UTMSI - Key Persons
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- Administrative Assistant - Office 361 - 749 - 6787
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- Research for Credit, Spring 2021
Arley is a PhD student at UTMSI
Her research focuses on climate effects on kelp ecology dynamics in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
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- Support Staff Member
- Building Attendant II
- Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6795
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- Graduate Research Assistants and Research Topics
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- Cook / Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6754 / 361 - 749 - 6762
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Boat Captain ( R / V KATY )
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- Research Engineering / Scientist Associate II
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- Administrative Associate - Office 361 - 749 - 6741
Christina is a PhD student at UTMSI
Her research focuses on kelp beds in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Seagrasses provide an acoustic refuge for estuarine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472:117-127.
Cliff was the lead instructor for the Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program in 2011, 2014, and 2015
The Oceans Program at Flour Bluff, administered by Strain since 1990, just earned a Texas Environmental Excellent Award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Research for Credit, Spring 2019
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- Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6824
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- Department of Marine Science
- Professor Emerita
- Professor Emeritus
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- Director - Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Director and Chair, Marine Science Institute
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- Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 6722
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- Boat Captain ( Small Boats ) -
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- Facility Manager - Shop 361 - 749 - 6737
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
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- Custodial Supervisor - Office 361 - 749 - 6825
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- Department Buyer - Office 361 - 749 - 6785
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- Information Technology Manager - Office 361 - 749 - 6780
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- