Insights on Marine Oil Snow or Emulsion Formation from Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions with Oil and Dispersant from Surface Tension and Microscopy

Kathleen Schwehr1, Meng-Hseun Chiu2, Manoj Kamalanathan3, Chen Xu4, Luni Sun1, Peng Lin1, Charles Bergen5, Alexandra Yard6, Wei-Chun Chin7, Antonietta Quigg6 and Peter H Santschi8, (1)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Department of Marine Sciences, Galveston, TX, United States, (2)University of California Merced, Bioengineering, Merced, CA, United States, (3)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Biology, TX, United States, (4)Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, (5)TX A&M University-Galveston, Marine Biology, Galveston, TX, United States, (6)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Biology, Galveston, TX, United States, (7)University of California Merced, School of Engineering, Merced, CA, United States, (8)Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States