title: Reply to Prince et al.: Ability of chemical dispersants to reduce oil spill impacts remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kleindienst
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599;
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ziervogel
authors.affiliation: Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543;
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grim
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Loftis
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Sairah Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Malkin
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331;
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331;
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Field
authors.affiliation: Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543;
authors.forename: Mitchell L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sogin
authors.affiliation: Research Group for Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky University, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI), 28359 Bremen, Germany;
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dittmar
authors.affiliation: Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Passow
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602;
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602; mjoye@uga.edu.
authors.forename: Samantha B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Joye
mesh_terms: D053520:Marinobacter / Q000254:growth & development*; D010578:Petroleum / Q000378:metabolism*; D059392:Petroleum Pollution; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum