Charles K. Biernbaum

Grice Marine Laboratory

Office: Grice Marine Laboratory

Office Phone: (843) 953-9186
Fax: (843) 953-9199

email: biernbaumc@cofc.edu

Degrees:
B.S. Wake Forest University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut.

Research Interests: Ecology and biogeography of marine and freshwater crustaceans, especially amphipods.

Resources:

• Invertebrate Collecting in Charleston (link)
• Invertebrate Experiments and Research Projects (PDF download)

Selected publications:
 

• Biernbaum, C.K. 1979. Influence of sedimentary factors on the distribution of benthic  amphipods of Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology  and Ecology 38:201-223.
• Biernbaum, C.K. 1980. Occurrence of the "tramp" terrestrial amphipods Talitroides alluaudi (Chevreux) and T. topitotum(Burt) (Amphipoda: Talitridae) in South Carolina. Brimleyana  3:107-111.
• Biernbaum, C.K. 1981. Seasonal changes in the amphipod fauna of Microciona prolifera (Ellis and Solander) (Porifera: Demospongia) and associated sponges in a shallow salt-marsh creek. Estuaries 4(2):85-96.
• Biernbaum, C.K. 1989. Distribution and seasonality of branchiopod and malacostracan  crustaceans of the Santee National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina. Brimleyana 15:7-30.
• Biernbaum, C.K., and E.L. Wenner. 1993. Trapping of necrophagous crustaceans on the  upper continental slope off South Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13:601- 608.
• Biernbaum, C.K. 1996. Biogeography of coastal and anchialine amphipods of Ascension Island,  South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Natural History 30:1597-1615.