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Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies (DROPPS)

Edward J. Buskey

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

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Residual alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during photooxidation and biodegradation of crude oil

Authors: Hernando Bacosa, Deana Erdner, Zhanfei Liu
Published On: Nov 11 2016 17:17 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7765CC1
UDI: R1.x140.000:0001
File Size: 10.69 KB
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Effects of crude oil, dispersant-treated oil, and dispersant on abundance of different plankton groups from natural plankton assemblages in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Authors: Rodrigo Almeda
Published On: Feb 22 2017 20:17 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N71V5C17
UDI: R1.x140.000:0002
File Size: 11.28 MB
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Biofilm mechanics at oil-seawater interfaces

Authors: Vaccari, Liana
Published On: Mar 23 2016 18:51 UTC
File Format: ipynb, h5, csv, avi
DOI: 10.7266/N79P2ZNZ
UDI: R1.x140.123:0002
File Size: 2.66 GB
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Dataset for: Droplet breakup in subsurface oil releases - Part 1: Experimental study of droplet breakup and effectiveness of dispersant injection

Authors: Brandvik, Per Johan
Published On: Aug 01 2016 14:19 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7TQ5ZK6
UDI: R1.x140.124:0002
File Size: 11.7 KB
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Dataset for: Splash behavior and oily marine aerosol production by raindrops impacting oil slicks

Authors: Murphy, David et al
Published On: May 06 2016 17:11 UTC
File Format: tif, xlsx, Matlab data files
DOI: 10.7266/N7V40S59
UDI: R1.x140.124:0003
File Size: 728.41 GB
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Timeseries of surface oil from simulation of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Authors: Skancke, Jørgen
Published On: May 25 2016 13:36 UTC
File Format: NetCDF
DOI: 10.7266/N7JQ0Z23
UDI: R1.x140.124:0004
File Size: 2.36 MB
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Baseline images of Daphnia magna interactions with mineral oil droplets

Authors: J. Rudi Strickler
Published On: Jul 11 2016 21:32 UTC
File Format: tif, cih
DOI: 10.7266/N7Q23X8H
UDI: R1.x140.125:0004
File Size: 280.35 MB
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Dataset for: Interactions between zooplankton and crude oil: toxic effects and bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Authors: Almeda, Rodrigo
Published On: Mar 24 2016 16:14 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N75X26Z2
UDI: R1.x140.125:0005
File Size: 144.14 KB
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Dataset for: Effects of Crude Oil Exposure on Bioaccumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Survival of Adult and Larval Stages of Gelatinous Zooplankton

Authors: Almeda, Rodrigo
Published On: Mar 17 2016 17:41 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7251G6M
UDI: R1.x140.125:0006
File Size: 74.37 KB
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Corexit 9500A, the chemical dispersant used in the DWH oil spill, increases the toxicity of crude oil to marine microzooplankton

Authors: Almeda, Rodrigo, et al
Published On: Jul 13 2016 16:37 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7TT4NZ2
UDI: R1.x140.125:0008
File Size: 45.62 KB
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Dataset for: Ingestion and sublethal effects of physically and chemically (Corexit) dispersed crude oil on marine planktonic copepods

Authors: Almeda, Rodrigo, et al
Published On: Jul 20 2016 21:24 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7NZ85P1
UDI: R1.x140.125:0009
File Size: 26.27 KB
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Dataset for: Dispersant Corexit 9500A and chemically dispersed crude oil decreases the growth rates of the meroplanktonic barnacle nauplii (Amphibalanus improvisus) and tornaria larvae (Schizocardium sp.)

Authors: Almeda, Rodrigo, et al
Published On: Jul 13 2016 19:27 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7KD1VXN
UDI: R1.x140.125:0010
File Size: 44.5 KB
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Dataset for: A new approach to micro-scale particle image velocimetry (mPIV) for quantifying flows around free-swimming zooplankton

Authors: Foster, Charles
Published On: Mar 16 2016 15:03 UTC
File Format: avi
DOI: 10.7266/N7XD0ZPG
UDI: R1.x140.125:0011
File Size: 14.98 MB
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The Oil Spill Paper Database: An in-depth survey of the oil spill literature showing trends since 1968 and changes since Deepwater Horizon

