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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf Institute

Project Publications & Presentations

A Comprehensive Assessment of Oil Distribution, Transport, Fate and Impacts on Ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Release

Journal Articles - 7

2019

Ho, P., Shim, M. J., Howden, S. D., & Shiller, A. M. (2019). Temporal and spatial distributions of nutrients and trace elements (Ba, Cs, Cr, Fe, Mn, Mo, U, V and Re) in Mississippi coastal waters: Influence of hypoxia, submarine groundwater discharge, and episodic events. Continental Shelf Research, 175, 53–69.

2017

Shiller, A. M., Chan, E. W., Joung, D. J., Redmond, M. C., & Kessler, J. D. (2017). Light rare earth element depletion during Deepwater Horizon blowout methanotrophy. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 10389.

2013

Zhou, Z., Guo, L., Shiller, A. M., Lohrenz, S. E., Asper, V. L., & Osburn, C. L. (2013). Characterization of oil components from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico using fluorescence EEM techniques. Marine Chemistry, 148, 10–21.

2012

Carmichael, R. H., Graham, W. M., Aven, A., Worthy, G., Howden, S., & Peck, M. (2012). Were Multiple Stressors a 'Perfect Storm' for Northern Gulf of Mexico Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in 2011? PLoS ONE, 7(7), e41155.
Shiller, A. M., & Joung, D. J. (2012). Nutrient depletion as a proxy for microbial growth in Deepwater Horizon subsurface oil/gas plumes. Environ. Res. Lett., 7(4), 045301.

2011

Hoffmayer, E. R., Driggers, W. B., Franks, J. S., Hanisko, D. S., Roffer, M. A., & Cavitt, L. E. (2011). Recent occurrences of basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) [Chondrichthyes: Cetorhinidae], in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4(e87), 1–4.
Howden, S. D., Barrick, D., & Aguilar, H. (2011). Applications of High Frequency Radar for Emergency Response in the Coastal Ocean: Utilization of the Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Vessel Tracking, in Ocean Sensing and Monitoring III. Proceedings of SPIE, 8030(1).

Book Chapters - 2

2014

Biber, P. D., Wu, W., Peterson, M. S., Liu, Z., & Pham, L. (2014). Oil contamination in Mississippi saltmarsh habitats and the impacts to Spartina alterniflora photosynthesis. In Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America (pp. 134–164).

2011

Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Guinasso Jr, N. L., Diercks, A. R., Highsmith, R. C., et al. (2011). Analyses of Water Samples From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Documentation of the Subsurface Plume. In Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise (pp. 77–82). Geophysical Monograph Series, 195. Washington, D.C.: AGU.

Conference Presentations - 15

2012

Shiller, A. M., Joung, D. J., Wade, T. L., Sericano, J. L., Sweet, S. T., Yeager, K. M., et al. (2012). Deepwater Horizon Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distribution and Modification from wellhead to coastal marshes. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.

2011

Biber, P. (2011). Using PAM to detect Oil Stress in Spartina Alterniflora. In Benthic Ecology Annual Meeting 2011. Mobile, AL : 03/16/11-03/20/11.
Curran, S., & Overstreet, R. (2011). Changes in the parasite fauna of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, from coastal waters impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Southeastern Society of Parasitologists Annual Meeting. Helen, GA, April 8, 2011.
Howden, S. D., Barrick, D., & Aguilar, H. (2011). Applications of High Frequency Radar for Emergency Response in the Coastal Ocean: Utilization of the Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Vessel Tracking. In SPIE Conference. Orlando, Florida, April 25-29, 2011.
Joye, S. B., Crespo-Medina, M., Vossmeyer, A., Hunter, K. S., Meile, C. D., Diercks, A. R., et al. (2011). Evolution of water column methane cycling after the 2010 Gulf BP oil well blowout. In American Society for Microbiology Meeting. New Orleans, LA, May 21-24, 2011.
Louchouarn, P., Yeager, K. M., Brunner, C. A., Briggs, K. B.;G., L., Asper, V. L., Couey, N., et al. (2011). Deepwater horizon: Coastal ocean to marsh margin sediment impacts. In American Chemical Society Meeting. Anaheim, CA, March 27-31, 2011.
Shiller, A. M., Joung, D. J., & Wade, T. L. (2011). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distribution and Modification in the Sub-surface Plume Near the Deepwater Horizon Wellhead. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 5-19 2011.
Yeager, K. M., Brunner, C. A., Briggs, K. B., Louchouarn, P., Guo, L., Asper, V., et al. (2011). Deepwater Horizon: Coastal ocean to marsh margin sedimentary impacts. In American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention and Exhibition. Houston, TX April 10-13, 2011.

2010

Biber, P. (2010). Using PAM to detect Oil Stress in Spartina Alterniflora. In Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, Mobile, AL, December 1-2, 2010.
Brewton, R. A., Griffitt, R. J., & Fulford, R. S. (2010). Impacts of Deepwater Horizon oil spill to estuarine fish growth and ecosystem functionality. In American Fisheries Society Southern Division Spring Meeting. Tampa, FL January 14, 2010.
Grimes, D. J. (2010). Marine Bioremediation: The Microbial Response to the Deepwater Horizon Incident. In International Marine Biotechnology Conference. Qingdao, PR China, October 11, 2010.
Guo, L., Zhou, Z., Shiller A.M., & Lohrenz S.E. (2010). Optical characterization of Crude Oils and Dispersant Used in the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Fluorescence EEM Techniques. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2010.
Joung, D. J., & Shiller, A. M. (2010). Trace element distributions in waters affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA December 13-17, 2010.
Wade, T. L., Sweet, S. T., Sericano, J. L., Guinasso, N. L., Lohrenz, S. E., Shiller, A. M., et al. (2010). 2010 Documentation of Sub-Surface Oil Plume by Analyses of Toxic PAH in Water Samples from the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. In Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Meeting. Portland, OR, November 7-11, 2010.
Zhou, Z., Guo, L., Shiller, A. M., & Lohrenz, S. E. (2010). Influence of oil and dispersant on optical properties of dissolved organic matter in the Mississippi Sound/Bight. In Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium. Mobile, AL, December 1-2, 2010.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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