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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Emily Whitaker

Texas A&M University

Department of Oceanography

3146 TAMU
Eller O&M Building
College Station, TX  77843  

whit1667@tamu.edu

Project List:

Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2018

Doyle, S. M., Whitaker, E. A., De Pascuale, V., Wade, T. L., Knap, A. H., Santschi, P. H., Quigg, A., & Sylvan, J. B. (2018). Rapid Formation of Microbe-Oil Aggregates and Changes in Community Composition in Coastal Surface Water Following Exposure to Oil and the Dispersant Corexit. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9.

Conference Presentations - 8

2017

De Pascual, V. W., E.; Doyle, S. S., & J (2017). Quantification of Functional Genes for Hydrocarbon Degradation in the Microbial Communities of Coastal Water Mesocosms. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Doyle, S. S., S.; Whitaker, E. D. P., V.; Quigg, A. S., & J.B (2017). Investigating the Microbial Response to Oil and Dispersants in Surface Water Marine Environments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Kamalanathan, M. X., C.; Sweet, J. B., M.; Zhang, S. W., E.; Bretherton, L. G., J.; Hillhouse, J. S., J.; Sylvan, J. S., P.H.; Passow, U. Q., & A (2017). Microbial activity in Chemically Enhanced Water Accommodated Fraction of Surrogate Oil from BP Oil Spill. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Setta, S. W., E.; Genzer, J. B., L.; Doyle, S. B., C.; Sylvan, J. I., A.; Finkel, Z. Q., & A (2017). The effects of Oil and Corexit on the interaction between bacteria and phytoplankton in Mesocosm experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Setta, S. W., E.; Genzer, J. B., L.; Doyle, S. B., C.; Sylvan, J. I., A.; Finkel, Z. Q., & A (2017). The interaction between bacteria and phytoplankton in response to oil and corexit in mesocosm experiments. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Whitaker, E. K., M.; Quigg, A. S., & J.B (2017). Exoenzymatic response of coastal and offshore surface ocean microbial communities to exposure to oil and an oil/dispersant mixture. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2016

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Initial analysis of microbial community response to oil and Corexit in coastal water mesocosms. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. (2016).
Doyle, S. W., & E.; Sylvan, J. (2016). Microbial Community Response to Oil and Corexit in Coastal Water Mesocosms. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium