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Melitza Crespo-Medina

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA  30602  

mcrespo1@uga.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2016

Kleindienst, S., Grim, S., Sogin, M., Bracco, A., Crespo-Medina, M., & Joye, S. B. (2016). Diverse, rare microbial taxa responded to the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> deep-sea hydrocarbon plume. The ISME Journal, 10(2), 400-415.

2014

Crespo-Medina, M., Meile, C. D., Hunter, K. S., Diercks, A., Asper, V. L., Orphan, V. J., Tavormina, P. L., Nigro, L. M., Battles, J. J., Chanton, J. P., Shiller, A. M., Joung, D., Amon, R. M. W., Bracco, A., Montoya, J. P., Villareal, T. A., Wood, A. M., & Joye, S. B. (2014). The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout. Nature Geoscience, 7(6), 423-427.

Conference Presentations - 8

2015

Joye, S. P., U.; Medeiros, P. S., R.; Yang, T. A., V.; Diercks, A. M., J.; Ziervogel, K. M., C.; Montagna, P. B., J.; Hunter, K. C., M.; Moore, W. B., & C.; Teske, A. (2015). Rapid sedimentation, resuspension and redistribution of hydrocarbons in the wake of the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Joye, S., Kleindienst, S. G., S.; Crespo-Medina, M. S., & M (2014). The role of the rare biosphere in pelagic hydrocarbon degradation during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014

2013

Joye, S. B. S., R.; Battles, J. F., L.; Kleindienst, S. ;. C., M. ; Hunter, K. ;. M., & C. D. ; Montoya, J. P. (2013). Sediment biogeochemistry and microbial activity at natural hydrocarbon seeps and at sites impacted by anthropogenic hydrocarbon discharges. In AGU Fall Meeting
Joye, S. C., M.; Hunter, K. A., V.; Diercks, A. H., & R.; Montoya, J. (2013). Pelagic methane oxidation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Activity patterns before, during, and after the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Weber, S. S., A.; Crespo-Medina, M. J., S.B.; Bracco, A. V., & T.A.; Montoya, J. (2013). Spills, seeps, and pelagic foodwebs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: What do stable isotopes tell us about oil, gas, and discolored zooplankton?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013

2012

Crespo-Medina, M. V., A.; Hunter, K. B., J.J.; Montoya, J. A., V.; Diercks, A. V., & T.A.; Joye, S. (2012). Water column methane dynamics in response to the Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Joye, S. C., M.; Medeiros, P. B., C.; Moore, W. M., J.P.; Asper, V. D., & A.; Highsmith, R. (2012). Intense sedimentation on the seafloor following the 2010 Macondo blowout: Geochemical composition, mechanisms, and microbial impacts. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Montoya, J. S., A.; Crespo-Medina, M. B., A.; Villareal, T. J., & S.B (2012). The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and pelagic foodwebs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: What do elements and isotopes tell us about oil, plumes, and zooplankton?. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012