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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Peter R. Girguis

Harvard University

Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

26 Oxford Street
Cambridge , MA 02138

pgirguis@oeb.harvard.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
2019
Bowles, M., Samarkin, V., Hunter, K., Finke, N., Teske, A., Girguis, P., & Joye, S. (2019). Remarkable Capacity for Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane at High Methane Concentration. *Geophysical Research Letters*, 46(21), 12192-12201.
2017
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Delaney, J., Sarode, N., Marshall, K. S., Whaley-Martin, K. J., Slater, G., Wheat, C. G., & Girguis, P. R. (2017). Microbial response to oil enrichment in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured using a novel long-term benthic lander system. *Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene*, 5.
2013
Bose, A., Rogers, D. R., Adams, M. M., Joye, S. B., & Girguis, P. R. (2013). Geomicrobiological linkages between short-chain alkane consumption and sulfate reduction rates in seep sediments. *Frontiers in Microbiology*, 4.
Robidart, J., Callister, S. J., Song, P., Nicora, C. D., Wheat, C. G., & Girguis, P. R. (2013). Characterizing Microbial Community and Geochemical Dynamics at Hydrothermal Vents Using Osmotically Driven Continuous Fluid Samplers. *Environmental Science & Technology*, 47(9), 4399-4407.
Conference Presentations - 5
2017
Orcutt, B. L., L.L.; Delaney, J. M., K.S.; Girguis, P. W., & C.G (2017). Microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured in situ using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
2015
Orcutt, B. L., L.; Girguis, P. W., G.; Marshall, K. D., & J (2015). Measuring in situ microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico deep-water sediments using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
2014
Orcutt, B. L., L.L.; Girguis, P. W., C.G.; Marshall, K. D., & J (2014). The Microbial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis (MIMOSA): Long-term coupled geochemistry and microbiology experimentation in the deep-sea. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Rogers, D. B., A.; Adams, M. J., & S.B.; Girguis, P. (2014). Geomicrobiological linkages between short-chain alkane consumption and sulfate reduction rates in seep sediments. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014
2013
Lapham, L. O., B.; Girguis, P. W., G, & ; ECOGIG lander team (2013). Deep-water sediment biogeochemical time-series data from MIMOSA (MIcrobial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013