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I study photochemical reactions of particulate organic matter suspended in the marine water column. I'm especially interested in the roles played by these reactions in near-coastal organic carbon diagenesis and in abiotic mobilization of hydrophobic organic pollutants in the marine environment.

Publications

• Estapa, M.L., Mayer, L.M., and Hardy, K.H., 2008. “Photoremineralization” of particulate organic carbon. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL.

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• Estapa, M.L., and Mayer, L.M., 2008. "The Role of Organic Carbon in Absorption Properties of Louisiana Shelf Suspended Particulate Matter". 2008 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

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• Estapa, M., Mayer, L., Schick, L., 2007. Oxygen and the photodissolution of shallow coastal suspended sediments and phytoplankton detritus. Gordon Research Conference - Chemical Oceanography 2007, Tilton, NH.

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• Estapa, M., Boss, E., and Mayer, L., 2006. Absorption Changes Associated with CDOM Repartitioning in a Sediment-River Water Suspension. Ocean Optics Conference 2006, Montreal, Quebec.

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