College of Charleston
Marine Biology
SUMMARYParasites can exert strong effects on population to ecosystem level processes, but data on parasites are limited for many global regions, especially tropical marine systems. Characterizing parasite diversity and distributions are... more
Marine microbes provide the backbone for pelagic ecosystems by cycling and fixing nutrients and establishing the base of food webs. Microbial communities are often assumed to be highly connected and genetically mixed, with localized... more
Protistan oyster parasites in the genus Bonamia have been observed in recent years infecting new hosts on five continents, with most of these parasites genetically similar to austral species Bonamia exitiosa and Bonamia roughleyi.... more
Kudoa inornata is a myxosporean parasite that develops in the somatic muscle of spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, an economically and ecologically important fish in estuaries and harbors in southeastern North America. In South... more
For endangered sea turtle populations, microbial pathogens of developing embryos are of concern at nesting sites around the globe. For olive ridley turtles, hatching success is markedly lower at mass-nesting sites than at solitary nesting... more
For many taxa, including isomorphic haplodiplontic macroalgae, determining sex and ploidy is challenging, thereby limiting the scope of some population demographic and genetic studies. Here, we used double‐digest restriction... more
Benthic microalgae are of great significance to coastal productivity and nutrient cycling, yet determinants of their biogeography and community assembly remain unclear. We identified and compared spatial and environmental mechanisms that... more