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

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Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx)

Journal Articles - 43

2021

Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S. M., Mills, M. I., Holmes, C. P., II, Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2021). Bacteria-Oil Microaggregates Are an Important Mechanism for Hydrocarbon Degradation in the Marine Water Column. mSystems, 6(5).
Chen, C. - S., Shiu, R. - F., Hsieh, Y. - Y., Xu, C., Vazquez, C. I., Cui, Y., et al. (2021). Stickiness of extracellular polymeric substances on different surfaces via magnetic tweezers. Science of The Total Environment, 757, 143766.
Quigg, A., Parsons, M., Bargu, S., Ozhan, K., Daly, K. L., Chakraborty, S., et al. (2021). Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 164, 112074.
Quigg, A., Santschi, P. H., Xu, C., Ziervogel, K., Kamalanathan, M., Chin, W. - C., et al. (2021). Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx): Toward a Synthesis of Processes and Pathways of Marine Oil Snow Formation in Determining the Fate of Hydrocarbons. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, E642160.

2020

Bera, G., Doyle, S., Passow, U., Kamalanathan, M., Wade, T. L., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Biological response to dissolved versus dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110713.
Finkel, Z. V., Liang, Y., Nanjappa, D., Bretherton, L., Brown, C. M., Quigg, A., et al. (2020). A ribosomal sequence-based oil sensitivity index for phytoplankton groups. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110798.
Kealoha, A. K., Doyle, S. M., Shamberger, K. E. F., Sylvan, J. B., Hetland, R. D., & DiMarco, S. F. (2020). Localized hypoxia may have caused coral reef mortality at the Flower Garden Banks. Coral Reefs, 39(1), 119–132.
Lin, P., Xu, C., Xing, W., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., Quigg, A., et al. (2020). Partitioning of iron and plutonium to exopolymeric substances and intracellular biopolymers: A comparison study between the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi and the diatom Skeletonema costatum. Marine Chemistry, 218(January 2020), 103735.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Shi, D., Knap, A. H., Quigg, A., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2020). Mesocosm experiments to better understand hydrocarbon half-lives for oil and oil dispersant mixtures. PLoS ONE, 15(1), e0228554.
Santschi, P. H., Xu, C., Schwehr, K. A., Lin, P., Sun, L., Chin, W. - C., et al. (2020). Can the protein/carbohydrate (P/C) ratio of exopolymeric substances (EPS) be used as a proxy for their 'stickiness' and aggregation propensity? Marine Chemistry, 218, 103734.
Shi, D., Bera, G., Knap, A. H., Quigg, A., Al Atwah, I., Gold-Bouchot, G., et al. (2020). A mesocosm experiment to determine half-lives of individual hydrocarbons in simulated oil spill scenarios with and without the dispersant, Corexit. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 110804.
Shiu, R. - F., Chiu, M. - H., Vazquez, C. I., Tsai, Y. - Y., Le, A., Kagiri, A., et al. (2020). Protein to carbohydrate (P/C) ratio changes in microbial extracellular polymeric substances induced by oil and Corexit. Marine Chemistry, 223, 103789.
Shiu, R. - F., Vazquez, C. I., Chiang, C. - Y., Chiu, M. - H., Chen, C. - S., Ni, C. - W., et al. (2020). Nano- and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton. Science of The Total Environment, 748, 141469.
Shiu, R. - F., Vazquez, C. I., Tsai, Y. - Y., Torres, G. V., Chen, C. - S., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2020). Nano-plastics induce aquatic particulate organic matter (microgels) formation. Science of The Total Environment, 706, 135681.
Steichen, J. L., Labonte, J. M., Windham, R., Hala, D., Kaiser, K., Setta, S., et al. (2020). Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey. Front. Mar. Sci., 7, Article 186.

