term impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on salt marsh nitrogen removal. In 2017 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/06/17-09/08/17: Poster.
Tollette, D., Tatariw, C., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). The effects of crude oil on northern Gulf of Mexico salt marsh nitrogen cycling. In 2017 Alabama Water Resources Conference. Orange Beach, AL : 09/06/17-09/08/17: Poster.
Urakawa, H., Smolinski, R. A., Baltzer, K., Novoveska, L., Gwinn, J. K., Smith, S. N., et al. (2017). Characterization of the Sediment Archaeal Community in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Valentine, J. F., Martin, C. W., & Alford, S. B. (2017). Impacts of multiple predator effects on prey assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a mesocosm test using additive and substitutive designs. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Wagner, K. D., Overholt, W. A., Urakawa, H., Huettel, M., & Kostka, J. E. (2017). Buried Crude Oil Alters the Microbial Nitrogen Cycle in Submerged Coastal Sands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Weldin, E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Parker, R., et al. (2017). Effects of oil exposure and diversity on the behavior of Owenia fusiformis. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Zerebecki, R. A., Hughes, R. A., Heck, K. L., Cebrian, J., Mortazavi, B., Sobecky, P., et al. (2017). Plant diversity impacts Spartina alterniflora resilience to Deepwater Horizon oil pollution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Catasus, A., Bury, A., Zingre, J., & Parsons, M. (2016). Southwest Florida coastal mesocosm oiling experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Cole, L. K., Krause, J. W., & Thamatrakoln, K. (2016). Seasonal Variability in Phytoplankton Responses to Water Accommodated Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
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This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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