2008 Tang, Y.Z., X.P. Lu, M. Laroussi, and F.C. Dobbs. Sublethal and killing effects of atmospheric-pressure, nonthermal plasma on eukaryotic microalgae in aqueous media. Plasma Processes and Polymers 5:552-558.
2007 Dobbs, F.C. Après le déluge: Microbial landscape of New Orleans after the hurricanes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104:9103-9104.
2007 Doblin, M.A., K.J. Coyne, J.M. Rinta-Kanto, S.W. Wilhelm, and F.C. Dobbs. Dynamics and short-term survival of cyanobacteria species in ballast water-implications for HAB invasions. Harmful Algae 6:519-530.
2007 Tang, Y.Z., and F.C. Dobbs. Green autofluorescence in dinoflagellates, diatoms, and other microalgae and its implications for vital staining and morphological study. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:2306-2313.
2007 Drake, L.A., M.A. Doblin, and F.C. Dobbs. Potential microbial bioinvasions via ships' ballast water, sediment, and biofilm. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 55:333-341.
2006 Laroussi, M., O. Minayeva, F.C. Dobbs, and J. Woods. Spores survivability after exposure to low-temperature plasmas. IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 34 (4):253-1256.
2006 Doblin, M.A., and F.C. Dobbs. Setting a size-exclusion limit to remove toxic dinoflagellate cysts in ships' ballast water. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 52:259-263.
2005 Dobbs, F.C., and A. Rogerson. Ridding ships' ballast water of microorganisms. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (12):259A-264A.
2005 Drake, L.A., and F.C. Dobbs. Do viruses affect the fecundity and survival of the copepod Acartia tonsa Dana? J. Plankt. Res. 27(2):167-174.
2004 Doblin, M.A., Popels, L.C., Coyne, K.J., Hutchins, D.A., Cary, S.C., and F.C. Dobbs. Transport of the harmful bloom alga Aureococcus anophagefferens by ocean-going ships and coastal boats. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:6495-6500.
2004 Dobbs, F.C, R.C. Zimmerman, and L.A. Drake. Occurrence of intracellular crystals in leaves of Thalassia testudinum. Aquat. Bot. 80:23-28. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.03.003
2002 Laroussi, M., J.P. Richardson, and F.C. Dobbs. Effects of nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas on the heterotrophic pathways of bacteria and on their cell morphology. Applied Physics Letters 81:772-774. http://ojps.aip.org/getpdf/ser vlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=APPLAB000081000004000772000001&idtype=cvips
2002 Drake, L.A., G.M. Ruiz, B.S. Galil, T.L. Mullady, D.O. Friedman, and F.C. Dobbs. Microbial ecology of ballast water during a trans-oceanic voyage and the effects of open-ocean exchange. Marine Ecology Progress Series 233:13-20. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v233/p13-20.html
2001 Drake, L.A., K.-H. Choi, G.M. Ruiz, and F.C. Dobbs. Global redistribution of bacterioplankton and virioplankton communities. Biological Invasions 3:193-199.
2001 Balkwill, D., J. Chen, M. DeFlaun, F. Dobbs, and 20 others. Breakthroughs in field-scale bacterial transport. EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union 82(38): 417, 423-425.
2001 Choi, K.-C., F.C. Dobbs, and R.K. Cowen. Short-term temporal and spatial dynamics of bacterioplankton near Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 25:43-53. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v25/n1/p43-53.html
2000 Ruiz, G.M., T.K. Rawlings, F.C. Dobbs, L.A. Drake, T. Mullady, A. Huq, and R.R. Colwell. Global spread of microorganisms by ships. Nature 408:49-50.
1999 Choi, K.-C., and F.C. Dobbs. Comparison of two kinds of Biolog microplates (GN and ECO) in their ability to distinguish among aquatic microbial communities. J. Microbiol. Meth. 36:203-213. doi:10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00034-2
1998 Drake, L.A. , K.-H. Choi, A.G.E. Haskell, and F.C. Dobbs. Vertical profiles of virus-like particles and bacteria in the water column and sediments of Chesapeake Bay . Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 16:17-25. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v16/n1/p17-25.html
1998 Karl, D.M., and F.C. Dobbs. Molecular approaches to microbial biomass estimation in the sea. Chapter 2 (pp. 29-89) in Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Ocean, K.E. Cooksey (ed.); Chapman & Hall, London. http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/abstracts/doc2_95.html
1998 Lonsdale, D.J., F.C. Dobbs, R.P. Hassett, and J. Yen. Physiological traits associated with a reproductive-resting stage in Coullana canadensis (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Mar. Biol. 131:123-131. http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00227/bibs/8131001/81310123.htm
1997 Smith, C.R., W. Berelson, D.J. DeMaster, F.C. Dobbs, D. Hammond , D.J. Hoover , R.H. Pope, and M. Stephens. Latitudinal variations in benthic processes in the abyssal equatorial Pacific: control by biogenic particle flux. Deep-Sea Res. II 44:2295-2317. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(97)00022-2
1997 Dobbs, F.C., and K.A. Selph. Thermophilic bacterial activity in a deep-sea sediment from the Pacific Ocean . Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 13:209-212. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v13/n2/p209-212.html
1997 Carman, K.R., and F.C. Dobbs. Epibiotic microorganisms on copepods and other aquatic crustaceans. Micros. Res. Tech. 37:116-135. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/c gi- bin/abstract/5601 1/STARThttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin /ful ltext ? I D=56011&PLACEBO=IE.pdf
1995 Williams, A.B., and F.C. Dobbs. A new genus and species of caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from hydrothermal vents on Loihi Seamount, Hawaii. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 108:228-237.
1995 Moyer, C.L., F.C. Dobbs, and D.M. Karl. Phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial community from a microbial mat at an active, hydrothermal vent system, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1555-1562. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/re print/61/4/1555.pdf
1993 Corgiat, J., F.C. Dobbs, M. Burger, and P. Scheuer. Organohalogen constituents of the acorn worm Ptychodera bahamensis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 106B:83‑86. doi:10.1016/0305-0491(93)90011-S
1993 Dobbs, F.C., and R.H. Findlay. Analysis of microbial lipids to determine biomass and detect the response of sedimentary microorganisms to disturbance. Chapter 40 in Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. (P.F. Kemp, B.F. Sherr, E.B. Sherr, and J.J. Cole, editors), pp. 347‑358. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton.
1989 Dobbs, F.C., J.B. Guckert, and K.R. Carman. Comparison of three techniques for administering radiolabeled substrates to sediments for trophic studies: Incorporation by microbes. Microb. Ecol. 17:237‑250.
1988 Dobbs, F.C., and J.B. Guckert. Callianassa trilobata (Crustacea: Thalassinidea) influences abundance of meiofauna and biomass, composition, and physiologic state of microbial communities within its burrow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 45:69‑79.
1988 Dobbs, F.C., and J.B. Guckert. Microbial food resources of the macrofaunal deposit feeder Ptychodera bahamensis (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 45:127‑136.
1988 Carman, K.R., F.C. Dobbs, and J.B. Guckert. Consequences of thymidine catabolism to estimates of bacterial production: An example from a coastal marine sediment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 33:1595‑1606.
1986 Dobbs, F.C., and T.A. Scholly. Sediment processing and selective feeding in Pectinaria koreni (Polychaeta: Pectinariidae). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 29:165‑176.
1983 Dobbs, F.C., and J.M. Vozarik. Immediate effects of a storm on coastal infauna. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 11:273‑279.
1982 Dobbs, F.C., and R.B. Whitlatch. Aspects of deposit feeding by the polychaete Clymenella torquata. Ophelia 21:159‑166.