Craig Plante
Professor & Director, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
College of Charleston
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
(843) 953-9187
plantec@cofc.edu
Ph.D., 1992, University of Washington
Research emphasis: Microbial ecology, benthic biology, animal-microbe interactions, bioremediation, and the role of autoinduction (quorum sensing) in biofilm development and the production of antimicrobials in marine bacteria
Current and planned research projects:
- the microbial ecology of sediments, esp. the quantitative and qualitative effects of deposit feeding on sedimentary bacteria
- the importance of disturbance to sedimentary microbial communities, and processes of re-colonization and succession
- role of bacterial antagonisms in structuring benthic bacterial communities
- surfactant-resistant bacteria and the use of surfactants in marine sediment bioremediation
Selected 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