Biology and Marine Biology

(Axel Boer) #1

McMurray, S.E., Finelli, C.M., and Pawlik, J.R. Demographics of the giant barrel sponge
Xestospongia muta and carbon flux on coral reefs. 41th Annual Benthic Ecology
Meeting, March, 2012.


Steve Thornton


Poster:
Thayer VG, Rittmaster KA, Pabst DA, Thornton SW, Piscitelli MA, Clark KL, Piatak MM,
Doshkov PK, Lovewell GN, Harms CA, and McLellan WA. Neonatal bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus) strandings in North Carolina from 1992 to 2011. 19th Biennial
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. November 27-December 2, 2011.


Christy Visaggi


Visaggi, C. and Dietl, G. Examining the influence of seasonality on drilling frequency of
Neverita duplicata through field and laboratory experiments: implications for patterns of
drilling predation in the fossil record. Geological Society of America, November, 2011.


Visaggi, C. and Kelley, P. Equatorward increase in naticid gastropod drilling on bivalves
across four ecoregions in Brazil. American Malacological Society, June, 2012.


*Co-authored 3 additional abstracts for the Geological Society of America meeting (November,
2011). Two of these abstracts were by students I mentored in research.


*Co-authored 2 abstracts for the Southeastern Geological Society of America meeting (April,
2012).


Maria White


White, M., Courchesne, M., Frampton, A.R. Jr. Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) mediated
oncolysis of human glioblastoma multiforme cells. Southeastern Regional Virology
Conference, March, 2012.


Papers:


Rebecka Brasso


Brasso RL, Abel S, Polito MJ. 2012. Pattern of mercury allocation into egg components is
independent of dietary exposure in Gentoo penguins. Archives of Environmental
Contamination and Toxicology, 62:494-501.


Andrea Dingeldein


Stallings, C. D. and Dingeldein, A.L. 2012. Intraspecific cooperation facilitates synergistic
predation. Bulletin of Marine Science 88:317- 318


Leigh Anne Harden


Southwood Williard, A. and Harden, L.A. 2011. Seasonal changes in thermal environment and
metabolic enzyme activity in the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).

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