UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT ... - Marine Sciences

McManus, George B. (PhD, SUNY Stony Brook)Associate ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:Interactions between planktonic populations and physical processes, trophic role of protozoa andother microzooplankton, Nutritional aspects of zooplankton feeding, specifically the single-celledprotozoans that are responsible for most of the consumption in planktonic food webs. Theseorganisms form important links in the food web between microbial producers and multicellularorganisms such as copepods and fish.CONTACT: Phone: (860) 405-9164 Email: george.mcmanus@uconn.eduFUNDING:NOAA $92,841 Development of an oligotrich ciliate as a foodNSF $207,479 Diversity & biogeography of marine…. Co-PI’s: L. Katz,O. West/Smith CollegeNSF $63,540 Trophic Role of zooplankton on Brazilian… Co-PI’s: DamNSF $7,000 REI Co-PI’s: DamCALFED/SFSU $229,816 Foodweb support for the threatened delta.. Co-PI’s: W. Kimmerer, SFSUShumway, Sandra E. (PhD, D.Sc. University College of North Wales)Research ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:Physiological ecology of marine invertebrates, shellfish biology, aquaculture, toxic algae.Specifically, the impacts of harmful algal species on shellfish and aquaculture.CONTACT: Phone: (860) 405-9282 Email: sandra.shumway@uconn.eduFUNDING:EPA $477,526 Assessment of the potential for Intro of HAB Co-PI’s: Wikfors/NMFS;Burholder/NCSUUSDA $44,765 Effects of temperature on the infection of clam Co-PI’s: Smolowitz/MBLWard, J. Evan (PhD, University of Delaware)Associate ProfessorRESEARCH FOCUS:Invertebrate physiological ecology, suspension feeding biodynamics, behavior and physiology ofcommercially important species or shellfish. The research addresses processes ranging from theorganism to ecosystem level in order to understand the dynamic relations between marine animalsand their environment. Because suspension feeders play such a key role in near-shore ecosystems,it is important to understand how they obtain and process food and non-food particles, and whatfactors control feeding processes.CONTACT: Phone: (860) 405-9073 Email: evan.ward@uconn.edu Web Site: web.uconn.edu/jevanwardFUNDING:NSF $429,558 Functional mechanisms of control in the bivalve pump Co-PI’s: ShumwayNSF $611,503 Linking marine pathogens to molluscan shellfish Co-PI’s: Smolowitz, Valino/MBLAllam/SBUNOAA $16,599 Effects of brown tides in coastal lagoonal systems Co-PI’s: Kraeuter/Rutgers- 7 -