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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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Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape by Fleeger, J.W., Johnson, D.S., Galván, K.A., Deegan, L.A.

“…Responses of infaunal saltmarsh benthic invertebrates to whole-ecosystem fertilization and predator removal were quantified in Plum Island Estuary,…”
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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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The Contribution of Ecdysis to the Fate of Copper, Zinc and Cadmium in Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthius by Keteles, K.A., Fleeger, J.W.

“…Depuration through ecdysis by grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, was examined by exposure to a sublethal mixture of copper, zinc and cadmium for 72 h, followed…”
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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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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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Macroinfauna responses and recovery trajectories after an oil spill differ from those following saltmarsh restoration by Fleeger, J.W., Johnson, D.S., Zengel, S., Mendelssohn, I.A., Deis, D.R., Graham, S.A., Lin, Q., Christman, M.C., Riggio, M.R., Pant, M.

“…Given the severity of injuries to biota in coastal wetlands from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DWH) and the resulting availability of funding for…”
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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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Contaminant fluxes from sediment due to tubificid oligochaete bioturbation by Reible, D.D., Popov, V., Valsaraj, K.T., Thibodeaux, L.J., Lin, F., Dikshit, M., Todaro, M.A., Fleeger, J.W.

“…The release of the hydrophobic organic compounds pyrene, dibenzofuran and phenanthrene from bioturbated freshwater sediments was studied in laboratory…”
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Planting Spartina alterniflora in a salt marsh denuded of vegetation by an oil spill induces a rapid response in the soil microbial community by Cagle, G., Lin, Q., Graham, S.A., Mendelssohn, I., Fleeger, J.W., Deis, D., Johnson, D.S., Zhou, J., Hou, A.

“…The need for a comprehensive understanding of coastal wetland restoration strategies became clear following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when quantities of…”
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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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Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos to saltmarsh infauna by Galván, Kari, Fleeger, John W., Fry, Brian

“…Despite the paradigm thatSpartinaspp. detritus is the basis for estuarine food webs, other primary producers may contribute to the diets of saltmarsh…”
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Are meiofaunal species cosmopolitan ? Morphological and molecular analysis of Xenotrichula intermedia (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) by TODARO, M. A, FLEEGER, J. W, HU, Y. P, HRINCEVICH, A. W, FOLTZ, D. W

“…A study examined morphological and molecular variation in samples of Xenotrichula intermedia Remane from the Mediterranean Sea, the northwestern Atlantic and…”
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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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Microhabitat use by marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary by BALTZ, D. M, RAKOCINSKI, C, FLEEGER, J. W

“…We used a drop sampler to characterize use of the marsh-edge ecotone by small fishes along two transects running inland from the Gulf of Mexico for ca. 25 km…”
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Food, density, and microhabitat : factors affecting growth and recruitment potential of juvenile saltmarsh fishes by BALTZ, D. M, FLEEGER, J. W, RAKOCINSKI, C. F, MCCALL, J. N

“…The relationships among microhabitat use, food habits, conspecific density and recent growth rate for estuarine-dependent juvenile spotted seatrout, Cynoscion…”
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