2019

Bera, G., Gold-Bouchot, G., Passow, U., Wade, T. L., Shi, D., Morales-McDevitt, M., et al. (2019). Inter-laboratory calibration of estimated oil equivalent (EOE) concentrations of a water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil and a chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF). Heliyon, 5(1), e01174.
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Setta, S., Liang, Y., et al. (2019). Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology, 206, 43–53.
Chiu, M. - H., Vazquez, C. I., Shiu, R. - F., Le, C., Sanchez, N. R., Kagiri, A., et al. (2019). Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (Corexit) on aggregation of extracellular polymeric substances. Science of The Total Environment, 657, 1535–1542.
Li, Y., Hu, C., Quigg, A., & Gao, H. (2019). Potential influence of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phytoplankton primary productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environ. Res. Lett., 14(9), 094018.
Passow, U., Sweet, J., Francis, S., Xu, C., Dissanayake, A., Lin, Y., et al. (2019). Incorporation of oil into diatom aggregates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 612, 65–86.
Sun, L., Chin, W. - C., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). Sunlight induced aggregation of dissolved organic matter: Role of proteins in linking organic carbon and nitrogen cycling in seawater. Science of The Total Environment, 654, 872–877.
Wozniak, A. S., Prem, P. M., Obeid, W., Waggoner, D. C., Quigg, A., Xu, C., et al. (2019). Rapid Degradation of Oil in Mesocosm Simulations of Marine Oil Snow Events. Environ. Sci. Technol., 53(7), 3441–3450.
Xu, C., Lin, P., Zhang, S., Sun, L., Xing, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). The interplay of extracellular polymeric substances and oil/Corexit to affect the petroleum incorporation into sinking marine oil snow in four mesocosms. Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133626.

2018

Bretherton, L., Williams, A. K., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Finkel, Z. V., et al. (2018). Physiological response of 10 phytoplankton species exposed to macondo oil and the dispersant, Corexit. Journal of Phycology, 54(3), 317–328.
Doyle, S. M., Whitaker, E. A., De Pascuale, V., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2018). Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit. Front. Microbiol., 9.
Hatcher, P. G., Obeid, W., Wozniak, A. S., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2018). Identifying oil/marine snow associations in mesocosm simulations of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event using solid-state 13 C NMR spectroscopy. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 159–165.
Kamalanathan, M., Schwehr, K. A., Bretherton, L., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Xu, C., et al. (2018). Diagnostic tool to ascertain marine phytoplankton exposure to chemically enhanced water accommodated fraction of oil using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 130, 170–178.
Kamalanathan, M., Xu, C., Schwehr, K., Bretherton, L., Beaver, M., Doyle, S. M., et al. (2018). Extracellular Enzyme Activity Profile in a Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Surrogate Oil: Toward Understanding Microbial Activities After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Front. Microbiol., 9.
Santschi, P. H. (2018). Marine Colloids, Agents of The Self-Cleansing Capacity of Aquatic Systems: Historical Perspective and Open Questions. Marine Chemistry, 207, 124–135.
Schwehr, K. A., Xu, C., Chiu, M. - H., Zhang, S., Sun, L., Lin, P., et al. (2018). Protein: Polysaccharide ratio in exopolymeric substances controlling the surface tension of seawater in the presence or absence of surrogate Macondo oil with and without Corexit. Marine Chemistry, 206, 84–92.
Sun, L., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Bacosa, H., et al. (2018). The effects of sunlight on the composition of exopolymeric substances and subsequent aggregate formation during oil spills. Marine Chemistry, 203(June 2018), 49–54.
Wirth, M. A., Passow, U., Jeschek, J., Hand, I., & Schulz-Bull, D. E. (2018). Partitioning of oil compounds into marine oil snow: Insights into prevailing mechanisms and dispersant effects. Marine Chemistry, 206, 63–73.
Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Lin, P., Sun, L., Doyle, S. M., et al. (2018). The role of microbially-mediated exopolymeric substances (EPS) in regulating Macondo oil transport in a mesocosm experiment. Marine Chemistry, 206, 52–61.
Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Wozniak, A., Obeid, W., Lin, Y., et al. (2018). Decreased sedimentation efficiency of petro- and non-petro-carbon caused by a dispersant for Macondo surrogate oil in a mesocosm simulating a coastal microbial community. Marine Chemistry, 206, 34–43.

