Craig J. Plante
Director, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
Grice Marine Laboratory
College of Charleston
205 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: (843) 953-9187
(843) 953-9188 (lab)
Fax: (843) 953-9199
Email: plantec@cofc.edu
Degrees:
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Research Interests:
Microbial ecology, benthic biology, the influence of animal-microbe interactions on biogeochemical processes, and the role of autoinduction in the development of marine biofilms.
Recent Publications:
- Rafalowski, S., Plante, C. 2013. Non-equilibrium processes structuring benthic bacterial communities following deposit feeding by sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. DOI 10.3354/meps10162.
- Plante, C., Frank, E., Roth, P. 2011. Effects of biological and physical disturbances on benthic microalgal community structure and spatial patterns: Interactions between deposit feeding and tidal resuspension. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 440: 53-65.
- Plante, C., Busby, T. 2011. The influence of the facultative suspension-feeder Mesochaetopterus taylori on microbial community structure of sediments. Bull. Mar. Sci. 87: 377-393.
- Plante, C. 2010. Landscape and smaller-scale effects of lugworm (Arenicola marina) deposit feeding on benthic bacterial assemblages. J. Mar. Res. 68: 743-765.
- Plante, C., Feipel, S. Wilkie, J. 2010. Disturbance effects of deposit feeding on microalgal community structure and mechanisms of recolonization. J. Phycol. 46: 907-916.