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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

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers 2 (ADDOMEx-2): Towards a synthesis of process and pathways of marine oil snow formation

Journal Articles - 40

2022

Wise, S. A., Rodgers, R. P., Reddy, C. M., Nelson, R. K., Kujawinski, E. B., Wade, T. L., et al. (2022). Advances in Chemical Analysis of Oil Spills Since the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, .

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.
Farrington, J., Overton, E., & Passow, U. (2021). Biogeochemical Processes Affecting the Fate of Discharged Deepwater Horizon Gas and Oil: New Insights and Remaining Gaps in Our Understanding. Oceanog, 34(1), 76–97.
Kamalanathan, M., Hillhouse, J., Claflin, N., Rodkey, T., Mondragon, A., Prouse, A., et al. (2021). Influence of nutrient status on the response of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to oil and dispersant. PLoS ONE, 16(12), 1–20.
Kamalanathan, M., Schwehr, K. A., Labont?, J. M., Taylor, C., Bergen, C., Patterson, N., et al. (2021). The Interplay of Phototrophic and Heterotrophic Microbes Under Oil Exposure: A Microcosm Study. Front. Microbiol., 12, E675328.
Quigg, A., Farrington, J., Gilbert, S., Murawski, S., & John, V. (2021). A Decade of GoMRI Dispersant Science: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future. Oceanog, 34(1), 98–111.
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.
Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., et al. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.
Sun, L., Xu, C., Lin, P., Quigg, A., Chin, W. - C., & Santschi, P. H. (2021). Photo-oxidation of proteins facilitates the preservation of high molecular weight dissolved organic nitrogen in the ocean. Marine Chemistry, 229, 103907.

2020

Bacosa, H. P., Kamalanathan, M., Cullen, J., Shi, D., Xu, C., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2020). Marine Snow Aggregates are Enriched in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Oil Contaminated Waters: Insights from a Mesocosm Study. Jmse, 8(10), 781.
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.
Bretherton, L., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Finkel, Z. V., Irwin, A. J., & Quigg, A. (2020). Trait-dependent variability of the response of marine phytoplankton to oil and dispersant exposure. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153, 110906.
Doyle, S. M., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Niche Partitioning between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Catabolic Pathways. mSystems, 5(4), e00668–20.
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.
Genzer, J. L., Kamalanathan, M., Bretherton, L., Hillhouse, J., Xu, C., Santschi, P. H., et al. (2020). Diatom aggregation when exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersant: Potential impacts of ocean acidification. PLoS ONE, 15(7), e0235473.
Kamalanathan, M., Doyle, S. M., Xu, C., Achberger, A. M., Wade, T. L., Schwehr, K., et al. (2020). Exoenzymes as a Signature of Microbial Response to Marine Environmental Conditions. mSystems, 5(2).
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.
Rowe, G. T., Fernando, H., Elferink, C., Ansari, G. A. S., Sullivan, J., Heathman, T., et al. (2020). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) cycling and fates in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. PLoS ONE, 15(12), e0243734.
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., Hillhouse, J., Bacosa, H., Setta, S., Genzer, J., Kamalanathan, M., et al. (2019). Growth dynamics and domoic acid production of Pseudo-nitzschia sp. in response to oil and dispersant exposure. Harmful Algae, 86, 55–63.
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.
Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Bacosa, H., Schwehr, K., Tsai, S. - M., Doyle, S., et al. (2019). Role of Polysaccharides in DiatomThalassiosira pseudonanaand its Associated Bacteria in Hydrocarbon Presence. Plant Physiol., 180(4), 1898–1911.
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., Chin, W. - C., Lin, P., Chen, H., Chiu, M. - H., Waggoner, D. C., et al. (2019). Comparison of microgels, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and transparent exopolymeric particles (TEP) determined in seawater with and without oil. Marine Chemistry, 215, 103667.
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

Bacosa, H. P., Kamalanathan, M., Chiu, M. - H., Tsai, S. - M., Sun, L., Labonté, J. M., et al. (2018). Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and oil degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0208406.

Book Chapters - 2

2019

Montagna, P. A., Baguley, J., Rowe, G. T., & Wade, T. (2019). Linking abiotic variables with macrofaunal and meiofaunal abundance and community structure patterns on the Gulf of Mexico continental slope. 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. 109–131). Springer International.
Quigg, A., Passow, U., Daly, K. L., Burd, A., Hollander, D. J., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2019). Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) Events: Learning from the Past to Predict the Future. 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. 196–220). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 32

