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Overview

Antonietta Quigg is a researcher affiliated with Texas A&M University at Galveston in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Oceanography, Pollution, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of their work cover various aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems, oil spill detection and mitigation, toxic organic pollutants impact, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, marine biology and ecology research, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Manoj Kamalanathan, Peter H. Santschi, David Hala, Chen Xu, and Karl Kaiser. These collaborations have contributed to a broad exploration of marine and environmental sciences.

Antonietta Quigg's research has been published extensively in several venues. Notable publication outlets include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • mSystems

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Quigg demonstrate the scope and detail of their research. These include:

  • "Nano- and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Marine phytoplankton responses to oil and dispersant exposures: Knowledge gained since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill," 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "The science behind marine-oil snow and MOSSFA: Past, present, and future," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Protein to carbohydrate (P/C) ratio changes in microbial extracellular polymeric substances induced by oil and Corexit," 2020, Marine Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi

    Enrique Navarro;Enrique Navarro;Anders Baun;Renata Behra;Nanna B. Hartmann

  • The Evolution of Modern Eukaryotic Phytoplankton

    Paul G. Falkowski;Miriam E. Katz;Andrew H. Knoll;Antonietta Quigg

  • Phytoplankton in a changing world: cell size and elemental stoichiometry

    Zoe V. Finkel;John Beardall;Kevin J. Flynn;Antonietta Quigg;Antonietta Quigg

  • The elemental composition of some marine phytoplankton

    Tung Yuan Ho;Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Allen J. Milligan

  • The evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton

    Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin;Yair Rosenthal

  • The algal toxicity of silver engineered nanoparticles and detoxification by exopolymeric substances

    Ai-Jun Miao;Kathy A. Schwehr;Chen Xu;Sai-Jin Zhang

  • Zinc oxide-engineered nanoparticles: dissolution and toxicity to marine phytoplankton.

    Ai-Jun Miao;Ai-Jun Miao;Xue-Yin Zhang;Zhiping Luo;Chi-Shuo Chen

  • Nitrogen‐fixation strategies and Fe requirements in cyanobacteria

    Ilana Berman-Frank;Antonietta Quigg;Zoe V. Finkel;Andrew J. Irwin

  • Impacts of Urbanization and Development on Estuarine Ecosystems and Water Quality

    Lauren A. Freeman;D. Reide Corbett;Allison M. Fitzgerald;Daniel A. Lemley

  • Photosynthetic performance, lipid production and biomass composition in response to nitrogen limitation in marine microalgae.

    Yuelu Jiang;Tomomi Yoshida;Antonietta Quigg;Antonietta Quigg

  • Intracellular uptake: a possible mechanism for silver engineered nanoparticle toxicity to a freshwater alga Ochromonas danica.

    Ai-Jun Miao;Ai-Jun Miao;Zhiping Luo;Chi-Shuo Chen;Wei-Chun Chin

  • Direct and Indirect Toxic Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles on Algae: Role of Natural Organic Matter

    Antonietta Quigg;Antonietta Quigg;Wei-Chun Chin;Chi-Shuo Chen;Saijin Zhang

  • Allometry and stoichiometry of unicellular, colonial and multicellular phytoplankton.

    John Beardall;Drew Allen;Jason Bragg;Zoe V. Finkel

  • Fifty-Five Years of Fish Kills in Coastal Texas

    Amanda Thronson;Antonietta Quigg

  • Nano- and microplastics trigger secretion of protein-rich extracellular polymeric substances from phytoplankton

    Ruei-Feng Shiu;Carlos I. Vazquez;Chang-Ying Chiang;Meng-Hsuen Chiu

  • Is the growth rate hypothesis applicable to microalgae

    Kevin J. Flynn;John A. Raven;T. Alwyn V. Rees;Zoe Finkel

  • Aggregation, Dissolution, and Stability of Quantum Dots in Marine Environments: Importance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances

    Saijin Zhang;Yuelu Jiang;Chi-Shuo Chen;Jessica Spurgin

  • Enhanced transfer of terrestrially derived carbon to the atmosphere in a flooding event

    Thomas S. Bianchi;Fenix Garcia-Tigreros;Shari A. Yvon-Lewis;Michael Shields

  • Evolutionary inheritance of elemental stoichiometry in phytoplankton.

    Antonietta Quigg;Andrew J. Irwin;Zoe V. Finkel

  • Irradiance and the elemental stoichiometry of marine phytoplankton

    Z. V. Finkel;A. Quigg;J. A. Raven;John Reinfelder

  • Phytoplankton in a changing world: Cell size and elementary stoichiometry

    Zoe Finkel;John Beardall;Kevin Flynn;Antonietta Quigg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Santschi
Peter H. Santschi Texas A&M University
Zoe V. Finkel
Zoe V. Finkel Dalhousie University
Terry L. Wade
Terry L. Wade Texas A&M University
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Gilbert T. Rowe
Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M University
Uta Passow
Uta Passow Memorial University of Newfoundland
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Anthony H. Knap
Anthony H. Knap Texas A&M University
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jay R. Rooker
Jay R. Rooker Texas A&M University at Galveston

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