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Adrian Burd

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA  30602  

adrianb@uga.edu

Project List:

Oil-Marine Snow-Mineral Aggregate Interactions and Sedimentation during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

2021

Quigg, A., Santschi, P. H., Xu, C., Ziervogel, K., Kamalanathan, M., Chin, W., Burd, A. B., Wozniak, A., & Hatcher, P. G. (2021). Aggregation and Degradation of Dispersants and Oil by Microbial Exopolymers (ADDOMEx): Toward a Synthesis of Processes and Pathways of Marine Oil Snow Formation in Determining the Fate of Hydrocarbons. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.
Ross, J., Hollander, D., Saupe, S., Burd, A. B., Gilbert, S., & Quigg, A. (2021). Integrating marine oil snow and MOSSFA into oil spill response and damage assessment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 165, 112025.

2020

Burd, A. B., Chanton, J. P., Daly, K. L., Gilbert, S., Passow, U., & Quigg, A. (2020). The science behind marine-oil snow and MOSSFA: Past, present, and future. Progress in Oceanography, 187, 102398.

2018

Dissanayake, A. L., Burd, A. B., Daly, K. L., Francis, S., & Passow, U. (2018). Numerical Modeling of the Interactions of Oil, Marine Snow, and Riverine Sediments in the Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(8), 5388-5405.

Book Chapter - 1

2019

Quigg, A., Passow, U., Daly, K. L., Burd, A., Hollander, D. J., Schwing, P. T., & Lee, K. (2020). Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) Events: Learning from the Past to Predict the Future. In Murawski, S. A., Ainsworth, C. H., Gilbert, S., Hollander, D. J., Paris, C. B., Schlüter, M., & Wetzel, D. L. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills (pp. 196-220) Springer International Publishing.

Conference Presentations - 12

2020

Burd, A. D., K.; Dissanayake, A. F., S.; Jokulsdottir, T. P., & U.; Quigg, A. (2020). Modeling Marine-Oil-Snow and MOSSFA Events: Progress and Perspectives. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Jokulsdottir, T. D., K.; Francis, S. P., & U.; Burd, A. (2020). The Effect of Oil on Aggregation of Marine Snow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Jokulsdottir, T. B., A.; Francis, S. D., & K.; Passow, U. (2019). Modeling the Conditions Requried for a MOSSFA Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Burd, A. D., K.L.; Dissanayake, A. F., & A.; Passow, U. (2018). The fractal dimension of marine aggregates: An overlooked parameter in determining particle interactions. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Burd, A. D., K.L.; Dissanayake, A. F., & A.; Passow, U. (2018). The fractal dimension of marine snow aggregates: changing aggregate characteristics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Burd, A. D., K.L.; Dissanayake, A. F., & A.; Passow, U. (2018). A numerical model to simulate the interactions of marine snow and oil spilled in the ocean. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Dissanayake, A. B., A.; Daly, K. F., & S.; Passow, U. (2018). Numerical modeling of the interactions of oil, marine snow, and rivering sediments in the ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2017

Burd, A. D., K.; Francis, S. P., & U (2017). Mechanisms and Models of Aggregation and Sinking of Oil and Marine Particles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Daly, K. R., A.; Kramer, K. P., U.; Francis, S. J., & G.; Burd, A. (2017). The DWH Oil-Associated Marine Snow Sedimentation Event and Future Oil Spill Response. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Dissanayake, A. B., A.; Daly, K. F., & S.; Passow, U. (2017). Numerical Modeling of the Interactions Between Oil and Marine Snow. In International Oil Spill Conference 2017
Francis, S. B., A.; Daly, K. P., & U (2017). An Aggregation model to Estimate Oil Removal Rate by Sinking Marine Snow: A Decision Support Tool. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2016

Burd, A. (2016). A new mechanistic model of aggregation and particle export flux using multiple particle types. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016