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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State University

Project Publications & Presentations

Fates and Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Ecological Structure and Function of Coastal Wetland Ecosystems

Journal Articles - 3

2016

Lin, Q., Mendelssohn, I. A., Graham, S. A., Hou, A., Fleeger, J. W., & Deis, D. R. (2016). Response of salt marshes to oiling from the Deepwater Horizon spill: Implications for plant growth, soil surface-erosion, and shoreline stability. Science of The Total Environment, 557-558, 369-377.

2012

Lin, Q., & Mendelssohn, I. A. (2012). Impacts and Recovery of the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> Oil Spill on Vegetation Structure and Function of Coastal Salt Marshes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science &amp; Technology, 46(7), 3737-3743.
Mendelssohn, I. A., Andersen, G. L., Baltz, D. M., Caffey, R. H., Carman, K. R., Fleeger, J. W., Joye, S. B., Lin, Q., Maltby, E., Overton, E. B., & Rozas, L. P. (2012). Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. BioScience, 62(6), 562-574.

Conference Presentations - 3

2011

Lin, Q. M., & I (2011). Effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on coastal salt marshes. In Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Meeting
Mendelssohn, I. L., & Q (2011). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Bad News - Good News for Wetlands. In Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Meeting
Mendelssohn, I. C., K. R.; Fleeger, J. W., Q.; Hou, A. F., & J.; Michel, J. (2011). The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Impacts to Coastal Wetland Vegetation. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org