GPMB Faculty Profiles
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Dennis Allen
Belle W. Baruch Marine Field Laboratory
University of South Carolina
P. O. Box 1630
Georgetown, SC 29442
(843) 546-3623 ext. 223
dallen@belle.baruch.sc.edu
Ph.D., 1978, Lehigh University
Research emphasis: Estuarine ecology, behavior of zooplankton and nekton, biophysical coupling, patterns and mechanisms of long-term changes in estuarine fauna, roles of motile animals in the structure and function of salt marsh-estuarine ecosystems
Current research projects:
- nekton growth and production; spatio-temporal dynamics in tidal systems
- movements and site fidelity of fishes and shrimps between creeks, oyster reefs, flats, and marshes
- quantifying the role of nekton as sources of dissolved nutrients and transporters of materials in intertidal landscapes
- potential impacts of climate change on zooplankton and larval production
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- recruitment of larval fishes and decapod crustaceans; patterns and mechanisms on time scales ranging from tides to decades
- fish predation on zooplankton; temporal dynamics, selectivity, and resource partitioning
- detection and analysis of unusual events in long-term ecological datasets
- behavioral studies using mesocosms with simulated tidal conditions
- taxonomy of small crustaceans and other zooplankton
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- lift net and large enclosure sampling strategies for nekton, epibenthic sled sampling for zooplankton
- static and flow-through mesocosm experiments
- mark-recapture methods for small motile organisms
Major instrumentation:
- light microscopes, electronic computer interfaced measuring board, nutrient autoanalyzers, sonar, underwater video
Selected Publications:
- Allen, D.M., S.S. Haertel-Borer, B.J. Milan, D. Bushek, and R.F. Dame. 2007. Geomorphological determinants of nekton use in intertidal salt marsh creeks. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 329 (in press)
- Bretsch, K. And D.M. Allen. 2006. Tidal migrations of nekton in salt marsh creeks. Estuaries and Coasts 29:479-491.
- Bretsch, K. and D.M. Allen. 2006. Effects of biotic factors on depth selection by salt marsh nekton. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334:130-138.
- Haertel-Borer, S.S., D.M. Allen, and R.F. Dame. 2004. Fishes and shrimps are significant sources of dissolved inorganic nutrients in intertidal salt marsh creeks. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 311/1: 79-99.
- Johnson, W.S. and D.M. Allen. 2005. Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: a Guide to Their Identification and Ecology. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 379 pp.
- Potthoff, M. T. and D.M. Allen. 2003. Site fidelity, home range, and tidal migrations of juvenile pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, in salt marsh creeks. Env. Biol. Fishes 67: 231-240.
- Lehnert, R.L. and D.M. Allen. 2002. Nekton use of subtidal oyster shell habitat in a southeastern U.S. estuary. Estuaries 25:1015-1024.
William D. Anderson, Jr.
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
(843) 953-9182
andersonwd@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1960, Univ. of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Systematics of Fishes and History of Natural History
Current research projects:
- Systematics -- fishes: Symphysanodontidae -- worldwide; Atlantic and eastern Pacific Anthiinae (members of the seabass family, the Serranidae); Lutjanidae (snappers)--worldwide; Callanthiidae (splendid perches)--worldwide
- History of Natural History: history of natural history investigations in South Carolina
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- systematics of the fish families Lutjanidae, Serranidae, Callanthiidae & Symphysanodontidae
- history of natural history
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- microscopy, radiography
Major instrumentation :
- radiographic unit
Selected Publications:
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 2006. Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 404-417.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr., and V. G. Springer. 2005. Review of the perciform fish genus Symphysanodon (Symphysanodontidae), with descriptions of three new species, S.mona, S. parini, and S. rhax. Zootaxa, 996, pp. 1-44.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 2003. Lutjanidae. Pp. 1479-1504, In K. E. Carpenter (editor). The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. i-vi + 1375-2127. [Dated 2002, but actually published in 2003.]
- Heemstra, P. C., W. D. Anderson, Jr., and P. S. Lobel. 2003. Serranidae. Pp. 1308-1374, In K. E. Carpenter (editor). The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic. Vol. 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. i-viii + 601-1374. [Dated 2002, but actually published in 2003.]
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 2003. Symphysanodontidae. Pp. 1304-1307, In K. E. Carpenter (editor). The living marine resources of the western central Atlantic. Vol. 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. i-viii + 601-1374. [Dated 2002, but actually published in 2003.]
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 2003. John Edwards Holbrook's Senckenberg plates and the fishes they portray. Archives of Natural History, Vol. 30, Part 1, pp. 1-12.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr., and L. D. Stephens. 2002. John Edwards Holbrook (1794-1871) and his Southern Ichthyology (1847-1848). Archives of Natural History, Vol. 29, Part 3, pp. 317-332.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 2002. Andrew C. Moore's "Evolution Once More": The evolution-creationism controversy from an early 1920s perspective. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History, No. 22, pp. iii-iv + 1-35.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr., and C. C. Baldwin. 2000. A new species of Anthias (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from the Galápagos Islands, with keys to Anthias and eastern Pacific Anthiinae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 113, No.2, pp. 369-385.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr. 1999. Callanthiidae. Pp. 2553-2556, In K. E. Carpenter and V. H. Niem (editors). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Pp. 2069-2790. [Actually published in 2000.]
- Sanders, A. E., and W. D. Anderson, Jr. 1999. Natural history investigations in South Carolina from colonial times to the present. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia. xl + 333 pp.
- Anderson, W. D., Jr., and T. W. Pietsch. 1997. Collection building: an overview. Pp. 3-10, In T. W. Pietsch and W. D. Anderson, Jr. (editors), Collection building in ichthyology and herpetology. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Special Publication No. 3.
- Anderson, W. D. Jr., P. J. Kailola, and B. B. Collette. 1992. Two new snappers (Teleostei: Lutjanidae: Apsilinae): Paracaesio paragrapsimodon Anderson and Kailola from the western Pacific and P. waltervadi Anderson and Collette from the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 105, No.3, pp. 443-461.
Agnes Ayme-Southgate
Biology Department
College of Charleston
66 George St.
Charleston, SC 29424
(843) 953-6544
southgatea@cofc.edu
Ph.D., University of Geneva - Geneva, Switzerland
Research emphasis: The assembly and function of muscle cells using Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) as a model system; formation of the complex protein system known as the myofibril during development
John Baatz
Department of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
P.O. Box 250774
114 Doughty St.
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-1049
Fax: (843) 792-1844
baatzje@musc.edu
Ph.D., 1988, University
of Cincinnati
B.S., 1983, University of Cincinnati
Research emphasis: Mammalian Lung Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Current research projects:
- dolphin lung biochemistry
Selected publications:
- Baatz, JE, Zou, Y and Korfhagen, TK. Inhibitory effects of TNF-a on cationic lipid-mediated gene delivery to airway cells in vitro. Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 2001; 1535: 100-109.
- Tokieda, K, Ikegami, M, Baatz, JE, Whitsett, JA. "SP-B Corrects Oxygen-induced pulmonary dysfunction in heterozygous SP-B deficient mice." Pediatric Research, 1999; 46:708-714.
- Miles, PR, Bowman, L., Rao, KMK, Baatz, JE, and Huffman, L. Pulmonary Surfactant Inhibits LPS-induced Nitric Oxide Production by Alveolar Macrophages' Am. J. Physiol, 1998, 276:L186-L196.
- Horowitz, AD, Moussavian, B, Han, ED, Baatz, JE and Whitsett, JA. Distinct effects of SP-A and SP-B on endocytosis of SP-C by pulmonary epithelial cells. Am. J. Physiol.: Lung Cell Molec. Physiol., 1997; 273(17):L159-171.
- Wang, Z, Gurel, O, Baatz, JE and Notter, RH. Acylation of pulmonary surfactant protein (SP)-C is required for optimal surface active interactions with phospholipids. J. Biol. Chem., 1996; 271:19104-19109.
- Wang, Z, Gurel, O, Baatz, JE and Notter, RH: Lung surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C are not synergistic in surface active interactions with phospholipids. J. Lipid Res., 1996; 37:1749-1760.
- Ross, GF, Morris, RE, Ciraolo, G, Huelsman, K, Bruno, M, Whitsett, JA, Baatz, JE and Korfhagen, TR. "Surfactant Protein-A-Polylysine Conjugates for Delivery of DNA to Airway Cells in Culture", Human Gene Therapy, 1995;6:31-40.
- Baatz, JE, Bruno, MD, Ciraolo PJ, Glasser, SW, Stripp, BR, Smyth, KL and Korfhagen, TR: Utilization of modified surfactant-associated protein B for delivery of DNA to airway cells in culture. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1994; 91:2547-2551.
- Horowitz AD, Baatz JE, Whitsett JA: Lipid effects on aggregation of pulmonary surfactant protein SP-C studied by fluorescence energy transfer. Biochemistry, 1992;32:9513-9523.
- Baatz JE, Smyth KL, Whitsett JA, Baxter C, Absolom DR: Structure and functions of a dimeric form of surfactant protein SP-C: A fourier transform infrared and surfactometry study. Chem. Phys. Lipids. 1992; 63:91-104.
- Horowitz AD, Alledge BE, Whitsett JA, Baatz JE: Effects of lung surfactant proteolipid SP-C on lipid order in model membrane bilayers. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1992; 1107:44-54.
- Baatz JE, Sarin V, Baxter C, Absolom DR, Whitsett JA: Interactions of synthetic peptide analogs of human surfactant protein SP-B with model membrane bilayers. Chem. Phys. Lipids. 1991; 60:163-178.
- Venkitaraman AR, Baatz JE, Whitsett JA, Hall SB, Notter RH: Inhibition of synthetic phospholipid-lung surfactant apoprotein admixtures by plasma proteins. Chem. Phys. Lipids. 1991; 57:49-57.
- Baatz JE, Elledge B, Whitsett JA: Surfactant protein SP-B induces ordering at the surface of model membrane bilayers. Biochemistry. 1990; 29:6714-6720.
- Rice WR, Sarin VK, Fox L, Baatz JE, Wert S, Whitsett JA: Surfactant-associated peptides (SP-B and SP-C) stimulate uptake of phosphatidylcholine by isolated cells. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1989; 1006:237-245.
W. Leonard Balthis
NOAA Ocean
Service
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8654
len.balthis@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1999, Medical Univ. of South Carolina
Research emphasis: coastal ecosystem health, benthic ecology, benthic response to human-induced stressors and natural disturbances
Selected Publications:
- Hyland, J.L., C. Cooksey, W.L. Balthis, M. Fulton, D. Bearden, G. McFall, and M. Kendall. 2006. The soft-bottom macrobenthos of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary and nearby shelf waters off the coast of Georgia, USA. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330:307-326.
- Balthis, W.L., J.L. Hyland, and D.W. Bearden. 2006. Ecosystem responses to extreme natural events: impacts of three sequential hurricanes in fall 1999 on sediment quality and condition of benthic fauna in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina. Envir. Mon. Assess. 119:367-389.
- Hyland, J., L. Balthis, I. Karakassis, P. Magni, A. Petrov, J. Shine, O. Vestergaard, R. Warwick. 2005. Organic carbon content of sediments as an indicator of stress in the marine benthos. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 295:91-103.
