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Kewei Yu

Troy University

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences

213A McCall Hall (MSCX)
Troy , AL  36082  

kyu@troy.edu

Project List:

Analysis of Continental Shelf Meiofauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Investigated during a Long Term Community Study (2007 - 2016)

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Environmental Chemistry of the BP Oil Spill

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Data Contact

Exploring the Mechanisms of Nitrate-aided Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon under Anaerobic Conditions

Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science ConsortiumRole: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2014

Landers, S. C., Nichols, A. C., Barron, N. K., Schimmer, C. A., Tao, R., Yu, K., Stewart, P. M., & Ólafsson, E. (2014). Nematode and copepod diversity (2012) from Louisiana near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127(1), 47-57.
Martinec, C. C., Miller, J. M., Barron, N. K., Tao, R., Yu, K., Stewart, P. M., Nichols, A. C., Steffy, D. A., & Landers, S. C. (2014). Sediment Chemistry and Meiofauna from the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf. International Journal of Oceanography, 2014, 1-10.
Shi, R., & Yu, K. (2014). Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (COREXIT® EC 9500A) on denitrification and organic matter mineralization in a Louisiana salt marsh sediment. Chemosphere, 108, 300-305.

2013

Tao, R., & Yu, K. (2013). Nitrate Addition Has Minimal Effect on Anaerobic Biodegradation of Benzene in Coastal Saline (salt), Brackish and Freshwater Marsh Sediments. Wetlands, 33(4), 759-767.

2012

Yu, J., Tao, R., & Yu, K. (2012). Anaerobic biodegradation of benzene in salt marsh sediment of the Louisiana Gulf coast. Ecological Engineering, 40, 6-10.

Conference Presentations - 7

2015

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Analysis of continental shelf meiofauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill investigated during a long term community study (2007-present). Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. (2015).

2014

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Analysis of continental shelf meiofauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill investigated during a long term community study (2007-present). Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RFP-II #381. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. (2014).
Martinec, C. M., J.M.; Barron, N. L., S.C.; Yu, K. S., P.M.; Nichols, A. S., & D (2014). Analysis of meiofauna and sediment from the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2013

Landers, S. Y., & K.; Sorensen, M. (2013). Analysis of continental shelf meiofauna in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill investigated during a long term community study (2007-present). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Landers, S. Y., & K.; Sorensen, M. (2013). Analysis of continental shelf meiofauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill investigated during a long term community study (2007-2009). In Association of Southeastern Biologists 74th Annual Meeting
Yu, K. Y., & J.; Tao, R. (2013). Anaerobic biodegradation of benzeen in salt marsh sediment of the Louisiana Gulf Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013

2012

Yu, K. Y., J.O.; Tao, R. Y., & K.W (2012). Analysis of anaerobic biodegradation potential for the Gulf spilled oil in coastal salt marsh. In Alabama Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting