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Marine Primary Production Group
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Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Marine Science Institute University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610 USA 805-893-4319 (lab) 805-893-4724 (fax) |
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CLAUDIA MENGELT
Marine Science Institute
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610
Lab/Fax: 805-893-4319
Alt. Fax: 805-893-4724
E-mail: mengelt@lifesci.ucsb.edu
The core question of my research is how the marine chemical and physical environment drives phytoplankton species composition. This is reflected in my Master's degree in Biological Oceanography at Oregon State University, where I studied the chemical and physical factors influencing phytoplankton species composition across the Antarctic Polar Front. My desire to apply these questions to harmful algal research brought me back to the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UCSB, under the guidance of my advisor Dr. B. Prézelin, I am conducting experiments to determine how UV and PAR might affect the light-physiology of two toxigenic diatoms, Pseudo-nitzschia australis and P. multiseries, and whether it plays a role in their recent success in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. I also had the fortune to be involved and participate in the establishment of a monitoring program for toxic Pseudo-nitzschia australis, P. multiseries, and Alexandrium catanella in collaboration with Dr. E. Venrick at Scripps and spear-headed by Dr. M. Silver at UCSC.
THESES TOPICS:
Ph. D. work at UCSB: Does UVR Tolerance Play a Role in the Recent Success of the Toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in California Coastal Waters?Masters of Science in Oceanography at OSU: Physical and Chemical Factors Controlling the Distribution of the Major Phytoplankton Classes at the Antarctic Polar Front, 170 W.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS:
California and the World Ocean 2002
Xth International Conference on Harmful Algae