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Recovery of salt marsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill linked to recovery of Spartina alterniflora by Fleeger, J. W., Carman, K. R., Riggio, M. R., Mendelssohn, I. A., Lin, Q. X., Hou, A., Deis, D. R., Zengel, S.

“…We examined the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on benthic microalgae and meiofauna in Louisiana, USA, salt marshes. Further, we quantified recovery…”
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Deep-ocean, sediment-dwelling animals are sensitive to sequestered carbon dioxide by Thistle, D., Carman, K. R., Sedlacek, L., Brewer, P. G., Fleeger, J. W., Barry, J. P.

“…The burning of fossil fuel is producing the greenhouse gas CO₂ at a rate that is causing global warming and threatens to change the global environment…”
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Simulated sequestration of industrial carbon dioxide at a deep-sea site: Effects on species of harpacticoid copepods by Thistle, D., Sedlacek, L., Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Brewer, P.G., Barry, J.P.

“…One proposal for alleviating global warming is to sequester large amounts of industrial carbon dioxide on the deep-sea floor, but the environmental…”
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Diel Feeding Behavior of Meiofauna and Their Relationships with Microalgal Resources by Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne, Carman, Kevin R.

“…Diel variation of feeding by ostracods and harpacticoid copepod species on microalgae was examined in a mudflat of a Spartina alterniflora saltmarsh. Feeding…”
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Simulated sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide at a deep-sea site: Effects on nematode abundance and biovolume by Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R., Weisenhorn, P.B., Sofranko, H., Marshall, T., Thistle, D., Barry, J.P.

“…One proposal for ameliorating global warming is to sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide in the deep ocean, but the environmental consequences of…”
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Exposure to carbon dioxide-rich seawater is stressful for some deep-sea species: an in situ, behavioral study by Thistle, D, Sedlacek, L, Carman, KR, Fleeger, JW, Brewer, PG, Barry, JP

“…Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the concentration of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased from 275 to 370 ppm;…”
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What Promotes the Recovery of Salt Marsh Infauna After Oil Spills? by Fleeger, J. W., Riggio, M. R., Mendelssohn, I. A., Lin, Q., Deis, D. R., Johnson, D. S., Carman, K. R., Graham, S. A., Zengel, S., Hou, A.

“…Many factors influence the rate at which biotic communities recover from environmental disasters, and a thorough understanding of these factors is needed to…”
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Does bioturbation by a benthic fish modify the effects of sediment contamination on saltmarsh benthic microalgae and meiofauna? by Fleeger, J.W., Tita, G., Carman, K.R., Millward, R.N., Moser, E.B., Portier, R.J., Gambrell, R.P.

“…A microcosm experiment was conducted using a replicated factorial design to determine if a benthic fish modifies the effects of sediment-bound contaminants…”
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Does historical exposure to hydrocarbon contamination alter the response of benthic communities to diesel contamination? by Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Pomarico, S.M.

“…A microcosm experiment was used to compare the influence of diesel contamination on two benthic salt-marsh communities, one chronically exposed to petroleum…”
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Extraction of benthic microalgal pigments for HPLC analyses by Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne, Carman, Kevin R.

“…Studies of microphytobenthic communities often require the use of HPLC pigment analysis. The first step of such chromatographic analyses consists of extracting…”
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Indirect effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems by Fleeger, John W., Carman, Kevin R., Nisbet, Roger M.

“…Contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals and pesticides can cause direct toxic effects when released into aquatic environments. Sensitive…”
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Response of a Benthic Food Web to Hydrocarbon Contamination by Carman, Kevin R., Fleeger, John W., Pomarico, Steven M.

“…Direct and indirect effects of diesel-contaminated sediment on microalgae, meiofauna, and meiofauna-microalgae trophic interactions were examined in a…”
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Effects of sediment-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on feeding behavior in juvenile spot ( Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépède: Pisces) by Hinkle-Conn, C, Fleeger, J.W, Gregg, J.C, Carman, K.R

“…Juvenile spot ( Leiostomus xanthurus Lacépède) feed by obtaining sediment and manipulating it in its buccal cavity to remove meiobenthic prey. As meiofaunal…”
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Linking ecological impact to metal concentrations and speciation: A microcosm experiment using a salt marsh meiofaunal community by Millward, Rod N., Carman, Kevin R., Fleeger, John W., Gambrell, Robert P., Powell, Rodney T., Rouse, Mary-Anne M.

“…Microcosm experiments addressed the impact of a mixture of Cu, Cr, Cd, Pb, and Hg at three concentrations after 36 h, 12 d, and 30 d on a meiofauna‐dominated…”
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Influence of Grazing and Nitrogen on Benthic Algal Blooms in Diesel Fuel-Contaminated Saltmarsh Sediments by Carman, Kevin R, Bianchi, Thomas S, Kloep, Frank

“…Previous observations of the co-occurrence of high mortality among benthic crustaceans and blooms of benthic microalgae in diesel fuel-contaminated saltmarsh…”
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Contribution of phytoplankton and benthic microalgae to inner shelf sediments of the north-central Gulf of Mexico by Grippo, M.A., Fleeger, J.W., Rabalais, N.N., Condrey, R., Carman, K.R.

“…Marine sediment may contain both settled phytoplankton and benthic microalgae (BMA). In river-dominated, shallow continental shelf systems, spatial, and…”
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The response of nematodes to deep-sea CO2 sequestration: A quantile regression approach by FLEEGER, J. W, JOHNSON, D. S, CARMAN, K. R, WEISENHORN, P. B, GABRIELE, A, THISTLE, D, BARRY, J. P

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Effects of suspended, diesel-contaminated sediment on feeding rate in the darter goby, Gobionellus boleosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae) by Gregg, J.C., Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R.

“…The darter goby, Gobionellus boleosoma, a bottom-feeding gobiid fish, was used as a meiofaunal predator in laboratory experiments designed to determine the…”
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Effects of Estuarine Organic Matter Biogeochemistry on the Bioaccumulation of PAHs by Two Epibenthic Species by Mitra, S., Klerks, P. L., Bianchi, T. S., Means, J., Carman, K. R.

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAF) were quantified in sediments from two sites in southeastern Louisiana in a 14…”
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Chironomid Grazing on Benthic Microalgae in a Louisiana Salt Marsh by Goldfinch, April C., Carman, Kevin R.

“…Field experiments were conducted to examine spatial and temporal variation in chironomid (predominantly Tanypus clavatus) abundance, and their trophic…”
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