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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Publications & Presentations

Deep-sea Risk Assessment and species sensitivity to WAF, CEWAF and Dispersant

Journal Articles - 4

2020

Bera, G., Doyle, S., Passow, U., Kamalanathan, M., Wade, T. L., Sylvan, J. B., et al. (2020). Biological response to dissolved versus dispersed oil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110713.

2019

Bera, G., Gold-Bouchot, G., Passow, U., Wade, T. L., Shi, D., Morales-McDevitt, M., et al. (2019). Inter-laboratory calibration of estimated oil equivalent (EOE) concentrations of a water accommodated fraction (WAF) of oil and a chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF). Heliyon, 5(1), e01174.

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Passive dosing yields dissolved aqueous exposures of crude oil comparable to the CROSERF (Chemical Response to Oil Spill: Ecological Effects Research Forum) water accommodated fraction method: Comparison of water accommodated fraction preparations. Environ Toxicol Chem, 37(11), 2810–2819.

2017

Knap, A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Abigail Renegar, D., Frank, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2017). Short-Term Toxicity Of 1-Methylnaphthalene To Americamysis Bahia And Five Deep-Sea Crustaceans. Environ Toxicol Chem, 36(12), 3415–3423.

Conference Presentations - 15

2020

Turner, N. R., Renegar, D. A., Bera, G., Bickham, D. M., Riegl, B., & Schuler, P. (2020). Evaluating the relative sensitivity of Atlantic scleractinian corals to oil and dispersed oil to better inform spill response decision making. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.

2019

Bera, G., Knap, A., Turner, N. R., Renegar, D. A., Whitemiller, E., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of oil and dispersant on deep-sea crustaceans. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Whitemiller, E., Renegar, D. A., Turner, N. R., Bera, G., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S., et al. (2019). Acute toxicity of 1-methylnaphthalene and Macondo surrogate crude oil to the peppermint shrimp, Lysmata boggessi. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Redman, A., Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Sericano, J. L., et al. (2018). Single hydrocarbon toxicity to deep-sea shrimps and use of PETROTOX model in predicting aquatic toxicity of oil. In Oil Spill India 2018 – 5th International Conference & Exhibition on Oil Spill Prevention. New Delhi, India : 07/05/18-07/06/18.
Renegar, D. A., Schuler, P., & Turner, N. R. (2018). A Collaborative Approach to Designing Purposeful Oil Spill Research: Bridging the Gap between Science and Response. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, BC, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.
Renegar, D. A., Turner, N., Bera, G., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Knap, A., et al. (2018). Lysmata wurdmanni as a proxy for deep-water column micronekton in hydrocarbon toxicity studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Turner, N., Renegar, D. A., Bera, G., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Knap, A., et al. (2018). Toxicity of oil to Americamysis bahia and deep-water column micronekton with comparisons to model predictions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., & Sericano, J. (2017). Comparing Water Accommodated Fraction (WAF) making procedures and their chemical composition. In International Oil Spill Conference 2017. Long Beach, CA : 05/15/17-05/18/17: Poster.
Bera, G., Parkerton, T., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In 2nd Annual Texas A&M Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, Texas : 09/20/17-09/20/17.
Bera, G., Renegar, A., Turner, N., Frank, T., Sweet, S., Gold, G., et al. (2017). Temperature and salinity effects on partitioning co-efficient (KPDMS-water) of selected hydrophobic organic carbons (HOCs): their use for passive dosing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Bera, G., Turner, N., Renegar, A., Sericano, J., & Knap, A. (2017). Comparing aquatic toxicity of oil: PETROTOX model vs measured. In SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN : 11/12/17-11/16/17: Poster.

2016

Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2016). Formation of Marine Snow in Presence of Dissolved Hydrocarbons from Oil Spill. In 2016 Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Symposium. College Station, TX : 09/21/16.
Bera, G., Knap, A., Sweet, S., Gold, G., Wade, T., Sericano, J., et al. (2016). Stability and chemical composition of water accommodated fraction (WAF) made through three different procedures and their implication in formation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during oil spill. In 2016 ACS Southwest Regional Meeting. Galveston, TX : 11/11/16-11/13/16.
Knap, A. H., Renegar, A., Frank, T., Riegl, B., Turner, N., & Gold-Bouchot, G. (2016). D-Tox: Deep sea Risk Assessment and Species Sensitivity to WAF, CWAF and Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster .
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org