- Hyland, J.L., W.L. Balthis, M. Posey, C.T. Hackney, and T. Alphin. 2004. The soft-bottom macrobenthos of North Carolina estuaries. Estuaries 27(3):501-514.
- Hyland, J.L., W.L. Balthis, V.D. Engle, E.D. Long, J.F. Paul, J.K. Summers, and R.F. Van Dolah. 2003. Incidence of stress in benthic communities along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts within different ranges of sediment contamination from chemical mixtures. Environ. Mon. Assess. 81(1-3): 149-161.
- Balthis, W.L., J.L. Hyland, G.I. Scott, M.H. Fulton, D.W. Bearden, and M.D. Greene. 2002. Sediment quality of the Neuse River estuary, North Carolina: an integrated assessment of sediment contamination, toxicity, and condition of benthic fauna. J. Aq. Ecosys. Stress Recov. 9:213-225.
- Hyland, J.L., W.L. Balthis, C.T. Hackney, and M. Posey. 2000. Sediment quality of North Carolina estuaries: An integrative assessment of sediment contamination, toxicity, and condition of benthic fauna. J. Aq. Ecosys. Stress Recov. 8:107-124.
- Hyland, J.L., T.R. Snoots, and W.L. Balthis. 1998. Sediment quality of estuaries in the southeastern U.S. Environ. Monitor. and Assess., 51: 331-343.
Dan Bearden
US Department of Commerce/NOAA
National Ocean Service
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC
Phone: 843-762-8865
Fax: 843-762-8737
dan.bearden@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1987, Rice University, Physics
Research emphasis: Marine Metabolomics, Molecular Structure and Function, Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Current research projects:
- Current research is focused on NMR-based metabolic studies of marine systems. The techniques of "metabonomics" are being applied to develop valuable new toxicological tools for marine environmental research.
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- We are interested in all aspects of molecular-level structure and function. This could include drug development, endocrine disrupters and environmental contaminants interacting with proteins, DNA or other cellular macromolecules.
- We investigate potential anthropogenic chemical contamination of marine sediments, water and biota.
Resources
currently used:
Techniques:
- NMR
- LC/MS/MS
- computer simulation and computation
Major instrumentation:
- NMR - 800 MHz, 700MHz and 500 MHz, Bruker instruments
- NMR - Multiple modes of analysis utilizing CryoProbes, LC/NMR/MS, HRMAS and specialty probes
- LC/MSˆn with LC/Ion Trap
- Computers - Apple XServe (16 node cluster), Unix and Linux workstations
Selected Publications:
- M. H. Fulton, P. Key, E. Wirth, A. Leight, J. Daugomah, D. Bearden, S. Sivertsen, G. Scott: An Evaluation of Contaminated Estuarine Sites Using Sediment Quality Guidelines and Ecological Assessment Methodologies, 2006, accepted for publication in Ecotoxicology.
- J. Hyland, C. Cooksey, W. L. Balthis, M. Fulton, D. Bearden, G. McFall, M. Kendall: The soft-bottom macrobenthos of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) and nearby shelf waters off the coast of Georgia, USA, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 330: 307-326 (2006).
- R. F. Van Dolah, G. H. M. Riekerk, M. V. Levisen, G. I. Scott, M. H. Fulton, D. Bearden, S. Sivertsen, K. Chung, D. M. Sanger: An Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Runoff From Highways Into Estuarine Wetlands of South Carolina, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 49: 362-370 (2005).
- M. H. Fulton, G. I. Scott, M. E. DeLorenzo, P. B. Key, D. W. Bearden, E. D. Strozier, C. J. Madden: Surface Water Pesticide Movement from the Dade County Agricultural Area to the Everglades and Florida Bay via the C-111 Canal, Bulletin of Environmental Contaminant Toxicology 73: 527–534 (2004).
- E. F. Wirth, P.L Pennington, J. C Lawton, M. E. DeLorenzo, D. Bearden, B. Shaddrix, S. Sivertsen, M. H. Fulton: The Effects of the Contemporary-Use Insecticide (Fipronil) in an Estuarine Mesocosm, Environmental Pollution, 131: 365-371 (2004).
- L. L. Remsing, J. Garcia-Bernardo, A. Gonzalez, E. Kunzel, U. Rix, A. F. Bran, D. W. Bearden, C. Mendez, J. A. Salas, and J. Rohr: Ketopremithramycins and Ketomithramycins, Four New Aureolic Acid-Type Compounds Obtained upon Inactivation of Two Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of the Deoxysugar Moieties of the Antitumor Drug Mithramycin by Streptomyces Argillaceus, Reveal Novel Insights into Post-PKS Tailoring Steps of the Mithramycin Biosynthetic Pathway, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124: 1606-1614 (2002).
- C. Mendez, E. Kunzel, F. Lipata, F. Lombo, W. Cotham, M. Walla, D. W. Bearden, A. F. Brana, J. A. Salas, J. Rohr; Oviedomycin, an unusual angucyclinone encoded by genes of the oleandomycin-producer Streptomyces antibioticus Journal of Natural Products. 65(5):779-82 (2002).
- G. I. Scott, M. H. Fulton, E. F. Wirth, G. T. Chandler, P. B. Key, J. W. Daugomah, D. Bearden, K. W. Chung, E. D. Strozier, M. DeLorenzo, S. Sivertsen, A. Dias, M. Sanders, J. M. Macauley, L. R. Goodman, M. W. LaCroix, G. W. Thayer, J. Kucklick: Toxicological Studies in Tropical Ecosystems: An Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment of Pesticide Runoff in South Florida Estuarine Ecosystems, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 50: 4400-4408 (2002).
- W. L. Balthis, J. L. Hyland, G. I. Scott, M. H. Fulton, D. W. Bearden, M. D. Greene: Sediment Quality of the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina: an integrated assessment of sediment contamination, toxicity, and condition of benthic fauna, Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery, 9: 213-225 (2002).
- M. A. Lewis, G. I. Scott, D. W. Bearden, R. L. Quarles, J. Moore, E. D. Strozier, S. K. Sivertsen, A. R. Dias, M. Sanders: Fish Tissue Quality in Near-Coastal Areas of the Gulf of Mexico Receiving Point Source Discharges, Science of the Total Environment 284: 249-261 (2002).
- D. Hoffmeister, K. Ichinose, S. Domann, B. Faust, A. Trefzer, G. Drager, A Kirschning, C. Fischer, E. Kunzel, D. W. Bearden, J. Rohr, A. Bechthold: The NDP-sugar co-substrate concentration and the enzyme expression level influence the substrate specificity of glycotransferases: cloning and characterization of deoxysugar biosynthetic genes of the urdamycin biosynthetic gene cluster, Chemistry and Biology 7: 821-831 (2000).
- F. Lombo, E. Kunzel, L. Prado, A. F. Brana, K. U. Bindseil, J. Frevert, D. Bearden, C. Mendez, J. A. Salas, J. Rohr: The Novel Hybrid Antitumor Compound Premithramycinone H Provides Indirect Evidence for a Tricyclic Intermediate of the Biosynthesis of the Aureolic Acid Antibiotic Mithramycin, Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 39: 796-799 (2000).
Paul Becker
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 762-8861
Fax: (843) 762-8724
paul.becker@nist.gov or paul.becker@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1972, Texas A&M University
Research emphasis: Marine Ecology; Fate and Effects of Environmental Contaminants
Current research projects:
- Geographical variation of halogenated organic contaminants (PCBs, DDT, etc.) in Arctic biota as related large-scale transport mechanisms and patterns
- Evaluation of halogenated organic contaminants and trace element levels in marine biota as related to animal health
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- Evaluation of concentration levels of anthropogenic contaminants in marine mammals and seabirds as related to the health of local human subsistence consumers in the Arctic
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Has access to all expertise, computers, statistical techniques and software, and instrumentation, available at the NIST Charleston Laboratory for the analysis of trace organic contaminants and trace elements in marine samples
Major instrumentation:
- Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (quadrapole and time of flight)
- Gas chromatography with electron-capture detection
- High-performance liquid chromatography (various types)
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Selected publications:
- Day, R. D., Christopher, S. J., Becker, P. R., Whitaker, D. W., Owens, D. W. Monitoring mercury in loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta. Environ. Sci. Tech. (accepted for publication)
- Tuerk, K. J., Kucklick, J. R., McFee, W, E., Pugh, R. S., Becker, P. R. Life history effects on POPs in the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. (in press)
- Struntz, D. J., Kucklick, J. R., Schantz, M. M., Becker, P. R., McFee, W. E., Stolen, M. K. 2004. Persistent organic pollutants in rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) sampled during an unusual mortality event. Mar. Poll. Bull. 48:164-192.
- Vander Pol, S. S., Becker, P. R., Kucklick, J. R., Pugh, R. S., Roseneau, D. G., and Simac, K. S. 2004. Persistent organic pollutants in Alaskan murre (Uria spp.) eggs: Geographical, species, and temporal comparisons. Environ. Sci. Tech. 38(5):1305-1312.
- Mackey, E.A., R.D. Oflaz, M.S. Epstein, B. Buehler, B.J. Porter, T. Rowles, S.A. Wise, P.R. Becker. 2003. Elemental composition of liver and kidney tissues of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis). Arch. Env. Contam. Toxicol. 44 (4): 523-533.
- Christopher, S.J., S.S. Vander Pol, R.S. Pugh, R.D. Day, P.R. Becker. 2002. Determination of mercury in the eggs of common murres (Uria aalge) for the seabird tissue archival and monitoring project. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 17:780-785.
- O’Hara, T.M., P.R. Becker. 2002. Persistent Organic Contaminants in Arctic Marine Mammals. In: Toxicology of Marine Mammals. (J.G. Vos, G. Bossart, M. Fournier, and T. O’Shea, editors). Chapter 8, pages 168 - 205. Taylor & Francis, London. 656 p.
- Kucklick, J.R., Struntz W.D.J., Becker P.R., York G.W., O'Hara T.M., Bohonowych J.E. 2002. Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from northern Alaska. Sci. Total Environ. 287:45-59.
- Becker, P.R. 2000. Concentration of chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in Alaska Arctic marine mammals. Mar. Poll. Bull. 40/10:819-829.
- Becker, P.R., M.M. Krahn, E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, M.M. Schantz, M. Epstein, M.K. Donais, B. Porter, D.C.G. Muir, S.A. Wise. 2000. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides, and heavy metals and other elements in tissues of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, from Cook Inlet, Alaska. Mar. Fish. Rev. 62(3):81-98.
- Krone, C.A., P.A. Robisch, K.L. Tilbury, J.E. Stein, E.A. Mackey, P.R. Becker, T.M. O'Hara, and L.M. Philo. 1999. Elements in liver tissues of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Mar. Mam. Sci. 15(1): 123-142.
- Mackey, E.A., R. Demiralp, R. K.A. Fitzpatrick, B.J. Porter, S.A. Wise, P.R. Becker, R.R. Greenberg. 1999. Quality assurance in analysis of cryogenically stored liver tissue specimens from the NIST National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NBSB). Sci. Total. Environ. 226:165-176.
- O'Hara, T.M., M.M. Krahn, D. Boyd, P.R. Becker, L.M. Philo. 1999. Organochlorine contaminant levels in Eskimo harvested bowhead whales of Arctic Alaska. J. Wildlife Diseases 35(4):741-752.
