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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf Institute

Project Publications & Presentations

Macondo 252 Oil Spill Impacts in Louisiana Coastal Wetlands: Effects on Soil-Microbial-Plant Systems

Journal Articles - 4

2016

Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I. A., Graham, S. A., Hou, A., Fleeger, J. W., & Deis, D. R. (2016). Response of salt marshes to oiling from the Deepwater Horizon spill: Implications for plant growth, soil surface-erosion, and shoreline stability. Science of The Total Environment, 557-558, 369-377.

2015

Fleeger, J., Carman, K., Riggio, M., Mendelssohn, I., Lin, Q., Hou, A., Deis, D., & Zengel, S. (2015). Recovery of salt marsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to recovery of Spartina alterniflora. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 536, 39-54.

2012

Lin, Q., & Mendelssohn, I. A. (2012). Impacts and Recovery of the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> Oil Spill on Vegetation Structure and Function of Coastal Salt Marshes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science &amp; Technology, 46(7), 3737-3743.
Mendelssohn, I. A., Andersen, G. L., Baltz, D. M., Caffey, R. H., Carman, K. R., Fleeger, J. W., Joye, S. B., Lin, Q., Maltby, E., Overton, E. B., & Rozas, L. P. (2012). Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. BioScience, 62(6), 562-574.

Conference Presentations - 6

2014

Chen, H. H., A.; Bhattacharyya, N. Z., R.; Beasley, R. R., R.P.; Marshall, A. M., & A.M (2014). Temporal Characterization of Petroleum Residue in Louisiana Salt Marsh Sediments after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. In 62nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics

2013

Hou, A. (2013). Microbial Community Analysis of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes: Methodological Advances and Biogeochemical Implications. In International Forum on Wetland Ecological Processes and Services
Hou, A. B., M.; Ackoury, K. N., L.; Zhou, J. L., & Q.; Mendelssohn, I. (2013). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Soil Microbial Communities of Salt Marsh in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Lin, Q. M., & I (2013). Recovery of Ecological Structure and Function of Coastal Marshes Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013

2012

Lin, Q. M., & I (2012). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and recovery of structure and function in coastal salt marshes. In INTECOL International Wetlands Conference

2011

Mendelssohn, I. L., q.; Hou, A. C., K.; Fleeger, J. Z., & S.; Michel, J. (2011). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Impacts to Coastal Wetland Vegetation. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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