2017

Chiu, M. - H., Garcia, S. G., Hwang, B., Claiche, D., Sanchez, G., Aldayafleh, R., et al. (2017). Corexit, oil and marine microgels. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122(1-2), 376–378.
Passow, U., Sweet, J., & Quigg, A. (2017). How the dispersant Corexit impacts the formation of sinking marine oil snow. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 125(1-2), 139–145.
Sun, L., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Quigg, A., et al. (2017). Light-induced aggregation of microbial exopolymeric substances. Chemosphere, 181, 675–681.
Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M., Bera, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., Wang, B., et al. (2017). A method for the production of large volumes of WAF and CEWAF for dosing mesocosms to understand marine oil snow formation. Heliyon, 3(10), e00419.
Williams, A. K., Bacosa, H. P., & Quigg, A. (2017). The impact of dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphorous on responses of microbial plankton to the Texas City “Y” oil spill in Galveston Bay, Texas (USA). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 121(1-2), 32–44.

2016

Overton, E. B., Wade, T. L., Radovic, J., Meyer, B. M., Miles, M. S., & Larter, S. R. (2016). Chemical Composition of Macondo and other Crude Oils and Compositional Alterations during Oil Spills. Oceanog, 29(3), 50–63.
Passow, U., & Hetland, R. (2016). What Happened to All of the Oil? Oceano, 29(3), 88–95.
Passow, U., & Ziervogel, K. (2016). Marine Snow Sedimented Oil Released During the Deepwater Horizon Spill. Oceanog, 29(3), 118–125.
Quigg, A., Passow, U., Chin, W. - C., Xu, C., Doyle, S., Bretherton, L., et al. (2016). The role of microbial exopolymers in determining the fate of oil and chemical dispersants in the ocean: Interactions of microbial exopolymers in oil and chemical dispersants. Limnol. Oceanogr., 1(1), 3–26.

Conference Presentations - 93

2020

Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S., Holmes, C., Lin, G., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2020). Role of Micron-Scale Aggregates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Bretherton, L., Liang, Y., Brown, C. M., Nanjappa, D., Passow, U., Quigg, A., et al. (2020). Transcriptome-wide responses of marine snow aggregates of the diatom Odontella aurita to oil. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Wade, T. L., Bera, G., Liu, Y., Gold-Bouchot, G., Quigg, A., & Knap, A. H. (2020). Comparison of Estimated Oil Equivalent Half-Lives in ADDOMEx Controlled Mesocosm MOSSFA Studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wade, T. L., Liu, Y., Doyle, S., Fulton, T., Sericano, J., Sylvan, J., et al. (2020). Tracing Microbial Transformation of Diluted Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Crude Oil Through Targeted Metabolomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2018

