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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium

Project Publications & Presentations

Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil/Dispersant Pollution on Ecosystem Functioning: Assessing C and N Dynamics in Salt Marshes along an Exposure Gradient

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Journal Articles - 3

2013

Mortazavi, B., Horel, A., Beazley, M. J., & Sobecky, P. A. (2013). Intrinsic rates of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation in Gulf of Mexico intertidal sandy sediments and its enhancement by organic substrates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 244-245, 537-544.

2012

Horel, A., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2012). Seasonal Monitoring of Hydrocarbon Degraders in Alabama Marine Ecosystems Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 223(6), 3145-3154.
Horel, A., Mortazavi, B., & Sobecky, P. A. (2012). Responses of microbial community from northern Gulf of Mexico sandy sediments following exposure to deepwater horizon crude oil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 31(5), 1004-1011.

Conference Presentation - 1

2011

Schneider, D. C., & J.A.; Mortazavi, B. (2011). Impact of hydrocarbon contamination on nitrification-denitrification processes in Juncus roemerianus and Spartina alterniflora salt marshes. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference
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