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Marco Franco


University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Department of Biology
franco.marco.e@gmail.com

The Effect of Sediment Bioturbators on the Biological Degradation of Petroleum in Coastal Ecosystems

RFP-II
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
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Mesocosm experiment with single PAH - experimental design, mesocosm water and sediment environmental data, bioturbator data

Authors: Klerks, Paul
Published On: Mar 01 2017 20:08 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7W093WS
UDI: R2.x226.000:0001
File Size: 149.42 KB
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The stout razor clam mesocosm experiment with microbial community composition data and PAH dioxygenase gene copy number data

Authors: Chistoserdov, Andrei.
Published On: Feb 24 2017 14:07 UTC
File Format: Fasta file and Excel spreadsheet
DOI: 10.7266/N7R78C6X
UDI: R2.x226.000:0002
File Size: 588.53 MB
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Mesocosm experiments with single PAH - PAH data

Authors: Klerks, Paul, and Febee Louka
Published On: Feb 24 2017 14:13 UTC
File Format: Zip file of two Excel workbooks with multiple spreadsheets
DOI: 10.7266/N7MK69WH
UDI: R2.x226.000:0003
File Size: 60.02 KB
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Mesocosm experiments with oil at sediment surface - experimental design, environmental data, bioturbator data, PAH degradation capacity

Authors: Klerks, Paul, and Nihar Deb Adhikary
Published On: Nov 05 2015 16:03 UTC
File Format: excel
DOI: 10.7266/N7GT5K6N
UDI: R2.x226.000:0004
File Size: 88.24 KB
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Mesocosm experiments with oil at sediment surface - PAH data

Authors: Klerks, Paul and Louka, Febee
Published On: Mar 10 2017 21:00 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7DV1H8X
UDI: R2.x226.000:0005
File Size: 96.97 KB
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Microcosm experiment assessing influence of ghost shrimp on distribution of oil

Authors: Klerks, Paul and Louka, Febee
Published On: Apr 04 2017 20:42 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7N014XF
UDI: R2.x226.000:0006
File Size: 56.43 KB
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Results from experiments assessing the effects of oil on the sediment bioturbator (ghost shrimp)

Authors: Kascak, Alex; Klerks, Paul
Published On: Mar 06 2017 20:01 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7VH5M7T
UDI: R2.x226.000:0007
File Size: 213.01 KB
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Effects of oil on two species of fiddler crabs (Uca longisignalis and Uca panacea)

Authors: Franco, M., Klerks, P.
Published On: Sep 07 2017 19:38 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N76Q1VNR
UDI: R2.x226.000:0008
File Size: 78 KB

Franco, M. E., Felgenhauer, B. E., & Klerks, P. L. (2017). Crude oil toxicity to fiddler crabs (Uca longisignalis and Uca panacea ) from the northern Gulf of Mexico: Impacts on bioturbation, oxidative stress, and histology of the hepatopancreas. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. doi:10.1002/etc.3982

Klerks, P. L., Kascak, A., Cazan, A. M., Deb Adhikary, N., Chistoserdov, A., Shaik, A., … Louka, F. R. (2018). Effects of the Razor Clam Tagelus plebeius on the Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: A Mesocosm Experiment. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 75(2), 306–315. doi:10.1007/s00244-018-0515-0

Klerks, P. L., Kascak, A., Cazan, A. M., Franco, M. E., & Louka, F. R. (2020). A Mesocosm Assessment of the Effect of Bioturbation by the Ghost Shrimp ( Lepidophthalmus louisianensis ) on the Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Intertidal Zone. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39(3), 637–647. doi:10.1002/etc.4652