044 Interrelations Among the Chemistry, Geology and Biology of Hydrocarbon Seep Communities in the Deep Gulf of Mexico

Session organizer(s)

Charles Fisher
Pennsylvania State University
cfisher@psu.edu

Harry Roberts
Louisiana State University
hrober3@lsu.edu

James Brooks
TDI Brooks International
Drjmbrooks@aol.com

Gregory Boland
Mineral Management Service
Gregory.Boland@mms.gov

Date: 03-05-2008

Location: W304 E/F

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Oral Presentations

16:00
Roberts, H H; Fisher, C R; Shedd, W; Hunt, Jr., J; Bernard, B; Brooks, J; FLUID -- GAS EXPULSION ON THE DEEP GULF OF MEXICO CONTINENTAL SLOPE: GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK FOR CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITY SITES (Abstract ID:2076)

16:15
MacDonald, I R; Smith , M; Garcia-Pineda, O; NESTED CLASSIFICATION OF GULF OF MEXICO SEEP COMMUNITIES FROM BENTHIC PHOTOGRAPHY (Abstract ID:595)

16:30
Cordes, E E; Becker, E L; Hourdez, S; Fisher, C R; BIOGEOGRAPHIC AND BATHYMETRIC TRENDS IN THE SEEP COMMUNITIES BELOW 1000M IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:1347)

16:45
Hourdez, S; Nelson, K; Schaeffer, S W; Cordes, E E; Brooks, J M; Fisher, C R; PHYLOGENIES OF KEY TAXA FROM DEEP-SEA CHEMOSYNTHETIC COMMUNITYES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER TAXA FROM AROUND THE WORLD (Abstract ID:2197)

17:00
Carney, R S; Becker, E; Fisher, C R; Macko, S A; STABLE ISOTOPE-DETERMINED TROPHIC POSITION OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES IN THE VICINITY OF GULF OF MEXICO HYDROCARBON SEEPS (Abstract ID:1897)

17:15
Joye, S B; Roberts, H H; Bowles, M W; Samarkin, V A; Girguis, P; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN SEDIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRINE SEEPS ON THE LOWER CONTINENTAL SHELF, GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:2511)

Poster Presentations

Raggi, L; Boetius, A; Escobar, E; Dubilier, N; POSSIBLE HYDROCARBON-DEGRADING ENDOSYMBIONT IN BATHYMODIOLUS HECKERAE, A MUSSEL FROM CHAPOPOTE, AN ASPHALTIC SEEP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:2777)

Wankel, S D; Girguis, P R; Fisher, C; Shah, S; MEASUREMENT OF DISSOLVED GASES AT GULF OF MEXICO HYDROCARBON SEEPS WITH AN IN SITU MASS SPECTROMETER (ISMS) (Abstract ID:3142)

Hu, X; Cai, W; Wang, Y; Guo, X; CARBON CYCLING IN TWO BRINE WATER CHARGED COLD SEEP SEDIMENTS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:3245)

Feng, D; Chen, D F; Roberts, H H; PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SEEP CARBONATES FROM ALAMINOS CANYON, GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:252)

Bowles, M W; Samarkin, V A; Joye, M J; ACTIVITY, DIVERSITY, AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA IN OIL-RICH SEDIMENTS FROM A LOWER CONTINENTAL SLOPE GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEP (Abstract ID:2297)

Garcia-Pineda, O; Zimmer, B; Mestas-Nunez, A; MacDonald, I R; QUANTIFICATION OF OIL SEEPS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO BY SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING (Abstract ID:602)

Struck, J M; Duperron, S; Hourdez, S; Cordes, E E; Girguis, P R; Fisher, C R; Dubilier, N; PHYLOGENY AND ECOLOGY OF BATHYMODIOLUS ENDOSYMBIONTS FROM GULF OF MEXICO COLD SEEPS. (Abstract ID:735)

Lessard-Pilon, S A; Porter, M D; Fisher, C; CHANGES AT COLD SEEP COMMUNITIES OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR QUANTIFIED USING PHOTOMOSAICS AND GIS (Abstract ID:1039)

Brooks, J M; Bernard, B B; Fisher, C R; Orange, D L; Adkison, D L; Cordes , E E; CHEMOSYNTHETIC ECOSYSTEM DISCOVERIES IN NIGERIA, INDIA AND INDONESIA FROM GEOCHEMICAL CORING STUDIES (Abstract ID:1198)

Becker, E L; Cordes, E E; Macko, S A; Fisher, C R; USING STABLE ISOTOPES OF CARBON, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR TO DETERMINE LOCAL FOOD WEB STRUCTURE IN LOPHELIA PERTUSA-ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:1270)

Fisher, C R; Cordes, E E; Roberts, H H; Bernard, B; Carney, R; Joye, S; MacDonald, I R; Morrison, C L; Becker, E; Lessard-Pilon, S;OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH OIL, GAS, AND BRINE SEEPAGE, AND ASSOCIATED HARD GROUNDS IN THE DEEP GULF OF MEXICO (Abstract ID:1280)