Richard B. Aronson, Ph.D.
(Harvard University, 1985) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of
Marine Science, University of South Alabama. Ecology and paleoecology of
disease outbreaks on coral reefs. Climate change and community paleoecology
in Antarctica.
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Ruth Carmichael, Ph.D.
(Boston University, 2004)
Senior Marine Scientist, DISL. Employing natural abundance stable isotopes to
understand biological and
physiological responses to environmental perturbations, assess
nutritional importance of food sources, discern
physiological state of organisms, and determine time scales
of ecosystem-level change.
Marine
Ecosystem Response Lab Web Site
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Just
Cebrian, Ph.D.
(Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, 1996) Senior Marine Scientist,
DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South
Alabama. Trophic interactions and carbon budgets in marine ecosystems.
Nature and controls of trophic routes of primary production in marine and
terrestrial ecosystems.
Ecosystems
Lab Web Site
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George F. Crozier, Ph.D.
(Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 1966) Executive Director, DISL. Active
on most of the state and regional technical planning groups and involved in
translating basic research into the real world of coastal resource
management.
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Michael
R. Dardeau, M.S.
(University of South Alabama, 1982). Marine Scientist, DISL and Supervisor,
Marine Technical Support & Operations. Coordinating marine operations
including wet lab, dive locker, marine chemical and field instrumentation,
and vessel operations. Research interests include coastal policy relating to
living resources.
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John J. Dindo, Ph.D.
(University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1991). Senior Marine Scientist, DISL,
and Chair, Discovery Hall Programs. Interests include marine vertebrate
ecology; avian breeding biology; predator-prey relationships in avian and
herpetological fauna, habitat assessments; and age, size class and
recruitment rates of fish on hardbottoms.
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Monty Graham, Ph.D.
(University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL,
and Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama.
Physical and behavioral mechanisms that cause plankton to be distributed in
patches. Also interested in processes that influence the formation and fate
of detrital particles known as "marine snow."
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Kenneth L. Heck, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 1976) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, Professor of
Marine Science, University of South Alabama, Chair of University Programs.
Ecological studies of interactions between seagrasses and associated
macrofauna, especially shrimps, crabs, and fishes. Current research includes
a global assessment of seagrass nursery value, and experimental
investigations of herbivory, nutrient enrichment and overfishing as they
impact seagrass ecosystems.
Marine
Ecology Lab Web Site
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Frank J. Hernandez,
Ph.D.
(Louisiana State University, 2001). Research Senior Marine Scientist I, DISL.
Research interests focus on the ecology of marine organisms, primarily
coastal and reef-associated fishes, particularly the early life history
stages of fishes and the physical and environmental processes that affect
dispersal, survival to settlement, habitat selection and the eventual
recruitment to the adult population.
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Ronald P. Kiene, Ph.D.
(SUNY Stony Brook, 1986) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of
Marine Science, University of South Alabama. Biogeochemical cycling of
organic matter in coastal and ocean systems with emphasis on compounds
containing sulfur and nitrogen. Cycling of climatically important trace
gases in relation to phytoplankton and food web dynamics. Microbial ecology
and biogeochemistry in sediments.
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Hugh MacIntyre,
Ph.D.
(University of
Delaware, 1996) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL. Research interests include
photosynthetic physiology and the dynamics of phytoplankton blooms
(including harmful algal blooms) and in-water optical monitoring of water
quality and productivity dynamics.
Microalgal Lab Web Site
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Tina Miller-Way, Ph.D.
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Behzad Mortazavi, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 1998). Assistant Professor and Director of the University of Alabama M.S. Degree Program in the Marine Science. Research interests include focus on the transfer and cycling of bioreactive material in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on how naturally occurring perturbation and anthropogenic activities are impacting biogeochemical cycles.
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Kyeong Park, Ph.D.
(College of William and Mary, 1993) Senior Marine
Scientist I, DISL and Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama. Physical transport processes and their effects on water quality and living resources in tidal rivers, estuaries and coastal systems, using field data, theoretical analyses and numerical models. Specific topics include estuarine residual circulation, dipersion of pollutants, sediment transport, eutrophication, hypoxia/anoxia, ect.
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Sean
P. Powers,
Ph.D.
(Texas A&M
University, 1997). Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, and Associate Professor of
Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Fisheries, experimental
ecology, conservation and restoration of coastal shellfish and finfish
populations.
Fisheries Lab Web Site
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William W. Schroeder, Ph.D.
(Texas A&M University, 1971)
Emeritus Marine Scientist,
DISL. Interdisciplinary
oceanography.
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D. LaDon Swann,
Ph.D.
(Purdue University, 1999) Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
Consortium, Associate Research Professor, Auburn University. Biological
research focuses on marine aquaculture with an emphasis on oyster
reproduction. Educational research interest focuses on distance education
for adult learners.
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John F. Valentine, Ph.D.
(University of Alabama, 1989) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate
Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama. The role of biotic
processes in controlling the flow of energy in seagrass communities,
conservation biology, and the potential for marine protected areas to
restore food web function in seagrass-coral reef systems.
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