Greg Doucette
NOAA/National Ocean Service
219 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 762-8528
greg.doucette@noaa.gov
PhD., 1989, University of British Columbia
Research emphasis: Marine biotoxins and the ecophysiology of harmful algae
Current research projects:
- algal-bacterial interactions and their role in regulating the growth of red tide species
- biotoxin trophic transfer in marine food webs (routes and efficiency of toxin transfer)
- environmental factors influencing the toxicity of harmful algal blooms
- development of remote, autonomous biotoxin detection capabilities
Selected Publications:
- Mikulski, C.M., Morton, S.L., Doucette, G.J. 2005. Development and application of LSU rRNA probes for Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico, USA. Harmful Algae 4:49-60.
- Babin, M., Cullen, J.J., Roesler, C.S., Donaghay, P.L., Doucette, G.J., Kahru, M., Lewis, M.R., Scholin, C.A., Sieracki, M.E., Sosik, H.M. 2005. New approaches and technologies for observing harmful algal blooms. Oceanography 18:210-227.
- Doucette, G.J., Turner, J.T., Powell, C.L., Keafer, B.A., Anderson, D.M. 2005. ECOHAB-Gulf of Maine. Trophic accumulation of PSP toxins in zooplankton during Alexandrium fundyense blooms in Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine, April – June, 1998. I. Toxin levels in A. fundyense and zooplankton size fractions. Deep-Sea Research II 52:2764-2783.
- Twiner, M.J., Hess, P., Bottein Dechraoui, M.-Y., McMahon, T., Ramsdell, J.S., Samons, M.S., Satake, M., Yasumoto, T., Doucette, G.J. 2005. Cytotoxic and cytoskeletal effects of azaspiracid-1 on mammalian cell lines. Toxicon 45:891-900.
- Doucette, G.J., Cembella, A.D., Martin, J.L., Michaud, J., Cole, T.V.N., Rolland, R.M. 2006. PSP toxins in north Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and their zooplankton prey in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306:303-313.