- Krahn, M., D. Burrows, J. Stein, P. Becker, M. Schantz, D. Muir, T. O’Hara, T. Rowles. 1999. White whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from three Alaskan stocks: Concentrations and patterns of persistent organochlorine contaminants in blubber. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 1(3):239-249.
Craig Browdy
Marine Resources Research Institute
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
217 Ft. Johnson Rd. (PO Box 12559)
Charleston, SC 29422
Phone: 843-953-9840
Fax: 425-944-2449
Email: browdycl@musc.edu
Ph.D., 1989, Tel Aviv University
Research emphasis: Aquaculture
Current research projects:
- aquaculture production system ecology and dynamics with a focus on microbial community structure and function
- penaeid shrimp pathology and immunology with an emphasis on viral disease
- risks and benefits of seafood with an emphasis on developing alternative aquaculture sources of high benefit low risk options
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- physiology and endocrine control of reproduction in penaeid shrimp
- environmentally friendly advanced shrimp production strategies
- holistic approaches to feeds and systems development for seafood production
- shrimp health and disease control including genomic perspectives
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- small, medium and large scale sea water aquaculture production units including penaeid shrimp maturation, hatchery, nursery and growout systems
- controlled biosecure bioassay systems for the study of shrimp disease and immunology
Major instrumentation:
- instrumentation for photomicroscopy, histology, microbiology and water chemistry
Selected publications:
- Robalino, J. T.C. Bartlett, R.W. Chapman, P.S. Gross, C.L. Browdy, and G.W. Warr. 2007. Double stranded RNA and antiviral immunity in marine shrimp: Inducible host mechanisms and evidence for the evolution of viral counter-responses. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 31:539-547.
- Wasielesky, W. Jr., H. Atwood, A. Stokes and C.L. Browdy. 2006. Effect of natural production in brown water super-intensive culture system for white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 258:396-403.
- Browdy, C., G. Seaborn, H. Atwood, D.A. Davis, R.A. Bullis, T.M. Samocha, E. Wirth and J. Leffler. 2006. Comparison of pond production efficiency, fatty acid profiles, and contaminants in Litopenaeus vannamei fed organic plant-based and fish-meal-based diets. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37:437-451.
- Browdy, C.L. and S.M. Moss. 2005. Shrimp Culture In: Urban, Superintensive Closed Systems. Pages 173-186 In: B.A. Costa Pierce editor. Urban Aquaculture. Blackwell Science, Oxford UK.
- Browdy, C.L. 1998. Recent developments in penaeid broodstock and seed production technologies: Improving the outlook for superior captive stocks. Aquaculture 164:3-21.
Erin J. Burge
Department of Marine Science
Coastal Carolina University
PO Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528
(843) 349-6491
eburge@coastal.edu
Ph.D., 2003,
College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Research emphasis: Environmental immunology and molecular biology
of marine invertebrates and fishes
Current
research projects:
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms that marine organisms use to defend themselves
against infectious disease, and how environmental change influences these processes.
Current projects include:
- Developing and evaluating molecular markers for crustacean hemocytes
- Evaluating the impact of natural stress factors (hypoxia, low pH, temperature) and xenobiotics (metals, organics) on the resistance of fish, crustaceans and oysters to Vibriosis.
- Investigation of gene expression of important innate immune genes in shrimp
- Quantifying the impact of sublethal bacterial infection and environmental change on the crustacean immune system
Past research projects:
- The role of the natural resistance-associated macrophage protein (Nramp) in resistance to mycobacteria in striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
- Expression of cytochrome P4501A in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) from PAH contaminated sites
- Expression of zinc-binding proteins in squirrelfish (Holocentrus ascensionis)
- Effects of bacitracin on the propagation of Perkinsus marinus infected oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in vitro and in vivo
Resources
currently used:
Techniques:
- PCR and quantitative real time PCR, in vitro transcription, primer and hybridization probe design and optimization, microbiological techniques, whole animal disease challenge assays
Major instrumentation:
- Applied Biosystems Sequence Detection System 7500 (real-time PCR), high-throughput cell/tissue homogenizer, UV/VIS spectrophotometer, agarose gel electrophoresis
Selected Publications:
- Burge, E. J., D. J. Madigan, L. E. Burnett and K. G. Burnett. 2007. Lysozyme gene expression by hemocytes of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after injection with Vibrio. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 22: 327-329.
- Powell, J. W. B., C. L. Browdy, E. J. Burge and E. F. Shepard. 2006. Sensitivity determination of Shrimple®, an immunochromatographic assay for white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), using quantitative real-time PCR. Aquaculture. 257(1-4): 167-172.
- Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier and P. A. Van Veld. 2004. In vitro response of the striped bass natural resistance-associated macrophage protein, Nramp, to LPS and Mycobacterium marinum exposure. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology and Pharmacology. 138(3): 391-400.
- Burge, E. J., D. T. Gauthier, C. A. Ottinger, and P. A. Van Veld. 2004. A Mycobacterium-inducible Nramp in striped bass Morone saxatilis. Infection and Immunity 72(3): 1626-1636.
- Thompson, E. D., Olsson, P., Mayer, G. D., Walsh, P. J., Haux, C., Burge, E., and C. Hogstrand. 2001. Effects of 17-estradiol on levels and distribution of metallothionein and zinc in squirrelfish. American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 280: R527-R535.
Karen
Burnett
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8933
burnettk@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1978, University of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Environmental and Comparative Immunology
Current research
projects:
Our laboratory studies the mechanisms that marine organisms use to defend
themselves against infectious disease. In current student projects we are:
- evaluating the impact of natural stress factors (hypoxia, low pH, temperature) and xenobiotics (metals, organics) on the resistance of fish, crustaceans and oysters to Vibriosis.
- assessing impacts of dietary supplements on resistance to bacterial disease in shrimp.
- identifying and characterizing intracellular signaling systems that are vital to the immune system in fish, crustaceans and oysters, and evaluating the response of these intracellular signals to environmental contaminants such as organics and heavy metals.
Potential research areas of interest:
- seasonal cycles of the immune response in shrimp
- response to viral infections in shrimp
- Mycobacteria infections in fish
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Western blot, ELISAs, cell culture and proliferation assays, ROI production, microbiological techniques, whole animal disease challenge assay and toxicity testing. Additional molecular techniques (w/ postdoctoral fellow Dr. Erin Burge) including PCR and quantitative real time PCR.
Major instrumentation:
- cell culture incubators, laminar flow hoods, spectrophotometers, ELISA reader, Western blot apparatus/power supplies, real time PCR system, fluorescence microscopes (stereo-, upright-, inverted).
Lou
Burnett
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 953-9170
burnettl@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1977, U. of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Environmental Physiology
Current research projects:
- how are cellular defense mechanisms of marine organisms (e.g., oysters, shrimp, fishes) affected by environmental variables such as hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide) and hypoxia (low oxygen)?
- adaptations of marine organisms to low oxygen.
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- physiological mechanisms associated in animals with the transition from breathing water to breathing air.
- comparative physiology of respiratory pigments.
- environmental physiology of adaptations to low oxygen and high carbon dioxide.
- the general mechanisms (respiratory, acid-base, ion regulatory) animals use to adapt to estuarine conditions.
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- isotopic tracers to monitor the fluxes of ions or respiratory carbon dioxide.
- oxygen binding properties of respiratory pigments.
- acid-base physiology of animals.
- respiratory (blood-gas, oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production) physiology of marine organisms (from sea urchins to elasmobranchs).
Major instrumentation:
- liquid scintillation counter
- acid-base analyzers
- blood gas analyzers
- oxygen analyzer
- osmometer
- chloride titrator
- respirometers
Bob Chapman
Hollings Marine Lab
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8860
chapmanr@dnr.sc.gov
Ph.D., 1980, University of Georgia
Research emphasis: Population Genetics, Molecular Systematics, Invertebrate Immunology
Current research projects:
- Stock structure of coastal marine fishes of the southeastern U.S. determined by molecular techniques
- Stock stricture of dolphin, Coryphena hipurus, in the Western Central Atlantic as determine by molecular genetic techniques
- Genetic stock identification of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci, and red grouper, Epinephelus morio, in the Western Atlantic
- Shrimp Disease and Immunity: Host, Pathogen, Environment Interactions
- Sampling and Evaluation of white spot and IHHN virus in commercially important South Atlantic Penaeid Shrimp Stocks
Selected Publications:
- K.L. Rhodes R.W. Chapman R.I. Lewis Y. Sadovy. Genetic structure of camouflage grouper, Epinephelus polyphekadion (Pisces: Serranidae), in the western central Pacific. Marine Biology in press.
- Chapman, R.W., A.O. Ball and L.R. Mash. (2002) Spatial homogeneity and temporal heterogeneity of red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, microsatellites: Effective populations sizes and management implications. Marine Biotechnology 4:589-603.
- Wiley, B. A. and R. W. Chapman. (2002) Population Restructure of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. In The Biology of Sea Trout, S.A. Bortone ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
- Jenny, M.J.. Ringwood, A. H. Lacy, E. R. Lewitus, A. J. Kempton, J. W.Gross, P.S. Warr, G. W. and Chapman, R. W. (2002). Potential indicators of stress response identified by expressed sequence tag analysis of hemocytes and embryos from the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Marine Biotechnology.
- Gross, P.S., T.C. Bartlett, C.L. Browdy, R.W. Chapman, and G.W. Warr., 2001. Immune gene discovery by expressed sequence tag analysis of hemocytes and hepatopancreas in the Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and the Atlantic White Shrimp, L. setiferus. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 25 (7): 565-577.
- Ball, A.O., G.R. Sedberry. M.S. Zatcoff. R.W. Chapman, J.L. Carlin. (2000). Population structure of the wreckfish Polyprion americanus, determined with microsatellite genetic markers. Mar. Biol. 137: 1077-1090.
- Coleman, F.C., C.C. Koenig, G.R. Huntsman, J.A. Musick, A.M. Eklund, J.C. McGovern, R.W. Chapman, G.R. Sedberry and C.B. Grimes. 2000. Long-lived reef fishes: The grouper-snapper complex. Fisheries 25(3): 14-21.
- Sedberry, GR; Andrade, CAP; Carlin, JL; Chapman, RW; Luckhurst, BE; Manooch, CS III; Menezes, G; Thomsen, B; Ulrich, GF. 1999. Wreckfish Polyprion americanus in the North Atlantic: Fisheries, Biology, and Management of a Widely Distributed and Long-Lived Fish. In Life in the Slow Lane: Ecology and Conservation of Long-Lived Marine Animals, J.A. Musick ed. Amer. Fish. Soc. Bethesda, MD.
- Stevenson, D.E., R.W. Chapman and G.R. Sedberry. 1999. Stock identification in Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus, using microsatellite DNA analysis. Proc. Gulf Carib. Fish. Inst. 50: 727-749.
- Chapman, R. W., G. R. Sedberry, C. C. Koenig and J. C. McGovern. 1999. Stock identification of gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, along the southeast coast of the United States. Mar. Biotechnol. 1:137-146..
