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Results of this and related research from Marsh Point and 3 sites along the MS coast were submitted as a book chapter and published in 2014:

Biber, P., W. Wu, M.S. Peterson, Z. Liu, and L. Pham. 2014. Oil contamination in Mississippi saltmarsh habitats and the impacts to Spartina alterniflora photosynthesis. Pages 133-171 in B. Alford, M.S. Peterson and C. Green (eds). Impacts of Oil Spill Disasters on Marine Habitats and Fisheries in North America (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press) 

A paper of our NSF-funded research was published in 2012:

Wu, W., P. Biber, M. Peterson, and C. Gong. 2012. Modeling Photosynthesis of Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Bayesian Inference. Environmental Research Letters 7: 045302.

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