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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Beizhan Yan

Columbia University

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

PO Box 1000
61 Route 9W
Palisades , NY  10964  

yanbz@ldeo.columbia.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2018

Giering, S., Yan, B., Sweet, J., Asper, V., Diercks, A., Chanton, J., Pitiranggon, M., & Passow, U. (2018). The ecosystem baseline for particle flux in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 6.

2016

D’souza, N. A., Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A. R., Hafez, M., Chekalyuk, A., Phan, S., Yan, B., MacDonald, I., Weber, S. C., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Elevated surface chlorophyll associated with natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Nature Geoscience, 9(3), 215-218.
Yan, B., Passow, U., Chanton, J. P., Nöthig, E., Asper, V., Sweet, J., Pitiranggon, M., Diercks, A., & Pak, D. (2016). Sustained deposition of contaminants from the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> spill. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(24).

2014

Ziervogel, K., D'Souza, N., Sweet, J., Yan, B., & Passow, U. (2014). Natural oil slicks fuel surface water microbial activities in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5.

Conference Presentations - 12

2017

Chanton, J. P., U.; Asper, V. B., S.; Sweet, J. R., K.; Diercks, A. Y., & B (2017). System Recovery and Organic Source Variability: Sinking Particulate Organic Carbon Stable and Radioisotope Time Series at 3 Sites in the Northern Gulf 2010-2014. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Giering, S. S., J.; Asper, V. D., A.; Chanton, J. Y., & B.; Passow, U. (2017). Variability in Sedimentation Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Reflect Ecosystem and Foodweb Structure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Markey, K. P., M.; Juhl, A. Y., & B.; Subramaniam, A. (2017). Where the oil from surface and subsurface plumes deposited during/after Deepwater Horizon oil spill?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2015

D'souza, N. J., A.; Subramaniam, A. H., M.; Chekalyuk, A. P., S.; Yan, B. Z., K.; Bullock, K. M., & I.; Montoya, J. (2015). Why Is Chlorophyll Elevated Near Natural Seeps In The Gulf Of Mexico? Evidence For Bottom-Up, And Top-Down Controls On Planktonic Microbes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

D'souza, N. J., A.; Ziervogel, K. B., K.; Yan, B. S., & A (2014). Synergy of Oil, Nutrients, and Predation in Influencing Planktonic Processes in the Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI
D'souza, N. S., A.; Juhl, A. H., M.; Chekalyuk, A. Y., & B.; MacDonald, I. (2014). Multiple lines of evidence for elevated phytoplankton pigments near natural oil seeps in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Palomo, C. Y., & B (2014). GOM Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Combustion-Derived Hydrocarbons. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Passow, U. Y., B.; Chanton, J. N., E.; Sweet, J. P., D.; Asper, V. D., & A (2014). Large Sedimentation Events after the Deep Water Horizon Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Yan, B. P., U.; Pitiranggon, M. D., N.; Juhl, A. S., & A (2014). Apples and Oranges? Characterizing spilled and seeped oil in the GOM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Yan, B. P., M.; D'Souza, N. J., & A.; Subramaniam, A. (2014). Fingerprinting Hydrocarbons In Gom Using Sensitive Hydrocarbon Source Indicators. In ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI

2013

Palomo, C., Pitiranggon, M. Y., B. ; Dsouza, N. J., & A. ; Subramaniam, A. (2013). During and Post GOM Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Time Series Analysis of Variations in Spilled Hydrocarbons. In AGU Fall Meeting
Palomo, C. Y., & B (2013). GOM Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Time Series Analysis of Variations in Spilled Hydrocarbons. In AGU Fall Meeting