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Kelly Dorgan

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

University of South Alabama Programs

101 Bienville Boulevard
Dauphin Island, AL  36528  

kdorgan@disl.org

Project List:

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Article - 1

2020

Dorgan, K., Parker, R., Ballentine, W., Berke, S., Kiskaddon, E., Gadeken, K., et al. (2020). Investigating the sublethal effects of oil exposure on infaunal behavior, bioturbation, and sediment oxygen consumption. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 635, 9–24.

Conference Presentations - 16

2019

Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Kiskaddon, E. P., Robertson, A., & Bell, S. (2019). Worms, mud, and oil: benthic community responses to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM) 2019. Newfoundland, Canada : 04/03/19-04/06/19.
Kiskaddon, E. P., Dorgan, K. M., & Berke, S. K. (2019). Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phylogenetic diversity of benthic infauna in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2019 Meeting. Tampa, FL : 01/03/19-01/07/19.

2017

Ballentine, W. M., Dorgan, K. M., Gadeken, K., Mortazavi, B., Parker, R., Kiskaddon, E., et al. (2017). Effects of Macrofauna on Oxygen Consumption and Nutrient Fluxes in Sediments. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Caffray, T., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Long-term changes in benthic community structure following the Deepwater Horizon event. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Caffray, T., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Lasting Effect of Environmental Disturbance on Benthic Community Structure. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Dorgan, K. M., Berke, S., Clemo, C., Gadeken, K., Keller, E., Caffray, T., et al. (2017). Sediment oxygen demand in shallow seagrass beds in the Chandeleur Islands. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Dorgan, K. M., Lockridge, G., Ballentine, W., Wilson, P., Ballard, M., & Lee, K. (2017). Acoustics as a tool for studying infaunal impacts on sediments. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17.
Gadeken, K. J., & Dorgan, K. M. (2017). Rates of benthic metabolism in an intertidal marsh throughout a diurnal oxygen cycle. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Gadeken, K. J., & Dorgan, K. M. (2017). Rates of benthic metabolism in an intertidal marsh throughout a diurnal oxygen cycle. In 5th Nereis Park Conference. Southampton, NY : 08/09/17-08/11/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Ballentine, W., Kiskaddon, E., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., et al. (2017). Sublethal impacts of oil exposure on common bioturbating infauna of the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Cerf 2017. Providence, RI : 11/05/17-11/09/17: Poster.
Parker, R., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Berke, S. K., Bell, S., Weldin, E., et al. (2017). Sublethal Impacts of Oil Exposure on Bioturbation. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.
Weldin, E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Robertson, A., Bell, S., Parker, R., et al. (2017). Effects of oil exposure and diversity on the behavior of Owenia fusiformis. In 46th Benthic Ecology Meeting. Myrtle Beach, SC : 04/12/17-04/16/17: Poster.

2016

Gadeken, K., Dorgan, K. M., Moore, J., & Berke, S. K. (2016). Application of ecophylogenetics to benthic communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Do functional traits follow phylogeny? In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/27/16: Poster.
Gadeken, K., Dorgan, K. M., Moore, J., & Berke, S. K. (2016). Application of ecophylogenetics to benthic communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Do functional traits follow phylogeny? In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting. Portland, OR : 01/03/16-01/07/16: Poster.
Keller, E. L., Caffray, T. E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Bell, S., Robertson, A., et al. (2016). Oxygen fluxes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting. Portland, OR : 01/03/16-01/07/16: Poster.
Keller, E. L., Caffray, T. E., Berke, S. K., Dorgan, K. M., Bell, S., Robertson, A., et al. (2016). Oxygen fluxes in Gulf of Mexico sediments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.