Archberger, A., Doyle, S., Holmes, C., Lin, G., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2018). Role of Microaggregates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Bacosa, H., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Tsai, S. - M., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2018). Exopolymeric substance (EPS) production by bacterial isolates from the northern Gulf of Mexico in response to WAF, CEWAF and Corexit. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Bacosa, H., Kamalanathan, M., Cullen, J., Xu, C., Schwehr, K. A., Kaiser, K., et al. (2018). Marine snow aggregates are enriched in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in oil contaminated waters; insights from a mesocosm study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Bergen, C., Yard, A., Schwehr, K. A., Xu, C., Chiu, M. - H., Zhang, S., et al. (2018). Protein/polysaccharide ratio in exopolymeric substances controlling the surface tension of seawater in the presence or absence of oil and/or Corexit. In 2018 Texas A&M University at Galveston Student Research Symposium. Galveston, TX : 04/17/18-04/19/18: Poster.
Bretherton, L., Hillhouse, J., Setta, S., Genzer, J., Kamalanathan, M., Bacosa, H., et al. (2018). Can oil spills cause toxic algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Bretherton, L., Williams, A., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Finkel, Z., et al. (2018). Small Scale Biological Responses of Phytoplankton Species Exposed to Oil and Surfactant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Chiu, M., -H., Goshia, T., Tsai, S. - M., Le, A. D., Kagiri, A., Ramos, J., et al. (2018). Corexit and Oil Can Alter Aggregation of Extracellular Polymeric Substances . In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Doyle, S., Achberger, A., Lin, G., Wade, T., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. (2018). Comparing microbial community responses to oil and dispersant between coastal and offshore waters. In ASLO 2018 Summer Meeting. Victoria, Canada : 06/10/18-06/15/18.
Doyle, S. M., Lin, G., Setta, S., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., et al. (2018). Comparing Microbial Community Responses to Oil and Corexit between Coastal and Offshore Waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Genzer, J., Bretherton, L., Setta, S., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., & Quigg, A. (2018). The effect of removing carbon limitation on diatom aggregation and physiologial responses when exposed to oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Holmes, C., & Sylvan, J. B. (2018). Quantifying the growth of micorbial aggregates in response to oil and dispersant. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
Kamalanathan, M., Gold Bouchot, G., Doyle, S., Bacosa, H., Bretherton, L., Altum, S., et al. (2018). Extracellular enzyme activities in a mesocosm experiment: insight into the microbial world during Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Knap, A., Windham, R., Sweet, S., Morales, M., Bera, G., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2018). A simple system for the oxygenation of mesocosms without stirring or bubbling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Liang, Y., Nanjappa, D., Brown, C., Passow, U., Quigg, A., Irwin, A., et al. (2018). Trasncriptome-wide responses of aggregates of the diatom Odentall aurita to oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Lin, G., Setta, S., Achberger, A. M., Doyle, S. M., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2018). Analysis of 18S rRNA Defined Eukaryotic Community Composition in Coastal and Offshore Gulf of Mexico upon Exposure to Oil and the Dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Lin, P., Xu, C., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., Xing, W., Yard, A., et al. (2018). Production of Exopolymeric Substances and the roles in oil transport in Water-Accommodated Fraction of Oil and Corexit/Oil Contaminated Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Mapes, S., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K., Bretherton, L., et al. (2018). Role of polysaccharide secretion by diatoms during an oil spill in the context of bacteria-diatom interaction. In Gulf of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium 2018. Dauphin Island, AL : 03/02/18-03/04/18: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Wade, T. L., Bera, G., Shi, D., Quigg, A., & Knap, A. (2018). Comparison between ambient and enhanced nutrient mesocosms in short and long term experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Passow, U., Sweet, J., & Quigg, A. (2018). Does Corexit impact MOSSFA? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Santschi, P. H., Passow, U., Chin, W. - C., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., et al. (2018). Comparison of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) with Transparent Exopolymeric Particles (TEP) and Microgels in Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Schwehr, K. A., Chiu, M. - H., Kamalanathan, M., Xu, C., Sun, L., Lin, P., et al. (2018). Insights on Does oil aggregate or emulsifyion with added dispersant? Results from measurements of surface tension, FTIR, and microscopy of Formation from colloidal EPS protein-polysaccharide interactions with oil and/or dispersants are added. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Schwehr, K. A., Chiu, M. - H., Kamalanathan, M., Xu, C., Sun, L., Lin, P., et al. (2018). Insights on Marine Oil Snow or Emulsion Formation from Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions with Oil and Dispersant from Surface Tension and Microscopy. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
Setta, S., Lin, G., Archberger, A., Doyle, S., Finkel, Z., Irwin, A., et al. (2018). The effects of exposure to oil and/or dispersants on the interaction between phytoplankton and bacteria. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Sun, L., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Bacosa, H., et al. (2018). The effects of sunlight on the composition of exopolymeric substances affecting the aggregates formation during oil spills. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Sun, L., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Bocosa, H., et al. (2018). The effects of sunlight on the composition of exopolymeric substances affecting aggregate formation during oil spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H. (2018). Estimated Effects on Fish Larvae of Water Column Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) during and after the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) Incident. In 255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Wade, T. L., & Knap, A. H. (2018). Estimated Effects on Fish Larvae of Water Column Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) during and after the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo) Incident. In 255th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. New Orleans, LA : 03/18/18-03/22/18.
Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Knap, A. H., Shi, D., Bera, G., & Quigg, A. (2018). Long Term Marine Oil Snow Experiment (LTMOSE). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
White, A. R., Jalali, M., Bacosa, H., Kamalanathan, M., Sun, L., Xu, C., et al. (2018). The effect of EPS composition on the aggregate formation on a crude oil drop interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Wozniak, A. S., Obeid, W., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Santschi, P., Quigg, A., et al. (2018). Rapid degradation of marine snow-associated oil during mesocosm simulations of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event revealed by FTICR MS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Xu, C., Lin, P., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., Xing, W., Yard, A., et al. (2018). Effects of Water-Accommodated Fraction of Macondo Oil and Corexit on Oil Transport in Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Yard, A., Passow, U., Chin, W. - C., Chiu, M. - H., Xu, C., Lin, P., et al. (2018). Comparison of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) with Transparent Exopolymeric Particles (TEP) in Mesocosms Contaminated with Oil. In 2018 Texas A&M University at Galveston Student Research Symposium. Galveston, TX : 04/17/18-04/19/18: Poster.

