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Graduate Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Education:
Ph.D.,
Biological Sciences, Monash
University, Australia, 2000
B.Sci. (Honors) Biochemistry,
La Trobe University, Australia, 1990.
B.Sci.
Majors in Biochemistry and Chemistry. La Trobe University, Australia,
1990.
Speciality:
Elemental
dynamics on physiology, primary productivity and phytoplankton community
composition in coastal ecosystems.
Research
Interests:
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Impact of trace metal and
nutrient (N, P) enrichments, cycling and dynamics on physiology, primary
productivity, and community composition in coastal ecosystems.
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Development of bioassays using
ecologically relevant marine fauna, for toxicity studies and bioremediation.
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Ecological stoichiometry – biology of elements from molecules to the
biosphere.
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Evolution of phytoplankton and development in the field of geobiology through interdisciplinary research.
Courses Taught:
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Postgraduate |
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Marine Botany |
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Special topics in Marine Sciences |
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Directed Studies |
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Biological ocean cruises |
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Seminar in Marine Biology |
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Selected Publications:
Quigg, A.
and Wardle, W. J. 2004
Marine Botany – course handbook.
Texas A&M University.
264pp.
Ho, T-Y.
Quigg, A. Finkel, Z.V.
Milligan, A. Wyman, K. Falkowski, P.G. and Morel, F.M.M. 2003 On the
elemental composition of some marine phytoplankton.
J. Phycology
39: 1-15.
Falkowski, P. G. Katz, M. E. Knoll, A. H.
Quigg, A. Raven, J. A. Schofield,
O. and Taylor, F. J. R. 2004
The
evolutionary history of eukaryotic phytoplankton.
Science 305: 354-360. PDF
Raven JA, Andrews M,
Quigg A. 2004
The evolution of
oligotrophy in relation to the breeding of crop plants for low input
agricultural systems. In
Aspects of Applied Biology 72, pp. 99-100, published by the Association of
Applied Biologists, c/o Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne,
Warwick CV35 9EF, UK
Quigg, A.
Finkel, Z.V. Irwin, A.J. Reinfelder, J.R. Rosenthal, Y. Ho, T-Y. Schofield, O.
Morel, F.M.M. and Falkowski, P.G. 2003 The evolutionary inheritance of
elemental stoichiometry in marine phytoplankton. Nature 425: 291-294.
PDF
Quigg, A.
and Beardall, J. 2003 Protein turnover in relation to maintenance metabolism
at low photon flux in two marine microalgae. Plant, Cell and Environment
26: 1-10. PDF
Quigg, A.
Beardall, J. and Wydrzynski, T. 2003 An investigation of the photosynthetic
O2 – evolving
reactions in two marine microalgae as a function of the photon flux during
growth. Functional Plant Biology 30: 301-308.
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