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Fred C. Dobbs

 

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.