2017

Bacosa, H., Kamalanathan, M., Cullen, J., Schwehr, K. A., Hala, D., & Quigg, A. (2017). Marine snow aggregates are enriched in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in oil contaminated waters; insights from a mesocosm study. In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
Bretherton, L., Hillhouse, J., Setta, S., Genzer, J., Kamalanathan, M., Bacosa, H., et al. (2017). Can oil spills cause toxic algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico? In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Couffer, B., & Quigg, A. (2017). Using diatoms to understand the toxicity of oil spills and chemical dispersants. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17.
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Setta, S., Couffer, B., et al. (2017). Multi-parameter assessment of fast repetition rate (FRR) fluorescence signals in natural phytoplankton communities exposed to the water accommodated fraction of oil and the chemical dispersant Corexit. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Chiu, M., Khan, A., Garcia, S. S., Kagiri, A. W., Sibal, A., Yang, J. L., et al. (2017). Effect of Oil Spill on Marine Microbe Exopolymeric Substances Release. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Chiu, M., Zhang, S., Xu, C., Passow, U., Santschi, P., Quigg, A., et al. (2017). Potential Impact of Corexit on Marine Microgels. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
De Pascual, V., Whitaker, E., Doyle, S., & Sylvan, J. (2017). Quantification of Functional Genes for Hydrocarbon Degradation in the Microbial Communities of Coastal Water Mesocosms. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
Doyle, S., Setta, S., Whitaker, E., De Pascual, V., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2017). Investigating the Microbial Response to Oil and Dispersants in Surface Water Marine Environments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Finkel, Z. V., Brown, C. M., Quigg, A., Setta, S., Bretherton, L., & Irwin, A. J. (2017). Oil And Corexit Alter Planktonic Microbial Eukaryotic Community Structure In Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Genzer, J., Bretherton, L., Setta, S., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Chen, X., et al. (2017). The effects of removing carbon limitation on diatom aggregation and physiological responses when exposed to Macondo surrogate oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Genzer, J., Bretherton, L., Setta, S., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Passow, U., et al. (2017). Effects of Macondo surrogate oil and increased carbon dioxide on marine diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
Gold-Bouchot, G., Nolen, R., Shi, D., Bera, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., et al. (2017). Chlorophyll a Levels in Dichloromethane Extracts from Mesocosm Exposed to WAF, DCEWAF and CEWAF. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Hillhouse, J., Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., & Quigg, A. (2017). Impact of phosphorus limitation on phytoplankton in the Gulf of Mexico in the presence of oil and dispersants. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI : 02/26/17-03/03/17: Poster.
Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K. A., Bretherton, L., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2017). The mystery behind polysaccharide secretion by phytoplankton during an oil spill. In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
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2016