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.
Burd, A., Daly, K., Dissanayake, A., Francis, S., Jokulsdottir, T., Passow, U., et al. (2020). Modeling Marine-Oil-Snow and MOSSFA Events: Progress and Perspectives. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Claflin, H. J., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., & Quigg, A. (2020). The Effects of Photo-Oxidized Oil and Increased Nutrient Availability on Marine Phytoplankton Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Doyle, S., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T., & Quigg, A. (2020). Niche Partitioning Between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and PAH Catabolic Pathways. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Doyle, S., Lin, G., Morales-McDevitt, M., Wade, T. L., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2020). Niche Partitioning Between Coastal and Offshore Shelf Waters Results in Differential Expression of Alkane and PAH Catabolic Pathways. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Hillhouse, J., Claflin, N., Kamalanathan, M., & Quigg, A. (2020). Role of Nutrient Availability on the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum in the Presence of Oil. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Kamalanathan, M., Mapes, S., Hillhouse, J., Claflin, N., Campbell, D. C., & Quigg, A. (2020). The Two Different Sides of Diatom's Response to Oil Exposure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Santschi, P., 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 its 'stickiness' and other biophysical properties? 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.
Ziervogel, K., Sweet, J., Bretherton, L., Quigg, A., & Passow, U. (2020). Fragmentation of marine snow and marine oil snow due to small-scale turbulence. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.

2019

Achberger, A., Doyle, S., Holmes, C., Lin, G., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. (2019). Role of Micron-Scale Aggregates in Hydrocarbon Oxidation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
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. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Chin, W. - C. (2019). Oil spill and microbial extracellular polymeric substances. In 2019 International Conference on Environmental Quality Concern, Control, and Conservation. Kaohsiung, Taiwan : 05/23/19-05/25/19.
Chin, W., Vazquez, C., Tsai, S., Xu, C., Kamalanathan, M., Bacosa, H., et al. (2019). Impacts of Crude Oil and Corexit on Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Their Production and Chemical Composition. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Genzer, J., Hillhouse, J., Kamalanathan, M., Bretherton, L., & Quigg, A. (2019). Comparison of Marine Snow Formations of Stationary and Exponentially Growing Thalassiosira pseudonana in Current and Future Ocean Conditions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Hillhouse, J., Genzer, J., Kamalanathan, M., & Quigg, A. (2019). Effects of Nitrogen Availability on the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana in the Presence of Oil and Surfactant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Kamalanathan, M., Mapes, S., Hillhouse, J., Bretherton, L., Bacosa, H., & Quigg, A. (2019). Intracellular Mechanisms Contributing to Oil Resistance by the Green Alga, Dunaliella tertiolecta. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Li, Y., Hu, C., Quigg, A., & Gao, H. (2019). Influence of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Primary Productivity 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: Poster.
Light, B. D., Mondragon, A., Hillhouse, J., Rodkey, T., Kamalanathan, M., Maples, S., et al. (2019). The Effects of Crude Oil and Corexit on the Diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum Under Nutrient Stress. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Lin, P., Xu, C., Passow, U., Chin, W., Chen, H., Chiu, M., et al. (2019). Comparison of Exopolymeric Substances (EPS), Transparent Exopolymeric Particles (TEP) and Microgels in Mesocosms and Batch Experiments with Macondo Oil Water Accommodated Fraction. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Mills, M., Achberger, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2019). Visualizing the hidden world: Utilizing CARD-FISH to decet microbes exposed to oil. In Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). Anaheim, CA : 11/13/19-11/16/19.
Passow, U. (2019). The Sedimentation of Spilled Oil via Marine Snow. In Symposium on?Persistent, Emerging?and Oil?Pollution in Aquatic?Environments (PEOPLE 2019). St. Johns, Canada : 10/17/19-10/18/19.
Quigg, A., Burd, A., & Hollander, D. (2019). MOSSFA: Understanding Ecosystem Impacts and Predictive Modeling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Rodkey, T., Hillhouse, J., & Quigg, A. (2019). The Effects of Crude Oil and Corexit on Silica-Replete and Silica-Limited Phaeodactylum Tricornutum. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Sun, L., Chin, W., Chiu, M., Xu, C., Lin, P., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). Sunlight Induced Aggregation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater: Role of Proteins in Biologically Mediated Processes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Wade, T. L., Morales-McDevitt, M. E., Shi, D., Bera, G., Knap, A. H., & Quigg, A. (2019). Half-Lives of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Controlled Mesocosm Studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Waggoner, D. C., Hughey, M., Yard, A., Schwehr, K. A., Doyle, S., Xu, C., et al. (2019). An Investigation into the Effects of Biodegradation vs. Photodegradation During Mesocosm Experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
White, A. R., Jalali-Mousavi, M., Bacosa, H. P., Xu, C., Chin, W., Schwehr, K. A., et al. (2019). Drastic Differences in Aggregation on a Rising Oil Droplet Caused by Different EPS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ziervogel, K., Passow, U., & Quigg, A. (2019). Marine oil snow decomposition and physical fragmentation: Insights into MOSSFA processes. In 3rd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Hamburg, Germany : 12/05/19-12/05/19.
Ziervogel, K., Sweet, J., Bretherton, L., Quigg, A., & Passow, U. (2019). Fragmentation of Marine Oil Snow Due to Small-Scale Turbulence. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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