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Anusha Dissanayake

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA  30602  

dissanayake.al@gmail.com

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: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2019

Passow, U., Sweet, J., Francis, S., Xu, C., Dissanayake, A., Lin, Y., Santschi, P., & Quigg, A. (2019). Incorporation of oil into diatom aggregates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 612, 65-86.

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.

2017

Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Reddy, C. M., & Arey, J. S. (2017). Petroleum dynamics in the sea and influence of subsea dispersant injection during <i>Deepwater Horizon</i>. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(38), 10065-10070.

Conference Presentations - 6

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

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

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