LISA CAMPBELL

Professor
Biology, Oceanography

Department of Oceanography
Texas A&M University
TAMU 3146
College Station, TX 77843-3146
Office: Room 911C Eller, (O&M Bldg.) (map)
Phone: 979.845.5706
Fax: 979.845.6331
E-mail: lcampbell@ocean.tamu.edu
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Keywords: Phytoplankton ecology, harmful algal blooms, Karenia brevis, population genetics, phenotypic plasticity, oceanography, ocean observing systems, aquatic ecology.

Interests:
I study the ecology of marine phytoplankton, in particular the factors influencing community structure, population dynamics and diversity. Current research in my laboratory focuses on a growing environmental concern: harmful algal blooms. We are working with Karenia brevis, the dinoflagellate responsible for fish kills along the Texas coast. We are developing tools to assess population-genetic structure and elucidate levels of genetic variation and diversity within blooms as they develop. Ultimately, information will be used to predict the response of K. brevis at the population level to environmental changes and to assess how these responses affect and influence bloom formation and dynamics. Another long-term goal of my laboratory is to develop improved capabilities for detection and early warning of harmful algal blooms. We are working on a buoy-based in situ continuous monitoring system capable of detecting K. brevis in real-time that will become part of the Coastal Ocean Observing System.

Courses:
OCNG 420: Introduction to Biological Oceanography
OCNG 625: Current Topics in Biological Oceanography
OCNG 654: Plankton Ecology

Selected publications:

1.      Campbell, L., R.J. Olson, H.M. Sosik, A. Abraham, D.W. Henrichs, C.J. Hyatt, E.J. Buskey. 2009.First harmful Dinophysis (Dinophyceae, Dinophysiales) bloom in the US is revealed by automated imaging flow cytometry. Journal of Phycology (in press)

2.       Errera, R.M., A. Bourdelais, M.A. Drennan, E.B. Dodd, D.W. Henrichs, and L. Campbell. 2009. Variation in brevetoxin and brevenal content among clonal cultures of Karenia brevis may influence bloom toxicity. Toxicon http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.013

3.      Ulrich, R.M., E.T. Caster, L. Campbell, B. Richardson, C. Heil, and J.H. Paul. 2009. Detection and Quantification of Karenia mikimotoi using Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification with Internal Control RNA (IC-NASBA). Harmful Algae (in press)

4.      Van Dolah, F., K.B, Lidie, M.A. Monroe, D. Bhattacharya, D., L. Campbell, G.J. Doucette, and D. Kamykowski. 2009. The Florida Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis: New Insights into Cellular and Molecular Processes Underlying Bloom Dynamics. Harmful Algae 8(4): 562-572

5.      Campbell, L., J.N. Walpert, N.L. Guinasso, Jr. 2008. A new buoy-based in situ optical early warning system for harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico. Nova Hedwigia, Suppl. 133: 161-170.

6.      Hetland, R.D. and L. Campbell. 2007. Convergent blooms of Karenia brevis along the Texas coast, Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (19): Art. No. L19604  doi:10.1029/2007GL030474.