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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Sarah Berke

Siena College

Department of Biology

131 Morrell Science Center
515 Loudon Road
Albany, NY  12211  

sberke@siena.edu

Project List:

Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-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 - 13

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.
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.