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Ian MacDonald, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science
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Education
- B.A. Environmental Studies, The Friends World College, 1976
- M.S. Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 1983
- Ph.D. Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 1990
Research Interests
- Biogeography of oil and gas seeps on continental margins
- Geology and geochemistry of submarine gas hydrates
- Imaging and remote sensing
- Ocean observation
- Long-term monitoring of coral reef communities
Publications
- Vardaro, M., I. R. MacDonald, L. C. Bender and N. L. Guinasso Jr. (2005). Dynamic biological and physical processes observed at a gas hydrate outcropping on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico. Geo-Marine Letters. DOI10.1007/s00367-005-0010-2 (Click)
- Hovland, M., I.R. MacDonald, H. Ruesl崴en, H.K. Johnsen, C. Mortera, and T. Naehr (2005). The Chapopote asphalt volcano may have been generated by supercritical water. EOS 86(42):397,402 (Click)
- MacDonald IR, Bender LC, Vardaro M, Bernard B, Brooks JR. 2005. Thermal and Visual Time-Series at a Seafloor Gas Hydrate Deposit on the Gulf of Mexico Slope. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 233:45-59. (Click)
- MacDonald, I. R., G. Bohrmann, E. Escobar, F. Abegg, P. Blanchon, V. Blinova, W. Br?n, M. Drews, A. Eisenhauer, X. Han, K. Heeschen, F. Meier, C. Mortera, T. Naehr, B. Orcutt, B. Bernard, J. Brooks? and M. de Farag��004.? Asphpalt volcanism and chemosynthetic life, Campeche Knolls, Gulf of Mexico. Science 304:999-1002.? (Click)
- MacDonald, I.R., Sager, W.W., and Peccini, M.B., 2003, Association of Gas Hydrate and Chemosynthetic Fauna in Mounded Bathymetry at Mid-Slope Hydrocarbon Seeps: Northern Gulf of Mexico: Marine Geology, v. 198, p. 133-158.? (Click)
- De Beukelaer, S.M., MacDonald, I.R., Guinnasso, N.L., and Murray, J.A., 2003, Distinct side-scan sonar, RADARSAT SAR, and acoustic profiler signatures of gas and oil seeps on the Gulf of Mexico slope: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 23, p. 177-186. (Click)
- Nikolaus, R., Ammerman, J.W., and MacDonald, I.R., 2003, Distinct pigmentation and trophic modes in Beggiatoa from hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico: Aquatic Microbial Ecology, v. 32, p. 85-93. (Click)
- MacDonald IR, Leifer I, Sassen R, Stine P, Mitchell R, Guinasso Jr. N. 2002. Transfer of hydrocarbons from natural seeps to the water column and atmosphere. Geofluids 2:95-107. (Click)
- MacDonald IR, Tunnicliffe V, Southward ECdBM. 2002. Sperm Transfer in the Vestimentiferan Ridgeia piscesae Jones: An event observed at Endeavour Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43((3-4)):395-398. (Click)
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