DNA analysis of surfactant and oil associated bacteria in the near-surface layer of the ocean in relation to natural and oil slicks observed with SAR

Soloviev AV, Howe KL, Parks G, Dean CW, Tartar A, Lehner S, Schwarz E, Shen H, Perrie W (2021)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2021

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2021-March

Pages Range: 107-109

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR

Event location: Virtual, Online, DEU

ISBN: 9783800754571

Abstract

Certain types of microbes are associated with natural surfactants, which accumulate on the sea surface and create slicks. Oil spills also contain surfactants. Sea surface and subsurface microbial samples were collected in the vicinity of a leaking oil platform (Taylor Energy) off the Louisiana Coast in April 2017 as a part of the CARTHE/GoMRI project. Argonne National Laboratory performed the DNA analysis of samples using Illumina MiSeq. Here, we analyse the surfactant- and oil-associated bacteria in conjunction with TerraSAR-X, RADARSAT-2, and Sentinel-1 imagery. This new approach may contribute to the monitoring of the ocean environment on a global scale.

Involved external institutions

Nova Southeastern University US United States (USA) (US) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center DE Germany (DE) Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) CA Canada (CA)

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APA:

Soloviev, A.V., Howe, K.L., Parks, G., Dean, C.W., Tartar, A., Lehner, S.,... Perrie, W. (2021). DNA analysis of surfactant and oil associated bacteria in the near-surface layer of the ocean in relation to natural and oil slicks observed with SAR. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 107-109). Virtual, Online, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Soloviev, Alexander V., et al. "DNA analysis of surfactant and oil associated bacteria in the near-surface layer of the ocean in relation to natural and oil slicks observed with SAR." Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2021, Virtual, Online, DEU Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. 107-109.

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