Principle Investigator

Hugh MacIntyre,
Ph.D.

                            University of Delaware, 1996





Lab Technician

Emily Goldman

B.S. University of South Alabama. 2004




Graduate Students

Justin Liefer
         Ph.D. (in progress). University of South Alabama   

         B.S. Biology (Honors) Grand Valley State University. 2005  

Project Summary:

• Response of microalgal community structure to changing nutrient conditions.
• Analysis of microalgal community stucture in Little Lagoon, Alabama  
• Causes of toxicity in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
        
                                   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Lucie Novoveska
  
   
  
  B.S.  Hampton University. 2003
  M.S. Eastern Illinois University. 2006
  
  Ph.D. (In Progress) University of South Alabama
  
  
  Chuck Stapleton
      
  
  M.S. University of South Alabama. 2006
  
  Thesis:   "A 6000 year record of diatom assemblages in a storm influenced estuary". 
                 
  Ph.D. (In Progress) University of South Alabama
  
  
  
  
  Former Graduate Students
  
  Canion, Andy K.  Variability in Productivity Model Inputs on Multiple Time Scales: Implications for Productivity Monitoring in Weeks Bay, Alabama.
  M.S. University of South Alabama. 2008 
  
  
  Former Technician
  
  Dunsmuir, Adrienne L.  Effects of Anthropogenic Eutrophication on the Estuarine Microphytobenthic Communities: Do Light and Nutrients Matter?
  M.S. University of South Alabama. 2004
  
  
  Former REUs
  
  Justin Liefer (2005)  Nutrient Dynamics and Shifts in Community Structure in Little Lagoon, AL.
  
  Kirstin Hartzell (2007)  GIS-Based Analysis of Nutrient Loading and Microalgal Biomass in Little Lagoon, AL, a Poorly-Flushed Coastal Lagoon.