Authors: David Murphy, Brad Gemmell, Liana Vaccari, Cheng Li, Hernando Bacosa, Meredith Evans, Colbi Gemmell, Tracy Harvey, Maryam Jalali, Tagbo Niepa
Published On: Mar 30 2016 20:23 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7SN06Z4
UDI: R1.x140.125:0014
File Size: 255.25 KB
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Presence of gelatinous zooplankton enhances the rate of hydrocarbon degradation

Authors: Brad Gemmell
Published On: Sep 07 2016 19:15 UTC
File Format: tif, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N71834JF
UDI: R1.x140.125:0015
File Size: 32.51 MB
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Observing interactions between planktonic micro-crustacean and suspended oil droplets

Authors: J. Rudi Strickler
Published On: Aug 19 2016 20:24 UTC
File Format: avi, mpg, wmv
DOI: 10.7266/N7H70CV7
UDI: R1.x140.125:0018
File Size: 344.44 MB
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Dataset for: Influence of UVB radiation on the lethal and sublethal toxicity of dispersed crude oil to planktonic copepod nauplii

Authors: Rodrigo Almeda
Published On: Oct 11 2016 19:14 UTC
File Format: csv, xls, xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7PN93NB
UDI: R1.x140.125:0019
File Size: 1.99 MB
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Oil droplet counts and volumes in fecal pellets of planktonic copepods (Temora turbinata, Acartia tonsa, and Parvocalanus crassirostris) exposed to crude oil and dispersant-treated oil emulsions

Authors: Rodrigo Almeda
Published On: Aug 30 2016 21:26 UTC
File Format: xlsx, csv, tif
DOI: 10.7266/N7028PK1
UDI: R1.x140.125:0020
File Size: 10.97 GB
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Water, oil mousse, and sediment bacterial community structure, Northern Gulf of Mexico, May 2010-May 2011

Authors: Liu, Zhanfei
Published On: Aug 22 2013 14:08 UTC
File Format: csv, docx
DOI: 10.7266/N74T6GBG
UDI: R1.x140.126:0002
File Size: 347.85 KB
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Laboratory oil degradation characterized by fluorescence EEMs and hydrocarbon composition

Authors: Liu, Zhanfei
Published On: Aug 21 2013 20:45 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7125QM2
UDI: R1.x140.126:0004
File Size: 35.32 KB
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454 pyrosequencing of bacterial community in surface water near the Deepwater Horizon site collected in May 2013

Authors: Hernando Bacosa
Published On: Jun 07 2016 14:53 UTC
File Format: fasta
DOI: 10.7266/N7H70CRW
UDI: R1.x140.126:0005
File Size: 1.65 MB
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Bacterial community dynamics in oil and Corexit-amended surface water exposed to sunlight

Authors: Hernando Bacosa
Published On: Jun 07 2016 15:43 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7CF9N11
UDI: R1.x140.126:0006
File Size: 47.55 KB
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Residual hydrocarbons during the degradation of light Louisiana sweet crude oil by deep-sea sediment bacterial communities

Authors: Hernando Bacosa
Published On: Jun 07 2016 15:06 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7Q81B3J
UDI: R1.x140.126:0008
File Size: 9.27 KB
Dataset Available Cold Storage

Laboratory study of bacterial encounter rate to a rising droplet

Authors: Jian Sheng
Published On: Nov 30 2016 15:03 UTC
File Format: TIFF, Matlab, Excel
DOI: 10.7266/N7445JJQ
UDI: R1.x140.126:0009
File Size: 547.26 GB
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Laboratory study on structure of Biofilm over micro-printed crude droplet

Authors: Maryam Jalali, Jian Sheng
Published On: Nov 28 2016 20:04 UTC
File Format: docx, jpg, tiff, .000, .001, .002, .003, .004, .005, .008, .009 .010, .011, .012
DOI: 10.7266/N7513W8S
UDI: R1.x140.126:0010
File Size: 89.67 MB
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Oil Droplet Ingestion and Excretion by Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates (Noctiluca scintillans and Gyrodinium spirale)

Authors: Rodrigo Almeda
Published On: Apr 27 2016 20:52 UTC
File Format: csv, tif
DOI: 10.7266/N7X34VGZ
UDI: R1.x140.127:0001
File Size: 14.49 GB
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Petroleum hydrocarbons in oil mousse in surface waters and oil-contaminated sediments adjacent to the wellhead, Marsh Point, 2010-05-20 to 2010-07-30.

Authors: Liu, Zhanfei
Published On: Aug 21 2013 20:47 UTC
File Format: xlsx, docx
DOI: 10.7266/N7W95745
UDI: R1.x140.128:0001
File Size: 92.35 KB
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Petroleum hydrocarbons in water samples, northern Gulf of Mexico, May 2010, August 2010, and May 2011

Authors: Zhanfei Liu, Jiqing Liu, Wayne S. Gardner, G. Christopher Shank, Nathaniel E. Ostrom
Published On: Jul 18 2016 20:28 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7CN71XJ
UDI: R1.x140.128:0002
File Size: 46.44 KB

Lalitha Asirvadam
Technical Coordinator
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Lalitha.Asirvadam@tamucc.edu

Hernando Bacosa
Postdoctoral Fellow
Texas A&M University at Galveston / Marine Biology Department

herbacs3001@gmail.com

Genoa J. Black

The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

genoa.black@austin.utexas.edu

Edward J. Buskey
Professor
The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

ed.buskey@utexas.edu

Shigan Chu
Graduate Student
Johns Hopkins University / Department of Mechanical Engineering

schu13@jhu.edu

Vincent DAlbignac

Johns Hopkins University / Department of Mechanical Engineering

vincentdalbignac@gmail.com

Deana L. Erdner

The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

derdner@utexas.edu

Meredith Evans

The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

m.evans@utexas.edu

Joseph Katz
Distinguished Professor
Johns Hopkins University / Department of Mechanical Engineering

katz@jhu.edu

Seangho Kim

Texas Tech University / Mechanical Engineering Department

seongho.kim@ttu.edu

Cheng Li

Johns Hopkins University / Department of Mechanical Engineering

cli41@johnshopkins.edu

Jiqing Liu

The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

jiqingliu2@gmail.com

Zhanfei Liu
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

zhanfei.liu@utexas.edu

David Murphy
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida / Department of Mechanical Engineering

davidmurphy@usf.edu

Ai Nihongi

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee / School of Freshwater Sciences

anihongi@uwm.edu

Andrea Prosperetti
Distinguished Professor
University of Houston / Department of Mechanical Engineering

aprosperetti@uh.edu

Mark Reed

SINTEF / Department of Marine Environmental Technology

mark.reed@sintef.no

Lindsay Scheef
Research Associate
The University of Texas at Austin / Department of Marine Science

scheef@utexas.edu

Jian Sheng
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Department of Engineering

jian.sheng@tamucc.edu

Jørgen Skancke
Research Scientist
SINTEF / Department of Marine Environmental Technology

jorgen.skancke@sintef.no

Kathleen Stebe
Professor
University of Pennsylvania / Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

kstebe@seas.upenn.edu

Rudi Strickler
Distinguished Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee / Department of Biological Sciences

jrs@uwm.edu

Liana Vaccari
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania / Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

lvaccari@seas.upenn.edu

Xinzhi Xue

Johns Hopkins University / Department of Mechanical Engineering

xinzhirex.xue@gmail.com

Almeda, R., Baca, S., Hyatt, C., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). Ingestion and sublethal effects of physically and chemically dispersed crude oil on marine planktonic copepods. Ecotoxicology, 23(6), 988–1003. doi:10.1007/s10646-014-1242-6

Almeda, R., Bona, S., Foster, C. R., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). Dispersant Corexit 9500A and chemically dispersed crude oil decreases the growth rates of meroplanktonic barnacle nauplii (Amphibalanus improvisus) and tornaria larvae (Schizocardium sp.). Marine Environmental Research, 99, 212–217. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.06.007

Almeda, R., Connelly, T. L., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). Novel insight into the role of heterotrophic dinoflagellates in the fate of crude oil in the sea. Scientific Reports, 4, 7560. doi:10.1038/srep07560

Almeda, R., Connelly, T. L., & Buskey, E. J. (2016). How much crude oil can zooplankton ingest? Estimating the quantity of dispersed crude oil defecated by planktonic copepods. Environmental Pollution, 208, 645–654. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.041

Almeda, R., Cosgrove, S., & Buskey, E. J. (2018). Oil Spills and Dispersants Can Cause the Initiation of Potentially Harmful Dinoflagellate Blooms (“Red Tides”). Environmental Science & Technology. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b00335

Almeda, R., Harvey, T. E., Connelly, T. L., Baca, S., & Buskey, E. J. (2016). Influence of UVB radiation on the lethal and sublethal toxicity of dispersed crude oil to planktonic copepod nauplii. Chemosphere, 152, 446–458. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.129

