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Thomas Sauvage

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA  70504  

tomsauv@gmail.com

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Stop-Gap Sampling to Assess the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Macroalgae and Macrocrustaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2017

Krayesky-Self, S., Schmidt, W. E., Phung, D., Henry, C., Sauvage, T., Camacho, O., Felgenhauer, B. E., & Fredericq, S. (2017). Eukaryotic Life Inhabits Rhodolith-forming Coralline Algae (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta), Remarkable Marine Benthic Microhabitats. Scientific Reports, 7(1).

2016

Sauvage, T., Schmidt, W. E., Suda, S., & Fredericq, S. (2016). A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA. BMC Ecology, 16(1).

2014

Felder, D. L., Thoma, B. P., Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., Self-Krayesky, S. L., Chistoserdov, A., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., & Fredericq, S. (2014). Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BioScience, 64(9), 808-819.
Fredericq, S., Arakaki, N., Camacho, O., Gabriel, D., Krayesky, D., Self-Krayesky, S., Rees, G., Richards, J., Sauvage, T., Venera-Ponton, D., & Schmidt, W. E. (2014). A Dynamic Approach to the Study of Rhodoliths: A Case Study for the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cryptogamie, Algologie, 35(1), 77-98.
Sauvage, T., Wynne, M. J., Paul, V. J., & Fredericq, S. (2014). Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic<i>Caulerpa floridana</i>W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida. European Journal of Phycology, 49(3), 370-383.

Conference Presentations - 19

2015

Camacho, O. C., K.; Self-Krayesky, S. R., G.; Richards, J. S., T.; Schmidt, W. T., B.; Venera Ponton, D. F., & D.; Fredericq, S. (2015). Trials and tribulations of Gulf of Mexico algae and macrocrustaceans inhabiting deep banks offshore Louisiana: what have we learned since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Fredericq, S. S., & T.; Schmidt, W. (2015). Four years after the DWH oil spill: What has changed with the offshore seaweeds and rhodoliths in the NW Gulf of Mexico deep banks?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Sauvage, T. S., & W.E.; Fredericq, S. (2015). New insights in the exploration of cryptic microbiota associated with pre- and post-DWH oil spill rhodoliths using Next-Generation and Sanger Sequencing: a case for the NW Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Fredericq, S. S., T, S., S.; Richards, J. F., & D.; Schmidt, W. (2014). What happened to the offshore rhodoliths and other seaweeds in the NW Gulf of Mexico since the 2010 DWH oil spill?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Fredericq, S. S., & T.; Schmidt, W. (2014). Environmental Next-Generation sequencing coupled with Sanger sequencing reveals novel, unexpected red algal biodiversity within rhodoliths. In 2014 Phycological Society of America Meeting/Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Sauvage, T. S., W.E.; Self, S. R., J.; Camacho, O. V., D.; Clinton, K. F., & D.; Fredericq, S. (2014). Rhodoliths offshore the NW Gulf of Mexico: before and after, inside and out. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Sauvage, T. W., M.J.; Paul, V. F., & S (2014). Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic Caulerpa floridana W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida. In 2014 Phycological Society of America Meeting/Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting

2013

Camacho, O. S., T.; Schmidt, W. F., & D.W.; Fredericq, S. (2013). New insights in the diversity of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting
Fredericq, S. K., D.; Sauvage, T. G., D.; Schilz, T. D., D.; Gardiner, W. S., & W.E (2013). A revised phylogeny of the red algal family Peyssonneliaceae (Peyssonneliales). In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting
Fredericq, S. S., T.; Richards, J. C., O; Venera-Ponton, D. S., & W.E (2013). Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon spill impacts on offshore seweed diversity in the NW Gulf of Mexico. In Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy
Fredericq, S. S., T.; Richards, J. C. O., Gardiner, W., Venera-Ponton, D. S., & W (2013). Function of rhodoliths as seedbanks in post-spill NW Gulf of Mexico deep banks: A novel and unexplored concept. In Invited Presentation, Department of Marine Life Science, Chosun University
Gabriel, D. S., T.; Draisma, S. S., & W.; Schils, T. F. S. (2013). Genetic diversity in the pantropical red algal genus Titanophora (Schizymeniaceae, Nemastomatales). In Advances in Ecological Speciation, CIBIO
Sauvage, T. S., & S.; Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the endolithic siphonous green algal genus Ostreobium (Bryopsidales). In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting
Schmidt, W. S., T.; Camacho, O. R., O.; Krayesky, D. S., D.; Gabriel, D. A., N.; Rees, G. F., & S (2013). A dynamic approach to the study of rhodoliths: A case study for the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting
Self, S. S., W.; Sauvage, T. F., & S (2013). Characterization of dinoflagellates found in rubble/rhodolith samples from the NW Gulf of Mexico and Panama. In Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy
Self-Krayesky, S. . S., W.E.; Sauvage, T. F., & S (2013). Elemental and chemical characterization of rhodolith samples from the NW Gulf of Mexico and Panama. In International Phycological Congress (IPC 10) & Annual Phycological Society of America Meeting

2012

Fredericq, S. K., D.; Sauvage, T. G., & D.; Schmidt, W. (2012). The intriguing and hidden world of the Peyssonneliaceae. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy
Fredericq, S. S., W.E.; Gabriel, D. S., T.; Norris, J. K., & D (2012). Characterization of offshore rhodolith beds in the NW Gulf of Mexico: trials and tribulations since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy
Richards, J. G., W.; Schmidt, W. V., D.; Camacho, O. S., T.; Arakaki, N. H., & E.; Fredericq, S. (2012). The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the seaweeds: Before and After. In Southeastern Phycological Colloquy