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Faculty research interests focus broadly on the oceanography and ecology of estuaries and near-coastal waters in areas including: benthic ecology, fisheries oceanography, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology, invertebrate zoology, biogeochemical cycling and trophic dynamics, physical oceanography and marine conservation ecology.

 


Ruth H. Carmichael, Ph.D.
(Boston University, 2004) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama.  Employing natural abundance stable isotopes to understand b
iological and physiological responses to environmental perturbations, assessing nutritional importance of food sources, discerning physiological state of organisms, and determining 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 Associate 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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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. 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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Joel Fodrie, Ph.D.
(University of California, San Diego, 2006) Research Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Research Assistant Professor, University of South Alabama. Fish and bivalve population ecology with emphasis on connectivity of marine populations, ecosystems; complex trophic interactions in marine communities; and ecosystem function in relation to habitat quality, availability and utilization.
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Monty Graham, Ph.D.
(University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, and Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Physical and behavioral mechanisms that cause plankton to be distributed in patches; 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) Chief Marine Scientist, DISL, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Ecological studies of interactions between seagrasses and associated macrofauna, especially shrimps, crabs, and fishes; 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, DISL.  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 Sciences, 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; and microbial ecology and biogeochemistry in sediments.
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Hugh MacIntyre, Ph.D.
(University of Delaware, 1996) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. 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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Christine (Tina) Miller-Way, Ph.D.
(Lousiana State University, 1994) Marine Scientist-Educator, Northern Gulf Institute Liaison, Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Science education - curriculum development, inquiry-based marine science; Research - functional ecology of marine benthos, benthic community structure, macrofaunal effects on benthic processes and coastal hypoxia.
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Behzad Mortazavi, Ph.D.
(Florida State University, 1998) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor and Director of the University of Alabama M.S. Degree Program in the Marine Science. 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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Alice C. Ortmann, Ph.D.
(University of British Columbia, 2005) Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama.  Diversity and ecological roles of marine microbes including Bacteria, Archaea and their viruses using both culture-based and molecular biology techniques.
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Kyeong Park, Ph.D.
(College of William and Mary, 1993) Senior Marine Scientist and Associated Professor of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Physical transport processes and their effects of water quality and living resources in tidal rivers, estuaries and coastal systems, using field data, theoretical analysis and numerical models; estuarine residual circulation, dispersion of pollutants, sediment transport, eutrophication and hypoxia/anoxia.
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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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D. LaDon Swann, Ph.D.
(Purdue University, 1999) Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and Director Auburn University Marine Extension & Research Center.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) Chair of University Programs, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Professor of Marine Sciences, 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.
Marine Conservation Lab Web Site
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