Almeda, R., Hyatt, C., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). Toxicity of dispersant Corexit 9500A and crude oil to marine microzooplankton. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 106, 76–85. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.028

Almeda, R., Wambaugh, Z., Chai, C., Wang, Z., Liu, Z., & Buskey, E. J. (2013). Effects of Crude Oil Exposure on Bioaccumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Survival of Adult and Larval Stages of Gelatinous Zooplankton. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e74476. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074476

Almeda, R., Wambaugh, Z., Wang, Z., Hyatt, C., Liu, Z., & Buskey, E. J. (2013). Interactions between Zooplankton and Crude Oil: Toxic Effects and Bioaccumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67212. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067212

Bacosa, H. P., Erdner, D. L., & Liu, Z. (2015). Differentiating the roles of photooxidation and biodegradation in the weathering of Light Louisiana Sweet crude oil in surface water from the Deepwater Horizon site. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 95(1), 265–272. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.005

Bacosa, H. P., Erdner, D. L., Rosenheim, B. E., Shetty, P., Seitz, K. W., Baker, B. J., & Liu, Z. (2018). Hydrocarbon degradation and response of seafloor sediment bacterial community in the northern Gulf of Mexico to light Louisiana sweet crude oil. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-018-0190-1

Bacosa, H. P., Liu, Z., & Erdner, D. L. (2015). Natural Sunlight Shapes Crude Oil-Degrading Bacterial Communities in Northern Gulf of Mexico Surface Waters. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01325

Brandvik, P. J., Johansen, Ø., Leirvik, F., Farooq, U., & Daling, P. S. (2013). Droplet breakup in subsurface oil releases – Part 1: Experimental study of droplet breakup and effectiveness of dispersant injection. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 73(1), 319–326. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.020

Brock, L., & Sheng, J. (2019). Robust Fabrication of Polymeric Nanowire with Anodic Aluminum Oxide Templates. Micromachines, 11(1), 46. doi:10.3390/mi11010046

Gemmell, B. J., Bacosa, H. P., Liu, Z., & Buskey, E. J. (2016). Can gelatinous zooplankton influence the fate of crude oil in marine environments? Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.065

Gemmell, B. J., Jiang, H., & Buskey, E. J. (2014). A new approach to micro-scale particle image velocimetry ( PIV) for quantifying flows around free-swimming zooplankton. Journal of Plankton Research, 36(5), 1396–1401. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu067

Jalali, M., White, A. R., Marti, J., & Sheng, J. (2018). Fabrication and characterization of a scalable surface textured with pico-liter oil drops for mechanistic studies of bacteria-oil interactions. Scientific Reports, 8(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25812-y

Liu, Z., & Liu, J. (2013). Evaluating bacterial community structures in oil collected from the sea surface and sediment in the northern Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . MicrobiologyOpen, 2(3), 492–504. doi:10.1002/mbo3.89

Liu, Z., Liu, J., Gardner, W. S., Shank, G. C., & Ostrom, N. E. (2014). The impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on petroleum hydrocarbons in surface waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.01.013

Molaei, M., & Sheng, J. (2016). Succeed escape: Flow shear promotes tumbling of Escherichia colinear a solid surface. Scientific Reports, 6, 35290. doi:10.1038/srep35290

Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d’ Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). Splash behaviour and oily marine aerosol production by raindrops impacting oil slicks. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 780, 536–577. doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.431

Murphy, D., Gemmell, B., Vaccari, L., Li, C., Bacosa, H., Evans, M., … Niepa, T. H. R. (2016). An in-depth survey of the oil spill literature since 1968: Long term trends and changes since Deepwater Horizon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 113(1-2), 371–379. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.10.028

Uttieri, M., Nihongi, A., Hinow, P., Motschman, J., Jiang, H., Alcaraz, M., & Strickler, J. R. (2019). Copepod manipulation of oil droplet size distribution. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37020-9

Vaccari, L., Allan, D. B., Sharifi-Mood, N., Singh, A. R., Leheny, R. L., & Stebe, K. J. (2015). Films of bacteria at interfaces: three stages of behaviour. Soft Matter, 11(30), 6062–6074. doi:10.1039/c5sm00696a

Zhou, Z., Liu, Z., & Guo, L. (2013). Chemical evolution of Macondo crude oil during laboratory degradation as characterized by fluorescence EEMs and hydrocarbon composition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66(1-2), 164–175. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.028