- Chapman, R. W., G. R.. Sedberry. J. C. McGovern and B. A. Wiley 1999. The genetic consequences of reproductive variance. Studies in species with different longevities. Pp. 169-180 in Life in the Slow Lane: The Ecology and Conservation of Long-Lived Animals. J.A.Musick ed. Amer. Fish. Soc. Bethesda, MD.
- Small. M. P. and R. W. Chapman. 1997. Intraspecific variation in the 16s ribosomal gene of Crassostrea virginica. Mole. Mar. Biol. Biotech 6:189-196.
Potential research areas of interest:
- Population structure of Caribbean reef fishes.
- Molecular biology of invertebrate immune systems.
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Cloning
- PCR
- DNA sequencing
- restriction enzyme digestion
- electrophoresis (polyacrylimide/agarose)
Major instrumentation:
- DNA thermal cyclers
Steven Christopher
NIST Charleston
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8856
steven.christopher@noaa.gov
Ph.D., Analytical
Chemistry, Clemson University, 1998
B.S., Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1993
Current research interests: Application of plasma based spectroscopies to a broad range of analytical problems. Development of high accuracy methods for the determination of mercury and other contaminants in marine biological materials. Advancement of hyphenated analytical methods related to the study of organometallic species in marine and environmental samples.
Selected publications:
- Analytical
Methodology for the Determination of Mercury in the Eggs of Arctic Common
Murre (Uria Aalge) for the Seabird Tissue Archival Monitoring Program.
Christopher, S.J.; Vander Pol, S.; Pugh, R.; Day, R.; Becker, P. Journal of
Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, 2002 Young Analytical Scientist Special Invitation
Issue (J.
Anal. At. Spectrom., 2002, 17, 780-785) - Development of Isotope Dilution Cold Vapor Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Its Application to the Certification of Mercury in NIST Standard Reference Materials. Christopher, S.J.; Long, S.E.; Rearick, M.S.; Fassett, J.D. Analytical Chemistry, 2001, vol. 73, no. 10, pp. 2190-2199
- Evaluation of Helium-Argon Mixed Gas Plasmas for Bulk and Depth-Resolved Analyses by Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Spectroscopy. Hartenstein, M.L.; Christopher, S.J.; Marcus, R.K. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 1999, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1039
- Characterization of Helium/Argon Working Gas Systems in a Radiofrequency Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Source. Part I. Optical emission, Sputtering and Electrical Characteristics. Christopher, S.J.; Hartenstein, M.L.; Marcus, R.K.; Belkin, M.; Caruso, J.A. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, vol. 53, 6-8, pp. 1181-1196
- Characterization of Helium/Argon Working Gas Systems in a Radiofrequency Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Source. Part II. Langmuir probe and emission intensity studies for Al, Cu, and Macor samples. Belkin, M.; Caruso, J.A.; Christopher, S.J.; Marcus, R.K. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, vol. 53, 6-8, pp. 1197-1208
- Ion kinetic Energy Distributions and their Relationship to Fundamental Plasma Parameters in a Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Source. Christopher, S.J.; Ye, Y.; Marcus, R.K. Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 1997, vol. 52, no. 11, pp. 1627-1644
- Evidence for Changes in the Conformation of Flexible Solutes Dissolved in Supercritical Solvents. Rice, J.K.; Christopher, S.J.; Narang, U. The Analyst, 1994, vol. 119, no. 4, pp. 505-510
Loren Coen
Director, Marine Laboratory
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
900A Tarpon Bay Rd.
Sanibel, FL 33957
Phone: (239) 395-4617
lcoen@sccf.org
http://recon.sccf.org
http://www.oyster-restoration.org
http://www.sccf.org/mlab_index.htm
Ph.D., 1987, University of Maryland, College Park
- Adjunct Faculty, Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina, 2000-present
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson, 2007-present
- Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2008-present
Research emphasis: Marine Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, Shellfish Biology, Habitat Restoration & Functioning, Water Quality, Remote Sensing of Estuarine Habitats
Current and recent research projects:
- Seagrass, macroalgae, mangrove and oyster reef interactions
- Using Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) systems (River Estuary Coastal Observing Network or RECON) to assess water quality in nearshore tropical systems
- Functional role of intertidal oyster reefs as “biologically-critical” estuarine habitats
- Restoration of estuarine habitats, especially oyster reefs
- Evaluating anthropogenic and natural impacts on intertidal habitats and associated shoreline changes using direct observations, experiments and remote sensing
- Evaluating environmental effects of mosquito spraying
- Using extant molluscs (Boonea) to assess midden harvesting seasons
- Ecology of oyster diseases
- The ecological effects of large-scale field clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) mariculture on growth, nutrition and inshore estuarine creek communities
- Bivalve molluscs as indicators of habitat health
- Flow, food and bivalve growth
- Ecology of invasive/exotic species
Resources currently
used:
Techniques: fluorometry
- flow with ADVs and other methods
- experimental field marine ecology
- benthic invertebrate ecology
- photodocumentation
- GIS and field surveying with submeter systems
- intertidal and subtidal shellfish habitat restoration
- invertebrate diseases (associated lab histology labs)
- microscopes (dissecting and compound)
Major instrumentation (at MRRI):
- Turner 10-AU fluorometer
- SonTek ADV current meters
- histology
- autoclave
- drying ovens, desiccators, and balances
- dual head compound scopes
- dissecting scopes
- video and digital cameras
- Trimble surveying systems and related GIS software
Selected Publications:
- Hadley, N., M. Hodges, D.H. Wilber, and L.D. Coen, accepted pending revisions. Evaluating Intertidal Oyster Reef Development Using Community-based Restoration Approaches in South Carolina. Restoration Ecology.
- Coen, L.D., D.H. Wilber, and D. Knott, provisionally accepted. Development of intertidal oyster reef resident communities on natural and constructed reefs in the southeastern U.S.: Can we restore native oyster habitats? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
- Coen, L.D., R.D. Brumbaugh, D. Bushek, R. Grizzle, M.W. Luckenbach, M.H. Posey, S.P. Powers, and G. Tolley, 2007. AS WE SEE IT. A broader view of ecosystem services related to oyster restoration. Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser. 341:303-307.
- ASMFC, 2007. The Importance of Habitat Created by Shellfish and Shell Beds Along the Atlantic Coast of the U.S., prepared by L. Coen, and R. Grizzle, with contributions by J. Lowery and K.T. Paynter, Jr., 108pp.
- Walters, L.J., P.E. Sacks, M.Y. Bobo, D.L. Richardson and L.D. Coen, 2007. Impact of Hurricanes on Intertidal Oyster Reefs in Florida: Reef Profiles and Disease Prevalence. Florida Scientist 70:506-521.
- Bolton-Warberg, M., L.D. Coen and J. Weinstein, 2007. Acute toxicity and acetylcholinesterase inhibition in grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to the organophosphate dichlorvos: laboratory and field studies. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 52:207-216.
- Grizzle, R.E., J.K. Greene, M.W. Luckenbach, and L.D. Coen, 2006. A new in situ method for measuring seston uptake by suspension-feeding bivalve mollusks. J. Shellfish Res. 25:643-649.
- Brumbaugh, R.D., M.W. Beck, L. Coen, L. Craig and P. Hicks. 2006. A Practitioners' Guide to the Design and Monitoring of Shellfish Restoration Projects: An Ecosystem Services Approach. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, 28pp.
- Walters, K., and L.D. Coen, 2006. A comparison of statistical approaches to analyzing community convergence between natural and constructed oyster reefs. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330:81-95.
- Burrows, F., J.M. Harding, R. Mann, R. Dame and L. Coen, 2005. Chapter 4, Restoration monitoring of oyster reefs, pages 4.2-4.73. In: G.W., Thayer, T.A. McTigue, R.J. Salz, D.H. Merkey, F.M. Burrows, and P.F. Gayaldo, (eds.), Science-Based Restoration Monitoring of Coastal Habitats, Volume Two: Tools for Monitoring Coastal Habitats. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 23. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD.
- Bushek, D., D. Richardson, M.Y. Bobo, and L.D. Coen, 2004. Short-term shell pile quarantine reduces the abundance of Perkinsus marinus remaining in tissues attached to oyster shell. J. Shellfish Res. 369-373.
- Luckenbach, M.W., L.D. Coen, P.G. Ross, Jr., and J.A. Stephen, 2005. Oyster reef habitat restoration: relationships between oyster abundance and community development based on two studies in Virginia and South Carolina. J. of Coastal Research Special Issue (in press).
- Hadley, N.H. and L.D. Coen, 2002. Community-Based Program Engages Citizens in Oyster Reef Restoration (South Carolina). Ecological Restoration 20(4):297-298.
- Heck, K.L., Jr., L.D. Coen, and D.M. Wilson. 2002. Growth Comparisons of Northern, Mercenaria mercenaria (L.) and Southern, M. campechiensis (Gmelin)Quahogs: Influence of Seagrass Habitat and Latitude. Journal of Shellfish Research 21(2):635-642.
- Heck, K.L., Jr., L.D. Coen, and S.G. Morgan. 2001. Pre- and post-settlement factors as determinants of juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) abundance: results from the north- central Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 222:163-176.
- Heck, K.L., Jr., J.R. Pennock, J.F. Valentine, L.D. Coen, and S.A. Sklenar, 2000. Effects of nutrient enrichment and large predator removal on seagrass nursery habitats: an experimental assessment. Limnology and Oceanography 45:1041-1057.
- Breitburg, D., L.D. Coen, M.W. Luckenbach, R. Mann, M. Posey, and J.A. Wesson, 2000. Oyster reef restoration: convergence of harvest and conservation strategies. Journal of Shellfish Research 19:371-377.
- Coen, L.D. and M. Luckenbach, 2000. Developing success criteria and goals for evaluating oyster reef restoration: ecological function or resource exploitation? Ecological Engineering 15:323-343.
- Coen, L.D., D.M. Knott, E.L. Wenner, N.H. Hadley, A.H. Ringwood, 1999a. Intertidal Oyster Reef Studies in South Carolina: Design, Sampling and Experimental Focus for Evaluating Habitat Value and Function. Pages 131-156, In: M.W. Luckenbach, R. Mann, J.A. Wesson (eds.), Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration: A Synopsis and Synthesis of Approaches. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Press, Gloucester Point, VA.
- Coen, L.D., M.W. Luckenbach, and D.L. Breitburg, 1999b. The role of oyster reefs as essential fish habitat: a review of current knowledge and some new perspectives. Pages 438-454, in L.R. Benaka, editor. Fish habitat: essential fish habitat and rehabilitation. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 22, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Wenner, E., H.R. Beatty and L. Coen. 1996. A quantitative system for sampling nekton on intertidal oyster reefs. J. Shellfish Res. 15:769-775.
- Morgan, S.G., R.K. Zimmer-Faust, K.L. Heck, Jr., and L.D. Coen. 1996. Population regulation of blue crabs Callinectes in the northern Gulf of Mexico: postlarval supply. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 133:73-88.
- Heck, K.L., Jr. and L.D. Coen, 1995. Predation and the abundance of juvenile blue crabs: a comparison of selected East and Gulf Coast (USA) studies. Bull. Mar. Sci. 57:877-883.
- Judge, M.L., L.D. Coen, and K.L. Heck, Jr., 1993. Does Mercenaria mercenaria encounter elevated food levels in seagrass beds? Results from a novel technique to collect suspended food resources. Marine Ecology Prog. Ser. 92:141-150.
