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Laura Lapham

University of Maryland

Center for Environmental Science

UMCES Center Administration
Post Office Box 775
Cambridge , MD  21613  

llapham33@gmail.com

Project List:

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

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

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 8

2017

Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Delaney, J., Sarode, N., Marshall, K. S., Whaley-Martin, K. J., et al. (2017). Microbial response to oil enrichment in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured using a novel long-term benthic lander system. Elem Sci Anth, 5, 18.

2016

Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H. P., Seim, H., Lapham, L., & D'Emidio, M. (2016). Sustained in situ measurements of dissolved oxygen, methane and water transport processes in the benthic boundary layer at MC118, northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 41–52.
Underwood, S., Lapham, L., Teske, A., & Lloyd, K. G. (2016). Microbial community structure and methane-cycling activity of subsurface sediments at Mississippi Canyon 118 before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 148–156.

2015

Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., Riedel, M., Holmes, M. E., & Chanton, J. P. (2015). Observing methane hydrate dissolution rates under sediment cover. Marine Chemistry, 172, 12–22.

2014

Lapham, L. L., Wilson, R. M., MacDonald, I. R., & Chanton, J. P. (2014). Gas hydrate dissolution rates quantified with laboratory and seafloor experiments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 125, 492–503.
Magen, C., Lapham, L. L., Pohlman, J., Marshall, K., Bosman, S., Casso, M., et al. (2014). A simple headspace equilibration method for measuring dissolved methane. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, 12(9), 637–650.
Wilson, R. M., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Lapham, L., Lutken, C., Sleeper, K., et al. (2014). Subsurface methane sources and migration pathways within a gas hydrate mound system, Gulf of Mexico: HYDROCARBON SOURCE AND MIGRATION. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15(1), 89–107.

2013

Lapham, L., Wilson, R., Riedel, M., Paull, C. K., & Holmes, M. E. (2013). Temporal variability ofin situmethane concentrations in gas hydrate-bearing sediments near Bullseye Vent, Northern Cascadia Margin: In SituMethane Concentrations. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 14(7), 2445–2459.

Conference Presentations - 19

2018

Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H., Seim, H., Rok, A., Wahl, T., Asper, V., et al. (2018). Methane Plumes in the Deep Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H., Seim, H., Asper, V., Rok, A., Wahl, T., et al. (2017). Monitoring Methane Transport and Sediment Total Oxygen Utilization in the Friction Layer at GC185, GC600 and GC767 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Delaney, J., Marshall, K. S., Girguis, P. R., & Wheat, C. G. (2017). Microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico sediment measured in situ using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2015

Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H., Seim, H., Lapham, L., Magen, C., MacDonald, I., et al. (2015). Tracing Methane Friction Layer Maxima and Plumes from Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps in Deep Waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H. P., Seim, H., Lapham, L., & D'Emidioc, M. (2015). Temporal Variability in Total Oxygen Utilization by Hydrocarbon-Rich Sediments at Lease Block MC118, Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Orcutt, B., Lapham, L., Girguis, P., Wheat, G., Marshall, K., & Delaney, J. (2015). Measuring in situ microbial oil degradation in Gulf of Mexico deep-water sediments using long-term benthic lander enrichment experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Geronimo, G. P., & Lapham, L. (2014). The Microbial Effects of the Addition of Oil to Anoxic Sediments from the Chesapeake Bay. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Magen, C., Finke, N., Joye, S. B., Komada, T., Burdige, D. J., Lapham, L. L., et al. (2014). Production of methane in the upper water column of the open Ocean associated with the deep chlorophyll maximum. In ASLO/AGU/TOS Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Magen, C., Lapham, L., Chanton, J., & Rutkowski, K. (2014). Methane sources and distributions in the water column of the norther gulf of Mexico after the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Maguire, K., & Lapham, L. (2014). Understanding the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sedimentary microbial processes. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014: Poster.
Orcutt, B. N., Lapham, L. L., Girguis, P., Wheat, C. G., Marshall, K., & Delaney, J. (2014). The Microbial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis (MIMOSA): Long-term coupled geochemistry and microbiology experimentation in the deep-sea. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.

2013

Lapham, L., Orcutt, B., Girguis, P., Wheat, G.,, & ECOGIG lander team. (2013). Deep-water sediment biogeochemical time-series data from MIMOSA (MIcrobial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Lapham, L., Wilson, R., Riedel, M., Paull, C. K., & Holmes, E. (2013). Deep-water sediment biogeochemical time-series data from MIMOSA (MIcrobial Methane Observatory for Seafloor Analysis). In American Chemical Society. New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2013.

2012

Biddle, J. F., Lloyd, K. G., Lapham, L., Twing, K., Martin, C., Underwood, S., et al. (2012). Archaeal diversity patterns in relation to hydrocarbon seepage in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
D'Emidio, M., Ingrassia, M., Lutken, C., Macelloni, L., Simonetti, A., Lapham, L., et al. (2012). Biogeographical classification of seafloor seeps at a carbonate hydrate mound, northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.
Highsmith, R., Lapham, L., Macelloni, L., & Torres, M. (2012). Chairs, Session 60: Marine Gas Hydrate Deposits: Research, Monitoring Strategies and Present-Day Knowledge. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Wilson, R. M., Lapham, L. L., Martens, C., Chanton, J. P., Mendlovitz, H., Sleeper, K., et al. (2012). Time-series methane monitoring in gassy sediments and the benthic boundary layer. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.

2011

Martens, C. S., Mendlovitz, H. P., White, B. L., Hoer, D., Sleeper, K., Chanton, J., et al. (2011). Continuous in-situ measurements of near-bottom chemistry and sediment-water fluxes with the Chimney Sampler Array (CSA). In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
Sleeper, K., Wilson, R. M., Chanton, J., Lapham, L., Farr, N., Camilli, R., et al. (2011). Geochemical arrays at Woolsey Mound Seafloor Observatory. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.