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

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Brent Thoma

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA 70504

brent.thoma@gmail.com

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Stop-Gap Sampling to Assess the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Macroalgae and Macrocrustaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1
2014
Felder, D. L., Thoma, B. P., Schmidt, W. E., Sauvage, T., Self-Krayesky, S. L., Chistoserdov, A., et al. (2014). Seaweeds and Decapod Crustaceans on Gulf Deep Banks after the Macondo Oil Spill. BioScience, 64(9), 808–819.
Conference Presentations - 7
2016
Vazquez Miranda, H., Thoma, B., Wong, J. M., Felder, D. L., Crandall, K., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2016). Dispersant Exposure causes Generalized Shutdown at the Gene-level in Crabs. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
2015
Camacho, O., Clinton, K., Self-Krayesky, S., Rees, G., Richards, J. L., Sauvage, T., et al. (2015). Trials and tribulations of Gulf of Mexico algae and macrocrustaceans inhabiting deep banks offshore Louisiana: what have we learned since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
2014
Bracken-Grissom, H., Felder, D. L., Thoma, B. P., Wong, J., & Crandall, K. A. (2014). Gene expression and stress response of the flatback mud crab Eurypanopeus depressus exposed to crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
2013
Bracken-Grissom, H., Felder, D. L., Thoma, B., Cabezas, P., & Crandall, K. A. (2013). Biodiversity discoveries and gene expression studies applied to assess the stress response of decapod crustaceans affected by the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Felder, D. L., Fredericq, S., Thoma, B. P., Palacios-Theil, E.;B. - G., H., & Crandall, K. (2013). Assessment of Deepwater Horizon spill impacts on shelf and slope decapod crustaceans. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Thoma, B. P., Lai, J. C. Y., Mendoza, J. C., Clark, P. F., Guinot, D., Ng, P. K. L., et al. (2013). Evolutionary relationships of the superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial markers. In Crustacean Society Summer Meeting. San Jose, Costa Rica, July 7-11, 2013.
2012
Felder, D. L., Chistoserdov, A. Y., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Thoma, B. P., Palacios-Theil, E., & Crandall, K. A. (2012). Assessment of Deepwater Horizon Spill Impacts on benthic decapod crustaceans, 60-2000m. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.