- Judge, M.L., L.D. Coen, and K.L Heck, Jr., 1992. The effect of long-term alteration of in situ water currents on the growth of the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography 37:1550-1559.
- Targett, N.M. L.D. Coen, A.A. Boettcher and C.E. Tanner, 1992. Biogeographic comparisons of marine algal polyphenolics: Evidence against a latitudinal trend Oecologia (Berl.) 89:464-470.
- Coen, L.D. and K. L. Heck, Jr., 1991. The interacting effects of siphon nipping and habitat on bivalve (Mercenaria mercenaria) growth in a subtropical seagrass (Halodule wrightii) meadow. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 145:1-13.
Mark Collins
Marine Resources Research Institute
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422
Phone: 843-953-9815
Fax: 843-953-9820
collinsm@dnr.sc.gov
Ph.D., 1984, Univ. of Florida
Research emphasis: Biology of marine and anadromous fishes
Current research projects:
- identification of critical habitats of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons.
- verification of a landlocked population of shortnose sturgeon.
- evaluating the effects of surgical implantation of various transmitters in an endangered species.
- age, growth, and reproduction of reef fishes and sturgeons.
- effects of red drum stock enhancement on the wild population.
- evaluating the utility of marine/estuarine reserves.
- faunal survey of a heavily impacted estuary.
Previous research areas of interest:
- reef fish stock assessment.
- development of recruitment indices for king and Spanish mackerels.
- reef fish release mortality and the utility of swim bladder deflation.
- stock identification of sturgeons and reef fishes.
- age validation of reef fishes.
- ectoparasites as natural tags.
- feeding periodicity of an estuarine fish.
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- radio and acoustic telemetry
- microscopy
- tagging and chemical marking
- lethal and nonlethal collections.
Major instrumentation:
- boats
- telemetry receivers/antennae/hydrophones
- tissue processor
- water quality meters
- bottom grabs
- tanks
- nets (trawl, gill, trammel)
- microscopes
Stacie E. Crowe
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Marine Resources Division
217 Fort Johnson
P. O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422-2559
(843) 953-9092
crowes@dnr.sc.gov
M.S., Nova Southeastern University
Research emphasis: Benthic ecology, taxonomy of marine invertebrates
Margaret Davidson
NOAA Coastal Services Center
2234 S. Hobson Ave.
Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 740-1220
Margaret.Davidson@noaa.gov
M.M.A., Resource
Economics, University of Rhode Island, 1980
J.D., Natural Resources Law, Louisiana State University, 1978
B.A., Political Science, Louisana State University, 1972
Clay Davis
NIST Charleston
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8995
Clay.Davis@nist.gov
Ph.D., Clemson University, 2003
Research emphasis: Chemical speciation; toxic chemical species in clinical and marine samples
Current research projects:
- Current research is focused on the role of trace elements and elemental species in the health of marine biological systems and species and the application of mass spectrometry to a broad range of hyphenated analytical methods related to the study of elemental and organometallic species in clinical, marine and environmental samples.
Resources
Currently Used:
Techniques:
- ICP-MS, ICP-OES
- GC/ICP-MS
- LC/ICP-MS
- Laser Ablation
- LC/MS/MS
- AFS
- Ion Chromatography
Major instrumentation:
- Thermo Collision Cell ICP-MS
- Thermo High Resolution ICP-OES
- PS Analytical Mercury Atomic Fluorescence Detector
- API 4000 LC/MS/MS
- API 4000 Q-trap LC/MS/MS
- Dionex Ion Chromatography System
- Microwave Digestion/Extraction Units
- New Wave UP213 Laser Ablation Unit
Selected Publications:
- David Point, J. Ignacio Garcia Alonso, W. Clay Davis, Steven J. Christopher, Aurore Guichard, Olivier F.X. Donard, Paul R. Becker, Gregory C. Turk, Stephen A. Wise "," J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 23 (3) 385-396 2008.
- David Point, W. Clay Davis, J. Ignacio Garcia Alonso, Mathilde Monperrus, Steven J. Christopher, Oliver F. X. Donard, Paul R. Becker and Stephen A. Wise, "Simultaneous determination of inorganic mercury, methylmercury, and total mercury concentrations in cryogenic fresh-frozen and freeze-dried biological reference materials" Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 389 (3) 787-798 2007.
- W. Clay David, S. J. Christopher, Rebecca S. Pugh, O. F. X. Donard, David Point, Milena Horvat, D. Gibiĉar, Z. Kljakovic, Barbara J. Porter, and Michele M. Schantz, "Certification of Methlymercury Content in Two Fresh-frozen Reference Materials: SRM 1947 Lake Michigan Fish Tissue and SRM 1974b Organics in Mussel Tissue (Mytilus edulis)," Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 387 (7) 2335-2341, 2007.
- David Point, W. Clay Davis, S. J. Christopher, Paul R. Becker, Olivier F.X. Donard, Gregory C. Turk, Stephen A. Wise, "Development and Application of an Ultratrace Method for the Speciation of Organotin Compounds in Cryogenically Archived and Homogenized Biological Materials" Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 387 (7) 2343-2355, 2007.
- Stephen Long, W. Clay Davis, Rusty Day, Steven Christopher, Jacqueline Mann, Robert Kelly, "Improved Certified Values for Total Mercury and Speciated Mercury in NIST SRMs Using Isotope Dilution ICP-MS," American Laboratory News, 39 (13) 26-27, 2007.
- Peter D. R. Moeller, Kevin R. Beauchesne, Kevin M. Huncik, W. Clay Davis, S. J. Christopher, Pamela Riggs-Gelasco, Andrew K. Gelasco "Metal Complexes and Free Radical Toxicity Derived from Pfiesteria piscicida," Environ. Sci. Technol, 41 (4) 1166-1172, 2007.
- Rusty D. Day, Stacy S. Vander Pol, S. J. Christopher, W. Clay Davis, Rebecca S. Pugh, Kristin S. Simac, David G. Roseneau, Paul R. Becker, Murre eggs (Uria aalge and U. lomvia) as indicators of mercury contamination in the Alaskan marine environment," Environ. Sci. Technol., 40 (3): 659-665, 2006.
- W. Clay Davis, S. J. Christopher, Gregory C. Turk, "Simultaneous Mass Bias and Fractionation Corrections Utilizing Isotopic Solid Standards and Laser Ablation ICPMS," Anal. Chem. 77 (19): 6389-6395, 2005.
- W. Clay Davis, Stacy S. Vander Pol, Michele M. Schantz, S. E. Long, and S. J. Christopher, "An Accurate and Sensitive Method for the Determination of Methylmercury in Biological Specimens Using GC-ICPMS with Solid Phase Microextraction," J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 19(12): 1546-1551, 2004.
Isaure
de Buron
Department of Biology
College of Charleston
66 George St.
Charleston, SC 29424
(843) 953-5848
deburoni@cofc.edu
Ph.D., Physiology/Organismal
and Population Biology, Universite Montpellier-II-Fr., 1986
M.S., Biology/Zoology, Universite Montpellier-II-Fr., 1982
B.S., Animal Biology, Universite MOntpellier-II-Fr., 1981
Current research projects:
- parasitic fauna of marine organisms in the Charleston area
- biology of philometrid nematodes of the southern flounder
Past research areas of interest:
- Molecular aspects of parasitism in the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni
- Postdoctoral research: Ultrastructural studies of the larval stage of the cestode, Hymenolepis diminuta.
- Postdoctoral research: Morphological and biochemical characterization of teratocytes and viruses of the wasp, Cotesia congregata, insect parasitoid of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
- Postdoctoral research: Histopathological effects of the acanthocephalan, Leptorhynchoides thecatus, in the green sunfish
- Pathological effects of the acanthocephalan, Pomphorhynchus laevis in trout fingerlings. In collaboration with C. Loubes and J. Maurand. Research contract from EDF (French National Electric Company). Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier-France.
- Study of the fish population of the Lavezzi Islands (Corsica-France). Research contract in collaboration with P. Camus, J.C. Joyeux and F. Robert. Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier-France.
- Doctoral dissertation: Biologie des Populations d'Acanthocephales. Etude du complexe Acanthocephaloides propinquus parasite de poissons marines et lagunaires. (Population Biology of acanthocephalans: a study of the species complex, Acanthocephaloides propinquus, a parasite of brackish and marine fishes).
- D.E.A.: Acanthocephales parasites de poissons du Languedoc-Roussillon. (Acanthocephalans parasites of fish from Languedoc-Roussillon).
Selected Publications:
- 2006: Moravec, F and Buron, I. de. Two new species of philometrid nematodes (Nematoda: Philometridae) from the southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma in the estuaries of South Carolina, USA. Folia Parasitologica 53: 139-146.
- 2006: Moravec F., Buron, I. de, Roumillat, W.A. Two new species of Philometra (Nematoda: Philometridae) parasitic in the perciform fish Cynoscion nebulosus (Sciaenidae) in the estuaries of South Carolina, USA. Folia Parasitologica 53: 63-70.
- 2005: Baker, T.G., Pante, E., and Buron I. de. Co-occurrence of Naobranchia lizae (Copepoda) and Metamicrocotyla macracantha (Monogenea), gill parasites of the striped mullet, Mugil cephalus. Parasitology Research 97: 515-520.
- 2005: Baker T.G., Viricel, A., Meraziz, L., and Buron I. de. Size variation of adult polyopisthocotylid Metamicrocotyla macracantha (Monogenea) in relation to host size. Comparative Parasitology 72(2): 179-182.
- 2005: Buron I. de and Euzet L. A new species of Thaumatocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from Dasyatis sabina (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) on the Coast of South Carolina. Journal of Parasitology 91(4): 791-793.
Marie DeLorenzo
National Ocean Service
Marine Ecotoxicology Division
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412-9110
(843) 762-8515 Phone
email: marie.delorenzo@noaa.gov
link: http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/
Ph.D., 1997, Clemson University
Research emphasis: Environmental Toxicology
Current research projects:
- microbial environmental toxicology
- estuarine community ecology and food web dynamics
- effects and mechanisms of pesticide toxicity on estuarine organisms
- nutrient enrichment effects and interactions with pesticides
- toxicity effects of pharmaceutical drugs on estuarine organisms
Resources
Currently Used:
Techniques:
- toxicity bioassays (assessments of mortality, growth, productivity, photosynthetic pigments, protein, lipid and cholesterol levels, enzyme function)
- laboratory, mesocosm and field testing
- phytoplankton culturing
- pesticide extraction and analysis
- radioisotope techniques
Major instrumentation:
- epifluorescent microscope (equipped with digital video camera and image analysis software)
- spectrophotometer
- fluorescent microplate reader
- temperature and light controlled growth chambers
Selected Publications:
- Finnegan, M.C., Pittman, S., DeLorenzo, M.E. (In Press) Lethal and sublethal toxicity of the antifoulant compound Irgarol 1051 to the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., Keller, J.M., Arthur, C.D., Finnegan, M.C., Harper, H.E., Winder, V.L., Zdankiewicz, D.L. (2008) Toxicity of the antimicrobial compound triclosan and formation of the metabolite methyl-triclosan in estuarine systems. Environmental Toxicology. 23 (2) :224-232.
- Serrano, L., DeLorenzo, M.E. (2007 doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.025>) Water quality and restoration in a coastal subdivision stormwater pond. Journal of Environmental Management.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., Fleming, J. (2008) Individual and mixture effects of selected pharmaceuticals on the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 55:203-210.
- Weiner, J.A., M.E. DeLorenzo, M.H. Fulton. 2007. Atrazine induced species-specific alterations in the subcellular content of microalgal cells. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 87:47-53.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., L. Serrano. 2006. Mixture toxicity of the antifouling compound irgarol to the marine phytoplankton species, Dunaliella tertiolecta. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B: 41(8):1349-1360.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., L. Serrano, K.W. Chung, J. Hoguet, P.B. Key. 2006. Lethal and sublethal effects of the insecticide permethrin on three life stages of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 64:122-127.
- Emblidge, J.P., M.E. DeLorenzo. 2006. Preliminary risk assessment of the lipid-regulating pharmaceutical, clofibric acid, to three estuarine species. Environmental Research. 100(2):216-226. Read online.
- Key, P.B., M.E. DeLorenzo, K. Gross, K.W. Chung, A. Clum. 2005. Toxicity of the mosquito control pesticide Scourge to adult and larval grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. 40:585-594.
- Weiner, J.A., M.E. DeLorenzo. 2004. Relationship between uptake capacity and differential toxicity of the herbicide atrazine in selected microalgal species. Aquat. Toxicol.68:121-128.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., M. Leatherbury, J.A. Weiner, A.J. Lewitus, M.H. Fulton. 2004. Physiological factors contributing to the species-specific sensitivity of four estuarine microalgal species exposed to the herbicide atrazine. J. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 7(1):137-146.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., L. Serrano. 2003. Individual and mixture toxicity of three pesticides; atrazine, chlorpyrifos and chlorothalonil, to the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part B. Vol.B38(5):529-538.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., L.A. Taylor, S.A. Lund, P.L. Pennington, E.D. Strozier, M.H. Fulton. 2002. Toxicity and bioaccumulation potential of the agricultural pesticide endosulfan in phytoplankton and zooplankton. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 42(2):173-181.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., A.J. Lewitus, G. I. Scott, P.E. Ross. 2001. Use of metabolic inhibitors to characterize ecological interactions in an estuarine microbial food web. Microbial Ecology. 42(3):317-327.
- DeLorenzo, M.E., G. I. Scott, P.E. Ross. 2001. Toxicity of pesticides to aquatic microorganisms: A review. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(1):84-98.
Michael Denson
Marine Resources Research Institute
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422-2559
Phone: (843) 953-9834
email: densonm@dnr.sc.gov
Ph.D., 2006, Clemson
University
M.S., 1992, Clemson University
B.S., 1988, Long Island University, Southampton Campus
Research emphasis: Fisheries management, aquaculture and stock enhancement
Research interests:
- spawning and culture of marine and freshwater fin-fishes, crustaceans, bivalves, and algae
- culture system design
- larval culture of marine fish species
- fisheries life history and habitat usage
- stock enhancement of commercially and recreationally important species
- statistical design and analysis
Selected Publications:
- Denson, M.R. In Press. Marking larval red drum with oxytetracycline. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
- Denson, M.R., W.E. Jenkins, D.L. Berlinsky and T.I.J. Smith. In press. A comparison of human chorionic gonadotropin and luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analogue for ovulation induction in black sea bass Centropristis striata. Aquaculture Research.
- Weirich, C.R., T.I.J. Smith, A.D. Stokes, M.R. Denson, and W.E. Jenkins. 2004. Pond rearing of larval and juvenilke cobia Rachycentron canadum, in the southeastern United States: initial observations. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 16(1-2):27-44.
M. Richard "Rick"
DeVoe
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
287 Meeting St.
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 727-2078
rick.devoe@scseagrant.org
M.M.A., 1980, Univ. of Rhode Island
Research emphasis: Aquaculture Policy; Marine/Coastal Policy and Management; Regional Ocean Policy; Coastal Land Use Policy; Science Management; Science Communication
Current research projects:
- Land Use - Coastal Ecosystem Study (funded by NOAA Coastal Ocean Program)
- SouthEast Coastal Ocean Observations Regional Association (SECOORA): Building a Regional Association Framework for the Coastal Ocean Observing System of the Southeastern United States (funded by NOAA Coastal Services Center)
- Expanding Existing Surveillance Systems to Include Pfeisteria, Other Harmful Algal Blooms, and Marine Toxins in South Carolina (funded by the Centers for Disease Control)
- South Carolina-Georgia Coastal Erosion Study (funded by the U.S. Geological Survey - Coastal and Marine Geology Program)
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- Broaden work in the areas of aquaculture policy, management, and regulatory environment; on the relationship between land use and land use change and ecosystem condition, including work with local governments and planning entities; fisheries management; coastal and regional ocean policy and governance.
Selected Publications:
- Kleppel, G.S., M.R. DeVoe and M.V. Rawson, eds. 2006. Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone: Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Growing Regions, Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
- DeVoe, M.R. and G.S. Kleppel. 2006. The Effects of Changing Land Use Patterns on Marine Resources: Setting a Research Agenda to Facilitate Management. In: Kleppel, G.S., M.R. DeVoe and Mac Rawson, eds., Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone: Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Growing Regions, Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
- Kleppel, G.S., D.E. Porter and M.R. DeVoe. 2006. Urban typology and estuarine biodiversity in rapidly developing coastal watersheds. In: Kleppel, G.S., M.R. DeVoe and Mac Rawson, eds., Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone: Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Growing Regions, Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
- Cicin-Sain, B., S.M. Bunsick, J. Corbin, M.R. DeVoe, T. Eichenberg, J. Ewart, J. Firestone, K. Fletcher, H. Halvorson, T. MacDonald, R. Rayburn, R. Rheault and B. Thorner-Miller, with the assistance of J. Didden and M. Blaydes. 2005. An Operational Framework for Offshore Marine Aquaculture in U.S. Federal Waters. Technical Report. Gerald J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware. 114 pp.
- DeVoe, M.R. and C.E. Hodges. 2002. Rural and coastal aquaculture management: A review. pp. 142-165 in: Creswell, R.L. and R. Flos (Eds.) Responsible Aquaculture for the New Millennium. World Aquaculture Society. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA and European Aquaculture Society, Oostende, Belgium.
- DeVoe, M.R. and C.E. Hodges. 2002. Management of marine aquaculture: The sustainability challenge. pp. 21-44 in: Stickney, R.R. and J.P. McVey (Eds.), Responsible Marine Aquaculture. CABI Publishers, London.
- Cicin-Sain, B., S.M. Bunsick, M.R. DeVoe, T. Eichenberg, J. Ewart, H. Halvorson, R.W. Knecht, and R. Rheault. 2001. Development of a policy framework for offshore marine aquaculture in the 3-200 mile U.S. ocean zone. Center for the Study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE. 166 pp.
- DeVoe, M.R. 2000. Regulation and permitting. p. 744-760 In: Stickney, R.R. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aquaculture. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
- DeVoe, M.R. 2000. Marine aquaculture in the United States: A review of current and future policy and management challenges. MTS Journal 34(1):5-17.
Guy DiDonato
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8932
guy.didonato@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1998, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research emphasis: Aquatic ecology, benthic populations and
communities, environmental assessment, water quality monitoring, design and
analysis of field experiments
Current research projects:
- Tidal creek monitoring and assessment
- Tidal creek classification system
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- Watershed classification and tropical stream water quality
- Large-scale water quality monitoring
- Nutrient flux and estuarine eutrophication
- Benthic communities (estuarine, lake, stream)
Selected Publications:
- DiDonato, G. T. and E. B. Paselio. 2006. Localized beach contamination in American Samoa: results from 2 years of weekly monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52:466-468.
- DiDonato, G. T., E. M. Lores, M. C. Murrell, L. M. Smith, and J. M. Caffrey. 2006. Benthic nutrient flux in a small estuary in northwestern Florida (USA). Gulf and Caribbean Research 18:15-25.
- DiDonato, G. T. 2005. Nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in tropical Pacific insular streams: historical data from Tutuila, American Samoa. Micronesica 37:235-248.
- Houk, P., G. DiDonato, J. Iguel, and R. Van Woesik. 2005. Assessing the effects of non-point source pollution on American Samoa’s coral reef communities. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 107:11-27.
- DiDonato, G. T., J. K. Summers, and T. H. Roush. 2003. Assessing the ecological condition of a Coastal Plain watershed using a probabilistic survey design. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 85:1-21.
- DiDonato, G. T. 2002. Detecting interactions between Elliptio waccamawensis and Leptodea ochracea: the influence of experimental scale. Basic and Applied Ecology 3:371-379.
Rob
Dillon
Biology Department
College of Charleston
66 George St.
Charleston, SC 29424
(843) 953-8087
dillonr@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1982, Penn
Research emphasis: The Ecology, Evolution, and Genetics of Mollusks
Current research projects:
- sex allocation in pulmonates
- sex determination in prosobranchs
- population divergence and speciation in a variety of mollusk taxa, marine and freshwater
- aquaculture genetics
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Protein electrophoresis
- Morphometrics
- Breeding studies
Jack
DiTullio
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 953-9196
ditullioj@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1987, U. of Hawaii
Research emphasis: Phytoplankton Ecology and Physiology
Current research projects:
- Fe and S cycling in Antarctic coastal waters
- effects of light and nitrogen source on Prochlorococcus growth
- remote sensing of coastal waters near Charleston, SC
- Fe-limitation in estuarine phytoplankton
- carbon cycling and phytoplankton species composition in the South Pacific
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- molecular biomarkers as indicators of physiological stress in phytoplankton (future)
- effects of eutrophication in estuaries (future)
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- HPLC
- GC
- HPCE
- spectrophotometry
- continuous cultures
Major instrumentation:
- Gas chromatograph with FPD for S and P analyses
- Shimadzu dual beam spectrophotometer
- Turner 10 AU fluorometer (for chl analysis)
- Refrigerated centrifuge, HPLC (heavily used)
- High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis (heavily used)
Greg Doucette
NOAA/National Ocean Service
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8528
greg.doucette@noaa.gov
PhD., 1989, Univ. of British Columbia
Research emphasis: Marine biotoxins and the ecophysiology of harmful algae
Current research projects:
- algal-bacterial interactions and their role in regulating the growth of red tide species
- biotoxin trophic transfer in marine food webs (routes and efficiency of toxin transfer)
- environmental factors influencing the toxicity of harmful algal blooms
- development of remote, autonomous biotoxin detection capabilities
Past or potential areas of research interest:
- taxonomy, morphology and ultrastructure of marine phytoplankton
- trace element and macro-nutrient physiology of marine phytoplankton
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- laboratory isolation and cultivation of marine microalgae and bacteria
- HPLC, immunoassay, receptor binding, and cell-based assays of marine biotoxins
- PCR, RFLP, DGGE
- rRNA probe hybridization (whole cell and sandwich methods)
- light, epi-fluorescence, and scanning electron microscopy
Major instrumentation:
- environmental chambers and incubators
- laminar flow hoods
- biological safety cabinets
- microplate luminometer and fluorometer
- Turner 10-AU fluorometer
- HPLC
- spectrophotometer
- ultracentrifuge
- light/epi-fluorescence microscope
- scanning electron microscope
- conventional and microplate scintillation counters
Selected Publications:
- Mikulski, C.M., Morton, S.L., Doucette, G.J. 2005. Development and application of LSU rRNA probes for Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. Harmful Algae 4:49-60.
