Brigid Carr

Research Associate

Phone: +1 (207) 315-2567, ext. 532
bcarr@bigelow.org

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Education

Master’s Degree in Marine Science from University of South Florida (2020)

Bachelors of Science from Eckerd College (2016), Major in Biology, Minor in Chemistry

Research Interests

Brigid Carr has a background in marine pollution events and organic chemical analysis. This includes oil spills and industrial chemicals along with emerging contaminants such as plastic additives. Her role here at Bigelow supports the expansion of our in-house seafood safety monitoring, as well as contributing to the development of methane reducing feed additives for ruminants.

Publications

2023

B. Carr, P. Masque, C. Alonso-Hernandez, D. Huertas, I. Tolosa. Legacy and Emerging Organic Contaminants in a Sediment Core from Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba. Chemosphere, 328 (2023): 138571

2021

E. Pulster, S. Fogelson, B. Carr, J. Mrowicki, and S. Murawski. Hepatobiliary PAHs and Prevalence of Pathological Changes in Red Snapper Aquatic Toxicology. 230 (2021): 105714

2020

E. Pulster, A. Gracia, M. Armenteros, G. Toro-Farmer, S. Snyder, B. Carr, M. Schwaab, T. Nicholson, J. Mrowicki, S. Murawski. A First Comprehensive Baseline of Hydrocarbon Pollution in Gulf of Mexico Fishes Scientific Reports. 10.1 (2020): 1-14
E. Pulster, A. Gracia, M. Armenteros, B. Carr, J. Mrowicki, S. Murawski. Chronic PAH Exposures and Associated Declines in Fish Health Indices Observed for Ten Grouper Species in the Gulf of Mexico Science of the Total Environment. 703 (2020): 135551

2019

E. Pulster, A. Gracia, S. Snyder, I. Romero, B. Carr,G. Toro-Farmer, S. Murawski. Chapter 15: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Baselines in Gulf of Mexico Fishes in: Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War. (2019), Editors: Murawski et al., Publisher: Springer Nature, Switzerland, AG

2018

I. Romero, T. Sutton, B. Carr, E. Quintana-Rizzo, S. Ross, D. Hollander, J. Torres. A Decadal Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Mesopelagic Fishes from the Gulf of Mexico Reveals Exposure to Oil-Derived Sources Environmental Science and Technology. 52.19 (2018): 10985-10996