Agueda, O., Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2016). Relationships between surface tension and chemical composition of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in the presence of water accommodated fraction (WAF) and Corexit in two contrasting environments: open ocean versus coastal ocean. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
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Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Wade, T. L., et al. (2016). Production and composition of exopolymeric substances (EPS) in the presence of water accommodated fraction (WAF) oil and Corexit in two contrasting environments: open ocean versus coastal ocean. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Wade, T. L., et al. (2016). Production and Composition of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) in the presence of Water Accomodated Fraction (WAF) Oil and Corexit in two contrasting Environments: Open Ocean versus Coastal Ocean. In 2016 Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium. Houston, TX : 10/22/16.
Beaver, M., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Schwehr, K., Santachi, P., & Quigg, A. (2016). Exopolymeric Substances (EPS) Composition of Marine Oil Aggregate produced in a mesocosom experiment mimicking the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In 2016 Texas A&M University at Galveston Student Research Symposium. Galveston, TX : 04/19/16-04/20/16: Poster.
Bera, G., Knap, A., Sericano, J., Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Gold-Bouchot, G., et al. (2016). Stability and chemical composition of water accommodated fraction (WAF) made through three different procedures and their implication in formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during oil spill. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A. H., Wade, T. L., Gold-Bouchot, G., Sericano, J. L., & Quigg, A. (2016). Formation of Marine Snow in Presence of Dissolved Hydrocarbons from Oil Spills. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16: Poster.
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., & Quigg, A. (2016). A multi-parameter approach to assessing fluorescence signals in natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and dispersants. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16: Poster.
Bretherton, L., Kamalanathan, M., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Santschi, P., & Quigg, A. (2016). Multi-parameter assessment of fast repetition rate (FRR) fluorescence signals in natural phytoplankton communities exposed to oil and dispersants. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Doyle, S., Whitaker, E., Steichen, J., Brown, C., Genzer, J., Knapp, A., et al. (2016). Initial analysis of microbial community response to oil and Corexit in coastal water mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Doyle, S., Whitaker, E., & Sylvan, J. B. (2016). Microbial Community Response to Oil and Corexit in Coastal Water Mesocosms. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16: Poster.
Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., Morales-McDevitt, M., Ramirez-Miss, N., Passow, U., et al. (2016). Analysis of Hydrocarbons in WAF and CEWAF by Fluorescence. Results of an intercalibration exercise. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Hatcher, P. G., Obeid, W., Wozniak, A. S., Xu, C., Zhang, S., & Santschi, P. (2016). Identifying oil/marine snow associations in mesocosm simulations of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill event using solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Kamalanathan, M., Bretherton, L., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Simmons, J., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2016). Extracellular Enzyme Activity Profile in Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Surrogate Oil from BP Oil Spill. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16: Poster.
Kamalanathan, M., Schwehr, K., Bretherton, L., Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Simmons, J., et al. (2016). Prediction of marine aggregate's exposure to chemically enhanced (COREXIT)water accomodated fraction of oil uusing Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., et al. (2016). Water Accommodated Fraction (WAF) and Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction (CEWAF) production using BP surrogate oil and Corexit 9500 for dosing of ADDOMEx Mesocosms. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Wade, T. L., Knap, A., Gold-Bouchot, G., Shi, D., Sweet, S., et al. (2016). Degradation of WAF, CEWAF, and DCEWAF in biologically enriched mesocosms. In 2016 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Port Arsansas, TX : 04/13/16-04/14/16.
Passow, U., Sweet, J., Genzer, J., Schwehr, K., Xu, C., Zhang, S., et al. (2016). Oil, Diatom Exudation and Marine Oil Snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Santschi, P. (2016). Role of Microbial Exopolymers (EPS; TEP, Gels) in Aggregation of Oil and Dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Setta, S., & Quigg, A. (2016). The effects of oil and corexit on the interaction between phytoplankton and bacteria in mesocosm experiments. In Texas A&M Corpus Christi Annual Research Symposium. Corpus Christi, TX : 12/02/16.
Shi, D., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Guinasso, N. L., & Wade, T. L. (2016). Distribution of Estimated Oil Equivalence (EOE) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Water Samples after the Deepwater Horizon Incident. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Sun, L., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Quigg, A., et al. (2016). Light-induced Aggregation of Bacterial Exopolymeric Substances. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
Sun, L., Xu, C., Zhang, S., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., Quigg, A., et al. (2016). Light-induced Aggregation of Bacterial Exopolymeric Substances. In Inaugural Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16.
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Xu, C., Zhang, S., Beaver, M., Lin, P., Sun, L., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2016). Effects of Water-Accommodated Fraction (WAF) of Macondo Oil and Corexit on Formation of Marine Snow and Their Fate in Mesocosm Experiments. In American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Meeting 2016 (ACS SWRM-2016). Galveston, TX : 11/10/16-11/13/16.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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