- Babin, M., Cullen, J.J., Roesler, C.S., Donaghay, P.L., Doucette, G.J., Kahru, M., Lewis, M.R., Scholin, C.A., Sieracki, M.E., Sosik, H.M. 2005. New approaches and technologies for observing harmful algal blooms. Oceanography 18:210-227.
- Doucette, G.J., Turner, J.T., Powell, C.L., Keafer, B.A., Anderson, D.M. 2005. ECOHAB-Gulf of Maine. Trophic accumulation of PSP toxins in zooplankton during Alexandrium fundyense blooms in Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine, April – June, 1998. I. Toxin levels in A. fundyense and zooplankton size fractions. Deep-Sea Research II 52:2764-2783.
- Twiner, M.J., Hess, P., Bottein Dechraoui, M.-Y., McMahon, T., Ramsdell, J.S., Samons, M.S., Satake, M., Yasumoto, T., Doucette, G.J. 2005. Cytotoxic and cytoskeletal effects of azaspiracid-1 on mammalian cell lines. Toxicon 45:891-900.
- Doucette, G.J., Cembella, A.D., Martin, J.L., Michaud, J., Cole, T.V.N., Rolland, R.M. 2006. PSP toxins in north Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and their zooplankton prey in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306:303-313.
- Kodama, M., Doucette, G.J., Green, D.H. 2006. Relationships between bacteria and harmful algae. In: Granéli, E., Turner, J.T. (eds.) Ecology of Harmful Algae. Springer-Verlag, Heidelburg. pp. 243-255.
Phil
Dustan
Department of Biology
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
(843)953-8086
(843)953-5453 Fax
dustanp@cofc.edu
Ph.D.(Ecology and Evolution), 1975, SUNY @ Stony Brook
Research emphasis: Genecology of reef-building corals
Current research projects:
- health and vitality of coral reef communities
- photophysiology of reef-building corals
- remote sensing of coral reefs and coastal waters
- impact of urbanization on coral reefs and coastal waters
- USEPA Coral Reef Monitoring Program
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- physiology and ecology of deep water corals in the Florida Keys
- community change in benthic shelf communitits
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Computer image processing (remote sensing and GIS analysis)
- SCUBA diving
- underwater video and photography
- ecological sampling
Major instrumentation:
- Computers
- large format plotter
- underwater photography equipment
- fluorometers
- submersible radiometers
Pat Fair
NOAA, National Ocean Service
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8533
pat.fair@noaa.gov
Ph.D., Clemson
University, 1992
M.S., University of Maryland, 1977
Research emphasis: Effects of environmental stressors/contaminants on health and disease in marine mammals.
Current research projects:
- Examining persistent organic contaminant profiles and concentrations in bottlenose dolphins to determine impacts/role of contaminants in health and disease
- Evaluation of contaminants in marine mammals using both live animals (via capture-release and biopsy techniques) as well as marine mammals stranded along SC coast
- Investigate the potential toxic effects and endocrine disruption of these contaminants on marine mammals and surrogate models
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- Benefits of marine lipids toward human health and disease prevention; aquaculture nutrition; toxicological effects of contaminants
Resources
currently used:
Techniques/instrumentation:
- Marine mammal field research studies: photo-identification, biopsy and live-capture release techniques; chemical contaminant analyses, marine mammal stranding response and necropsy, life history studies (tooth aging, histopathology, etc.) spatial modeling.
- Diagnostic and laboratory research conducted for assessing health parameters (clinical, immunology, biomarkers, fatty acids, etc.)
Selected publications:
- Fair, P.A., T. Hulsey, R.A., Varela, J. Goldstein, J.A. Adams, E. Zolman, G.D. Bossart 2006. Hematology, Serum Chemistry and Cytology results from Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the coastal waters of Charleston, South Carolina. Aquatic Mammals 32(2), 182-195.
- Bossart, G.D., S-J. Ghim, M. Rehtanz, J. Goldstein, R. Varela, R.Y. Ewing, P.A. Fair, R. Lenzi, B. Joseph, L.S. Schneider, C.J. McKinnie, J.S. Reif, R. Sanchez, A. Lopez, S. Novoa, J. Bernal, M. Goretti, R.H. Defran and A.B. Jenson. 2006. Orogenital neoplasia in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals 31(4):473-480.
- Reif, J.S., M.S. Mazzoil, S.D. McCulloch, R.A. Varela, P.A. Fair and G.D. Bossart. 2006. Lobomycosis in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Journal of the American Veterinary Association. 22B(1):104-108.
- Rehtanz, M., S. Ghim, A. Rector, M. Van Ranst, P.A. Fair, G.D. Bossart, A.B. Jenson. 2006. Isolation and characterization of the first American bottlenose dolphin papillomavirus: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2. Journal of Virology. 87: 3559-3565.
- Houde, M., T.A.D. Bujas, J. Small, R. Wells, P.A. Fair, G. Bossart, K.R. Solomon, and D.C.G. Muir. 2006. Biomagnification of perfluoroalkyl compounds in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) food web. Environmental Science and Technology 40, 4138-4144.
- Houde, M., R.S. Wells, P.A. Fair, G.D. Bossart, A.A. Hohn, T.K. Rowles, J.C. Sweeney, K.R. Solomon and D.C.G. Muir. 2005. Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(17):6591-6598.
- Dubey, J.P., P. Fair, G.D. Bossart, R. Fayer, C. SreeKumar, O.C.H. Kwok and Ph. Thulliez. 2005. A comparison of four serologic tests to detect antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in naturally-exposed bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Parasitology. 91(5):1074-1081.
- Schwacke, L.H., E.O. Voit, L.H. Hansen, R.S. Wells, G.B. Mitchum, A.A. Hohn, P.A. Fair, 2002. Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Reproductive Effects of Polychlorinated Bipheynyls on Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southeast United States Coast. Environ. Toxicol. & Chem. 21:2752-2764.
- Tittlemier, S., B. Asuncion Borrell, J. Duffe, P.J. Duignan, P. Fair, A. Hall, P. Hoekstra, K. Kovacs, M. Krahn, M. Lebeuf, C. Lydersen, D. Muir, T. O'Hara, M. Olsson, J. Pranschke, P. Ross, U. Siebert, G. Stern, S. Tanabe, and R. Norstrom. 2002. Global Distribution of Halogenated Dimethyl Bipyrooles in Marine Mammal Blubber. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 43:244-255.
- Fair, P.A., and P. Becker. 2000. Stress in Marine Mammals. Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 7:335-354.
- Fair, P.A. 2000. Health-Related Parasites in Seafoods. And Allergies and Intolerances. In: Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook, Technomic Publishing Company, Inc., Lancaster, PA, pp. 761-182.
- Beck, K.M., Fair, P., McFee, W., and Wolf, D. 1996. Heavy metals in tissues of bottlenose dolphins stranded along the South Carolina coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin 34:9; 734-739.
- Fair, Patricia H., Woodie P. Williams, T.I.J. Smith. 1993. Effects of Dietary Menhaden Oil on Growth and Muscle Fatty Acid Composition of Hybrid Striped Bass, Morone chrysops X M. saxatilis. Aquaculture 116;171-189.
- Fair, Patricia H., James E. Balthrop and S. Braddon-Galloway. 1987. In vivo Incorporation of (14C)-Leucine into Brain Protein of Mice Treated with Methylmercury and Thiol Complexes of Methylmercury. Toxicol. Letters. 36:213-220.
- Fair, P.H., J.E. Balthrop, J.F. Wade and S. Braddon-Galloway. 1986. The Toxicity, Distribution, and Elimination of Methylmercury in Mice Following Intracerebral Injection. Neurotoxicol. 8(2):281-290.
- Fair, P.H., and A.R. Fortner. 1987. Effect of Ingested Benzo(a)pyrene and Cadmium on Tissue Accumulation, Hydroxylase Activity and Intestinal Morphology of the Black Sea Bass, Centropristis Striata. Environ. Res. 42:185-195.
- Fair, P.H., J.E. Balthrop, J.F. Wade and S. Braddon-Galloway. 1986. Toxicity, Distribution, and Elimination of Thiol Complexes of Methylmercury after Intracerebral Injection. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 19:219-195.
- Balthrop, J.E., P.H. Fair, and S. Braddon-Galloway. 1986. Binding of Methylmercury and Methylmercury-Thiol Complexes by Myelin Isolated from Mice of Differing Selenium Status. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37:783-790.
- Fair, P.H. 1986. Interaction of Benzo(a)pyrene and Cadmium on GSH-S-Transferase and Benzo(a)pyrene Hydroxylase in the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 15:257-263.
- Fair, P.H., W.J. Dougherty, and S.A. Braddon. 1985. Methylmercury and Selenium Interaction in Relation to Mouse Kidney y-Glutamyltranspeptidase, Ultrastructure and Function. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 80:78-96.
Wayne Fitzgibbon
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Animal Research
Compliance Liaison
Office of Compliance
Medical University
of South Carolina
96 Jonathan Lucas St.
P.O. Box 250623
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-1123
Fax: (843) 792-8399
fitzgiwr@musc.edu
Ph.D., 1985, University
of Newcastle, Shortland, N.S.W, Australia
B.S., 1976, University of Newcastle, Shortland, N.S.W, Australia
Research emphasis: Applying microphysiological techniques to the study of hormonal regulation of mammalian renal physiology and pathophysiology.
Current research projects:
- volume regulatory mechanisms of the euryhaline elasmobranch, the Atlantic stingray
Selected Publications:
- Sivritas, H.S., Ploth, D.W., and Fitzgibbon, W.R., (2008). Blockade of medullary bradykinin B2 receptors increases tubular sodium reabsorption in rats fed a normal salt diet. In Revision Am J Physiol Renal
- Janech, M.G., Gefroh, H., Cwengros, E.E., Sulikowski, J.A., Ploth, D.W. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2008). Cloning of Urea Transporters from the Kidneys of Two Batoid Elasmobranchs: Evidence for a Common Elasmobranch Urea Transporter Isoform. Marine Biology 153:1173-1179.
- Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Nowak, M., Miller, D.H. and Ploth, D.W. (2006). Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Second Urea Transporter Isoform (strUT-2) from the Kidney of the Atlantic Stingray. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology) R844-R853.
- Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ploth, D.W., Lacy, E.R. and Miller, D.H. (2006). Effect of Environmental Salinity on Plasma Composition and Renal Function of the Atlantic Stingray, a Euryhaline Elasmobranch. American Journal of Physiology (Renal Physiol) 291:F770-780.
- Chen, J., Batta, A., Zheng S, Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ullian, M.E., Hongwei Yu, H., Tso, P., Salen, G., and Patel, S. B. (2005). Segregation Analyses of a mis-sense mutation in Abcg5 gene with phytosterolemia and hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats. BMC Genetics 6:40.
- Ullian, M.E., Gelasco, A.K., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Beck, C.N., and Morinelli, T.A. (2005). N-acetylcysteine decreases angiotensin II receptor binding in vascular smooth muscle cells. Journal American Society of Nephrology, 16: 2346 - 2353.
