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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Audrey Paterson

University of Tennessee

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

306 EPS Building
1412 Circle Dr
Knoxville , TN  37996  

apaters1@utk.edu

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium II (CWC II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Staff

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2017

Engel, A. S., Liu, C., Paterson, A. T., Anderson, L. C., Turner, R. E., & Overton, E. B. (2017). Salt marsh bacterial communities before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83(22), e00784–17.

Conference Presentations - 16

2017

Engel, A. S., Bagley, B., Jiang, X., Paterson, A. T., & Johnson, H. (2017). Temporal changes in the microbial use of hydrocarbon compounds in southern Louisiana salt marshes. In 23rd International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry. Cairns, Australia : 09/25/17-09/29/17.
Engel, A. S., Paterson, A. T., Boling, K., & Roberts, B. J. (2017). Specificity of bacterial communities to dominant standing vegetation in coastal salt marshes, Bay Sansbois and Bay Batiste, Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Jiang, X., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2017). Multi-year metagenomic assessment of coastal marsh microbial communities impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Bagley, B., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2016). Homogeneity of microbial communities in marsh soils since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Bagley, B., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2016). Bacterial community responses to natural and anthropogenic stressors in Louisiana marsh soils, 2012-2014. In 3rd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Knoxville, TN : 03/11/16-03/13/16: Poster.
Engel, A. S., Paterson, A. T., Turner, R. E., & Overton, E. (2016). Tracking changes in organic carbon sources for Louisiana marshes following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Johnson, H., Engel, A. S., & Paterson, A. T. (2016). Diversity and abundance of alkane-degrading bacteria from Grand Isle, Louisiana, 2011-2014. In 3rd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium. Knoxville, TN : 03/11/16-03/13/16: Poster.
Johnson, H., Engel, A. S., & Paterson, A. T. (2016). Compositional changes for hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms in marsh sediment from Grand Isle, Louisiana, 2011-2014. In Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, CO : 09/25/16-09/26/16: Poster.
Roberts, B. J., Chatelain, K., Fortin, S., Chelsky, A., Setta, S., Sullivan, H., et al. (2016). Highly variable biogeochemical process rates across salt marsh soil subhabitats: implications for scaling-up plot level measurements. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.

2015

Beeler, S., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2015). Microbial community response to natural organic matter enrichments after being primed by Deepwater Horizon oiling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Engel, A. S., & Paterson, A. T. (2015). Ecosystem responses to changing microbial community compositions as a function of natural and anthropogenic stressors in Louisiana coastal marshes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Beeler, S., Paterson, A., Drennen, C., & Engel, A. (2014). Microbial degradation of labile organic matter from Spartina alterniflora-dominated marshes. In Goldschmidt. Sacramento, CA : 6/8/14 - 6/13/14: Poster.
Beeler, S., Paterson, A., & Engel, A. (2014). Microbial degradation of organic matter and community response in coastal marshes. In Midwest Geobiology Symposium – 2nd Annual. Chicago, IL : 9/27/2014 9/28/14: Poster.
Beeler, S., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2014). Degradation of Spartina alterinflora-derived dissolved organic matter by marsh sediment communities. In 1st Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium – 1st Annual. Atlanta, GA : 04/05/14-04/06/14: Poster.
Engel, A. S., Drennen, C., Paterson, A. T., Liu, C., Turner, R. E., & Overton, E. B. (2014). Differences in petroleum hydrocarbon compounds from Louisiana coastal marshes correspond to specific changes in microbial community composition. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Vishni, L., Paterson, A. T., & Engel, A. S. (2014). Evaluating the effects of disturbance on microbial diversity from marsh sediment and water at Grand Isle, Louisiana. In 1st Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium – 1st Annual. Atlanta, GA : 04/05/14-04/06/14: Poster.