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Determining the Degradation Rate Constants of the Hydrocarbons from the Macondo Well and Weathered Oil in Alabama Beaches and Marshes

Behzad Mortazavi

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC)

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Responses of microbial community from Northern Gulf of Mexico sandy sediments following exposure to deepwater horizon crude oil, measurements of daily CO2 production, cumulative CO2 production, MPN, and Carbon Mass Balance.

Authors: Behzad Mortazavi
Published On: Jul 25 2014 21:19 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N77P8WC6
UDI: Y1.x249.000:0001
File Size: 55.53 KB
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Rates of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation in Gulf of Mexico sandy sediments and its enhancement by organic substrates

Authors: Behzad Mortazavi
Published On: Jul 27 2014 20:43 UTC
File Format: Excel
DOI: 10.7266/N73X84MD
UDI: Y1.x249.000:0002
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Enhancing the biodegradation of oil in sandy sediments with choline.

Authors: Behzad Mortazavi
Published On: Jul 27 2014 20:45 UTC
File Format: xslx
DOI: 10.7266/N7057CW0
UDI: Y1.x249.000:0003
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Hydrocarbon degraders abundances, seasonal monitoring in Alabama marine ecosystems, October and December 2010, April an July 2011.

Authors: Behzad Mortazavi
Published On: Jul 27 2014 20:48 UTC
File Format: xlsx
DOI: 10.7266/N7VD6WDQ
UDI: Y1.x249.000:0004
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Agota Horel

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

horel.agota@agrar.mta.hu

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer

University of South Florida / College of Marine Science

Natasha.Mendez@MyFWC.com

Behzad Mortazavi
Associate Professor
The University of Alabama / Department of Biological Sciences

bmortazavi@ua.edu

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. doi:10.1002/etc.1770

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 Pollut, 223(6), 3145–3154. doi:10.1007/s11270-012-1097-5

Mortazavi, B., Horel, A., Anders, J. S., Mirjafari, A., Beazley, M. J., & Sobecky, P. A. (2013). Enhancing the biodegradation of oil in sandy sediments with choline: A naturally methylated nitrogen compound. Environmental Pollution, 182, 53–62. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.022

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. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.10.038