- Ullian, M.E., Gantt, B.J., Ford, A.K., Tholanikunnel, B.G., Spicer, E.K. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2003). Potential importance of glomerular citrate synthase activity in remnant nephropathy. Kidney International 63: 156-164
- Janech, M.G., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Chen, R., Paul, R.V., Nowak, M., Miller, D.H. and Ploth, D.W. (2003). Physiological and molecular characterization of a urea transporter from the kidney of the euryhaline Atlantic stingray, Daysatis sabina. American Journal of Physiology (Renal Physiology) 284: F996-F1005.
- Janech, M.G., Chen, R., Paul, R.V., Nowak, M., McFee, W., Fitzgibbon, W.R. and Ploth, D.W. (2002) Physiological and molecular characterization of a urea transporter from the kidney of the short-finned pilot whale, Globcephala macrorhynchus. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory and Comparative Physiology) 282: R1490-R1500.
- Mukhin, Y.V., Vlasova, T., Jaffa, A.A., Collinsworth, G., Bell, J.L., Tholanikunnel, B., Pettus, T., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ploth, D.W., Raymond, J.R. and Garnovskaya, M.N. (2001). Bradykinin B2 receptors activate Na+/H+ Exchange in mIMCD-3 cells via janus kinase 2 and Ca2+/calmodulin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276: 17339-17346.
- Ullian, M.E., Robinson, C.J., Evans, C.T.B., Melnick, J.Z. and Fitzgibbon, W.R. (2000). The role of citrate synthase in aldosterone-mediated sodium reabsorption. Hypertension 35: 875-879.
- Fitzgibbon, W.R., Greene, E.L., Grewal, J. Hutchison, F.N., Self, S.E. and Ullian, M.E. (1999). Resistance to remnant nephropathy in the wistar-furth rat. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10: 814-821.
- Mukai, H., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Ploth, D.W. and Margolius, H.S. (1998). Effect of chronic treatment with the bradykinin receptor antagonist, HOE140, on blood pressure in Dahl salt resistant (SR/Jr) rats. British Journal of Pharmacology 124: 197-205.
- Ullian, M.E., Islam, M.M., Robinson, C.J., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Tobin, E.T. and Paul, R.V., (1997). Resistance to mineralcorticoids in the wistar-furth rat. American Journal of Physiology 272 (Heart and Circulatory Physiology 41): H1454-H1461.
- Mukai, H., Fitzgibbon, W.R., Bozeman, G., Margolius, H.S. and Ploth, D.W. (1996). Bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist increases chloride and water absorption in rat medullary collecting duct. American Journal of Physiology 271 (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 40): R352-R360.
Mike Fulton
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
National Ocean Service
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: (843) 762-8576
mike.fulton@noaa.gov
Ph.D., 1989, University of South Carolina
Research emphasis: Environmental Toxicology
Current research projects:
- Lethal and sublethal effects of pesticides in fish and crustaceans
- Lethal and sublethal effects of emerging contaminants in fish and crustaceans
- Development of bioassay protocols for sediment-associated contaminants
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- Development and utilization of biomarkers for contaminant exposure and/or effects
- Effects of endocrine disruptors in estuarine ecosystems
- Effects of pharmaceutical compounds in estuarine organisms
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- Aqueous and sediment bioassays with vertebrate and invertebrate species
- Enzyme assays (cholinesterases)
Major instrumentation:
- Spectrophotometer
- environmental chambers
- water quality instrumentation
Selected Publications:
- Fulton, M., P. Key, A.K. Leight, J. Daugomah, D. Bearden, S. Sivertsen, and G. Scott. 2006. An evaluation of contaminated estuarine sites using sediment quality guidelines and ecological assessment methodologies. Ecotoxicology 15:573-581.
- Key, P.B., M. H. Fulton. 2006. Correlation between 96-h mortality and 24-h acetylcholinesterase inhibition in three grass shrimp larval life stages. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 63:389-392.
- Wirth, E., P. Pennington, J. Lawton, M. DeLorenzo, D. Bearden, B. Shaddrix, S. Sivertsen and M. Fulton. 2004. The effects of the contemporary-use insecticide (fipronil) in an estuarine mesocosm. Environmental Pollution.131:365-371.
Sylvia Galloway
Visiting Research Scientist
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Program
Biochemistry Department
Medical University of South Carolina
221 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: (843) 953-0772
Fax: (843) 953-0774
gallowsb@musc.edu
Ph.D., Biochemistry,
Medical University of South Carolina, 1974
M.S., Chemistry, SUNY, College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 1968
B.S., Foods & Nutrition, Syracuse University, 1964
Current research interest:
- native fluorescent proteins as natural reporters of coral health
- molecular indicators of coral disease in relationship to environmental and anthropogenic stressors utilizing a genomic/proteomic approach
- coral antimicrobial activities
Past and potential areas of research interest:
- The measurement of environmental contaminants in marine mammal and sea turtle tissues, with special emphasis on the relationship of environmental contaminants to disease and death in these species
- The metabolism of contaminant metals with special emphasis on the interaction of Se and CH3Hg
- The use of species identification techniques (including PAG-IEF, marine fatty acid analysis, DNA sequencing and RFLP) for the forensic identification of unknowns in law enforcement cases related to managed or protected marine species
- Marine biotoxin assessment as related to human consumers of marine fishery products; particular emphasis on program management at the national level
- Program management expertise, especially in planning and designing complex inter-disciplinary research efforts targeted at resolving major issues relevant to federal/state agencies’ missions
Resources
currently used:
Techniques:
- 2-D gel electrophoresis coupled with MS analysis
- fluorescence microscopy
Selected Publications:
- Shapo JL, Moeller PD, Galloway SB (Submitted). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Antimicrobial activity in the common seawhip, Leptogorgia virgulata (Lamarck)
- Galloway SB, Work TM, Bochsler VS, Harley RA, Kramarsky-Winters E, McLaughlin SM, Meteyer CU, Morado JF, Nicholson JH, Parnell PG, Peters EC, Reynolds TL, Rotstein DS, Sileo L, and Woodley CM (In Press). CDHC Workshop: Coral Histopathology II. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD. 83pp.
- Woodley CM, Bruckner AW, Galloway SB, McLaughlin SM, Downs CA, Fauth JE, Shotts EB, Lidie KL (2003). Coral Disease and Health: A National Research Plan. Silver Spring, MD., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 72pp.
Thomas Greig
U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA/National Ocean Service
Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8543
Thomas.Greig@noaa.gov
Ph.D, University
of South Carolina, 2000
B.S. Cornell University, 1991
Research emphasis: Fisheries population genetics, evolutionary ecotoxicology, molecular marine forensics
Current research projects:
- molecular identification of larval fishes from Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
- molecular identification of regulated shark species from the North Atlantic Ocean
- molecular studies to identify the causative agent of Juvenile Oyster Disease (JOD)
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- population genetics of swordfish, Xiphias gladius
- population and conservation genetics of endangered fishes
- partitioning of genetic variation in marine organisms
Resources currently
used:
Techniques:
- PCR amplification of DNA
- molecular cloning
- DNA sequencing
- DNA fragment analysis
Major Instrumentation:
- ABI 377 DNA sequencer
- thermal cyclers
Danny Gustafson
Department of Biology
The Citadel Military College of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29409
Phone: (843) 953-7876
danny.gustafson@citadel.edu
Ph.D., 2000, Southern
Illinois University
M.S., 1996, Illinois State University
B.A., 1990, Blackburn College
Research emphasis: Plant Ecology, Conservation Genetics, Restoration Ecology
Current research interests:
- spatial and temporal dynamics of Spartina alterniflora dieback
- plant/soil community feedback study looking at negative feedback as a possible mechanism for structuring grassland communities
- using the model plant (Arabidopsis thaliana) to investigate genetic control of ecologically/evolutionarily important interactions
Selected Publications:
- Gustafson, D.J., & Peterson, P.M. (in review) Re-examinatino of Muhlenbergia capillaris, M. expansa, and M. sericea (Poaceae: Muhlenbergiinea). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
- Gustafson, D.J., Kilheffer, J., & Silliman, B.R. 2006. Relative impacts of Littoraria irrorata and Prokelisia marginata on Spartina alterniflora growth. Estuaries and Coasts, 29, 639-644.
- Gustafson, D.J., & Casper, B.B. 2006. Differential host plant performance as a function of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: experimentally manipulating co-occurring Glomus species. Plant Ecology, 183, 257-263.
- Cahill, J.F. Jr., Kembel, S.W., & Gustafson, D.J. 2005. Differential genetic influences on competitive effect and response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Ecology, 93, 958-967.
- Gustafson, D.J., & Latham, R.E. 2005. Is the serpentine aster, Symphyotrichum depauperatum (Fern.) Nesom, a valid species and actually endemic to eastern serpentine barrens? Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 1445-1452.
- Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2005. Using local seeds in prairie restoration-data supports the paradigm. Native Plants Journal, 6, 25-28.
- Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2004. Competitive relationships of Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) from remnant and restored native populations and select cultivated varieties. Functional Ecology, 18, 451-457.
- Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2004. Conservation genetics of two co-dominant grass species in the endangered grassland ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 389-397.
- Gustafson, D.J., & Casper, B.B. 2004. Nutrient addition affects AM fungal performance and expression of plant/fungal feedback in three serpentine grasses. Plant and Soil, 259, 9-17.
- Gustafson, D.J., Romano, G, Latham, R.E., & Morton, J.K. 2003. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of genetic relationships among the serpentine barrens endemic Cerastium velutinum Rafinesque var. villosissimum Pennell (Caryophyllaceae) and closely related Cerastium species. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 130, 218-223.
- Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2002. Genetic diversity and competitive abilities of Dalea purpurea (Fabaceae) from remnant and restored grasslands. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163, 979-990.
- Gibson, D.J., Adams, E.D., Ely, J.S., Gustafson, D.J., McEwen, D., & Evans, T.R. 2000. Eighteen years of herbaceous layer recovery of a recreation area in a mesic forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 127, 230-239.
- Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 1999. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation among remnant big blustem [Andropogon gerardii Vitman] populations from Arkansas' Grand Prairie. Molecular Ecology, 8, 1693-1701.
Nancy Hadley
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Marine Resources Division
217 Fort Johnson
P.O. Box 12559
Charleston, SC 29422-2559
(843) 953-9841
hadleyn@dnr.sc.gov
M.S., 1981, College of Charleston
Research emphasis: Bivalve aquaculture and ecology
Current research projects:
- intertidal oyster reef management and ecology
- oyster habitat restoration (methodology development and testing; community restoration program)
- impacts of boat wakes on oyster reefs
- oyster shell recycling
- phytoplankton culture
Past or potential research areas of interest:
- improved hatchery diets for oysters and clams
- improved culture methods for oysters
- breeding studies with oysters and/or clams
- oyster habitat enhancement with hatchery spawn
- development of hatchery culture techniques for local species (e.g. Geukensia demissa)
Resources
currently used:
Techniques:
- standard hatchery techniques with settlement on microcultch
- modified flow-through larviculture, post-set culture
- monospecific phytoplankton culture
Tony
Harold
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 953-9180
harolda@cofc.edu
Ph.