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Ryan Sibert

University of Georgia

Department of Marine Sciences

Marine Sciences Building
University of Georgia
Athens , GA  30602  

rsibert@uga.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2019

Diercks, A., Ziervogel, K., Sibert, R., Joye, S. B., Asper, V., & Montoya, J. P. (2019). Vertical marine snow distribution in the stratified, hypersaline, and anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico). Elem Sci Anth, 7(1), 10.

2018

Zhuang, G. - C., Montgomery, A., Sibert, R., Rogener, M. K., Samarkin, V. A., & Joye, S. B. (2018). Effects of pressure, methane concentration, and temperature on the production of methane in marine sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr., 63(5), 2080–2092.

Book Chapters - 2

2016

Sibert, R., Harrison, S. J., & Joye, S. B. (2016). Protocols for radiotracer estimation of aerobic primary oxidation of hydrocarbons in seawater. In Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Sibert, R., Samarkin, V. A., & Joye, S. B. (2016). Protocols for radiotracer estimation of methane oxidation rates at in situ methane concentration in marine sediments. In Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Conference Presentations - 9

2016

Joye, S. B., Passow, U., Montoya, J. M., Asper, V., Harrison, S. J., Sibert, R. M., et al. (2016). Sedimentation of oil-derived material to the seabed is an unrecognized fate for oil derived from natural seepage. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Joye, S. B., Passow, U., Montoya, J. M., Asper, V., Harrison, S. J., Sibert, R. M., et al. (2016). Sedimentation of oil-derived material to the seabed is an unrecognized fate for oil derived from natural seepage. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16.
Saxton, M. A., Sibert, R. J., Petersen, J. M., Tegetmeyer, H., Chakkiath, P. A., Assie, A., et al. (2016). Oil degradation in deep sea mussels of the genus Bathymodiolus: physiological insights from metagenomics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Joye, S., Passow, U., Medeiros, P., Sibert, R., Yang, T., Asper, V., et al. (2015). Rapid sedimentation, resuspension and redistribution of hydrocarbons in the wake of the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Sibert, R., Bernard, B. B., Brooks, J., Hunter, K., & Joye, S. B. (2015). Short-chain alkane production in Gulf of Mexico cold seep sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

King, E. L., Sibert, R., Battles, J., Fields, L., Joye, S. B., & Meile, C. (2014). Hydrocarbon processing at a natural seep in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Sibert, R., Hunter, K. S., & Joye, S. B. (2014). The Influence of Sulfate Availability and Gas Concentration on the Oxidation of Short Chain Alkanes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Sibert, R., Hunter, K. S., & Joye, S. B. (2014). Biological production of short chain alkanes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. In AGU Fall Meeting 2014. San Francisco, CA : 12/15/2014-12/19/2014: Poster.

2013

Joye, S. B., Sibert, R., Battles, J., Fields, L., Kleindienst, S., Crespo-Medina, M., et al. (2013). Sediment biogeochemistry and microbial activity at natural hydrocarbon seeps and at sites impacted by anthropogenic hydrocarbon discharges. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2013.