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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 Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium

Project Publications & Presentations

Exploring the Mechanisms of Nitrate-aided Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon under Anaerobic Conditions

Journal Articles - 3

2014

Shi, R., & Yu, K. (2014). Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (COREXIT [Registered] EC 9500A) on denitrification and organic matter mineralization in a Louisiana salt marsh sediment. Chemosphere, 108, 300–305.

2013

Tao, R., & Yu, K. (2013). Nitrate Addition Has Minimal Effect on Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benzene in Coastal Saline (salt), Brackish and Freshwater Marsh Sediments. Wetlands, 33(4), 759–767.

2012

Yu, J., Tao, R., & Yu, K. W. (2012). Anaerobic biodegradation of benzene in salt marsh sediment of the Louisiana Gulf coast. Ecological Engineering, 40, 6–10.

Conference Presentation - 1

2012

Yu, K., Yu, J. O., Tao, R., & Yu, K. W. (2012). Analysis of anaerobic biodegradation potential for the Gulf spilled oil in coastal salt marsh. In Alabama Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Tuskegee, AL, February 22-24, 2012.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org