College of Charleston Summer REU Program

Intern Publications Resulting from Summer Research

K.C. Hancock, L.A. May, M.J. Bertin, K.H. Huncik, P.D.R. Moeller and C.M. Woodley. 2009 in preparation. Pigment analysis in cultures of four clades of Symbiodinium spp. under normal and stressed growth conditions.

M.J. Twiner, J. Hanagriff, P. Hess and G.J. Doucette. 2009 in preparation. Induction of apoptosis by azaspiracid-1 in three human cell lines.

T.B. Schock, D.A. Stancyk, L. Thibodeaux, K.G. Burnett and L.E. Burnett, A.F.B. Boroujerdi, and D.W. Bearden. 2009 submitted. Metabolomic analysis of Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus hemolymph following oxidative stress.

C.J. Plante, S. Feipel and J.L. Wilkie. 2009 submitted. Disturbance effects of deposit feeding on microalgal community structure and mechanisms of recolonization.

E.E. Sotka, A. McCarty, N. Oakman, E. Monroe, and F. Van Dolah. 2009. Benthic herbivores are not deterred by brevetoxins produced by the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. J. Chem. Ecol. 38:851-859.

M.E. DeLorenzo, S.C. Wallace, L.E. Danese and T.D. Baird. 2009. Temperature and salinity effects on the toxicity of common pesticides to the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. J. Environ. Sci. Health. 44B:455-460.

B.M. Macey, C. K. Rathburn, L. K. Thibodeaux, L. E. Burnett, and K. G. Burnett. 2008. Clearance of Vibrio campbellii injected into the hemolymph of Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic blue crab: The effects of prior exposure to bacteria and environmental hypoxia. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 25:718-730 (.pdf).

B.M. Macey, I. O. Achilihu, K. G. Burnett, and L. E. Burnett. 2008. Effects of hypercapnic hypoxia on the inactivation and elimination of Vibrio campbellii in the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:6077-6084 (.pdf).

M.E. DeLorenzo and J. Fleming. 2008. Individual and mixture effects of selected pharmaceuticals on the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 55:203-210 (.pdf).

M.C. Finnegan, S. Pittman, and M.E. DeLorenzo. 2008. Lethal and sublethal toxicity of the antifoulant compound Irgarol 1051 to the mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 56:85-95 (.pdf).

C.R. Plante, K.M. Coe, and R.G. Plante. 2008. Isolation of surfactant-resistant bacteria from natural, surfactant-rich marine habitats. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:5093-5099 (.pdf).

E.J. Burge, D.J. Madigan, L.E. Burnett, and K.G. Burnett. 2007. Lysozyme gene expression by hemocytes of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, after injection with Vibrio. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 22:327-339 (.pdf).

C.A. Tanner, L.E. Burnett, and K.G. Burnett. 2006. The effects of hypoxia and pH on phenoloxidase activity in the Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 144:218-223 (.pdf).

M.-Y. Dechraoui, J.J. Wacksman, and J.S. Ramsdell. 2006. Species selective resistance of cardiac muscle voltage gated sodium channels: Characterization of brevetoxin and ciguatoxin binding sites in rats and fish. Toxicon 48:702-712 (.pdf).

C.J. Keppler, J. Hoguet, K. Smith, A.H. Ringwood, and A.J. Lewitus. 2005. Sublethal effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the southeastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Harmful Algae 4:275-285 (.pdf).

M.J. Twiner, P. Hess, M.-Y. Dechraoui, T. McMahon, M.S. Samons, M. Satake, T. Yasumoto, J.S. Ramsdell, and G.J. Doucette. 2005. Cytotoxic and cytoskeletal effects of azaspiracid-1 on mammalian cell lines. Toxicon 45:891-900 (.pdf).

M.E. DeLorenzo, M. Leatherbury, J.A. Weiner, A.J. Lewitus, and M.H. Fulton. 2004. Physiological factors contributing to the species specific sensitivity of four estuarine microalgal species exposed to the herbicide atrazine. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 7(1):137-146 (.pdf).

J.D. Holman, K.G. Burnett, and L.E. Burnett. 2004. Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia on the Clearance of Vibrio campbellii in the Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Biological Bulletin 206:188-196 (.pdf).

M.E. DeLorenzo and L. Serrano. 2003. Individual and mixture toxicity of three pesticides; atrazine, chlorpyrifos and chlorothalonil, to the marine phytoplankton species Dunaliella tertiolecta. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. Vol.B38 (5):529-538 (.pdf).

P. Key, K. Chung, A. Opatkiewicz, E. Wirth, and M. Fulton. 2003. Toxicity of the insecticides fipronil and endosulfan to selected life stages of the grass shrimp (Palaeomonetes pugio). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70:533-540 (.pdf).

P. Key, S. Meyer, and K. Chung. 2003. Lethal and sublethal effects of the fungicide chlorothalonil on three life stages of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Journal of Environmental Science and Health 38B:539-549.

M.E. DeLorenzo, L.A. Taylor, S.A. Lund, P.L. Pennington, E.D. Strozier, and M.H. Fulton. 2002. Toxicity and bioaccumulation potential of the agricultural pesticide endosulfan in phytoplankton and zooplankton. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxciology 42:173-181 (.pdf).


Online Undergraduate Publications:

C. Campbell, T. Bartlett, L. May and C. Woodley. 2009. The effects of heat and oxidative stress on immunocompetence in cnidarians. MarSci.2009.07.090701