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Mark Benfield

Louisiana State University

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

School of the Coast and Environment
1002-Y Energy, Coast and Environment Building
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

mbenfie@lsu.edu

Project List:

Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Acquisition of a Towed, Zooplankton Imaging System for Use in Quantifying the Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton in the Waters around the MC252 Incident Site

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Principal Investigator

Documenting Impacts of the Subsea Plume Using Gulf SERPENT ROV Surveys

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Investigating the Potential Ecological Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Biologically-mediated Mechanisms of Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2015

Bi, H., Guo, Z., Benfield, M. C., Fan, C., Ford, M., Shahrestani, S., & Sieracki, J. M. (2015). A Semi-Automated Image Analysis Procedure for In Situ Plankton Imaging Systems. PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0127121.

2013

Bi, H., Cook, S., Yu, H., Benfield, M. C., & Houde, E. D. (2013). Deployment of an imaging system to investigate fine-scale spatial distribution of early life stages of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Plankton Research, 35(2), 270-280.

Conference Presentation - 1

2018

Liang, J. M., J.C.; Rose, K. B., & M (2018). Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
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