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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Marco Franco

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA  70504  

franco.marco.e@gmail.com

Project List:

The Effect of Sediment Bioturbators on the Biological Degradation of Petroleum in Coastal Ecosystems

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Undergraduate Student, Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2020

Klerks, P. L., Kascak, A., Cazan, A. M., Franco, M. E., & Louka, F. R. (2019). A Mesocosm Assessment of the Effect of Bioturbation by the Ghost Shrimp (<i>Lepidophthalmus louisianensis</i>) on the Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Intertidal Zone. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(3), 637-647.

2018

Franco, M. E., Felgenhauer, B. E., & Klerks, P. L. (2017). Crude oil toxicity to fiddler crabs (<i>Uca longisignalis</i> and <i>Uca panacea</i>) from the northern Gulf of Mexico: Impacts on bioturbation, oxidative stress, and histology of the hepatopancreas. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(2), 491-500.

Conference Presentations - 3

2016

Franco, M. K., & P.L (2016). An evaluation of mortality and burrowing behavior of fiddler crabs (Uca sp.) in response to exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Franco, M. K., & P.L (2016). Effects on burrowing activity and oxidative stress in the Gulf Fiddler Crab (Uca longisignalis) exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons: A mesocosm study. In 7th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) World Congress/SETAC North America 37th Annual Meeting

2015

Kascak, A. K., P.L.; Louka, F. S., K.; Cazan, A. G., A.P.; Franco, M. O., & S.Y (2015). The interaction between benthic bioturbators and microbes on the fate of hydrocarbons in sediment - Sediment characteristics and PAH levels. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015