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Dianne Greenfield

Dianne Greenfield

Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Science
University of South Carolina
Director, South Carolina Algal Ecology Laboratory, SCDNR
Hollings Marine Laboratory
331 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 725-4823
dgreenfield@belle.baruch.sc.edu

Ph.D., 2002, Stony Brook University

Research emphasis: Ecology and physiology of coastal phytoplankton

Current research projects :

  • marine phytoplankton ecology, physiology, and biogeochemistry
  • development of molecular applications for in situ biosensors and observatories
  • ecology of harmful algal blooms
  • marine microbial trophic dynamics

Selected Publications:

  • Doucette, G.J., C.M. Mikulski, K.L. Jones, K.L. King, Greenfield, D.I., R. Marin III, S. Jensen, B. Roman, C.T. Elliott, and C.A. Scholin. Remote, subsurface detection of the algal toxin domoic acid onboard the Environmental Sample Processor: assay development and field trials. Harmful Algae. In Press.
  • Scholin, C.A., Doucette, G.J., Jensen, S., Roman, B., Pargett, D., Marin, R. III., Preston, C., Jones, W., Feldman, J., Everlove, C., Harris, A., Alvarado, N., Massion, E., Birch, J., Greenfield, D.I., Wheeler, K., Vrijenhoek, R., Mikulski, C. and K. Jones. 2009. Remote detection of marine microbes, small invertebrates, harmful algae and biotoxins using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP). NOPP Special Issue: Ocean Observing Platforms and Biosensors. Oceanography. 22 (2) 158-167.
  • Greenfield, D.I., Marin, R. III., Doucette, G.J., Mikulski, C., Jensen, S., Roman, B., Alvarado, N., Feldman, J. and C.A. Scholin. 2008. Field applications of the second-generation Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) for remote detection of harmful algae: 2006-2007. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 6: 667-679.
  • Lonsdale, D.J., Greenfield, D.I., Hillebrand, E.H., Nuzzi, R. and G.T. Taylor. (2006) Contrasting microplanktonic composition in two coastal embayments (Long Island, New York). Journal of Plankton Research 28 (10) 891-905.
  • Greenfield, D.I., Lonsdale, D.J. and R.M. Cerrato. (2005) Linking phytoplankton community composition with juvenile-phase growth in the northern quahog Mercenaria mercenaria (L.). Estuaries 28 (2) 241-251.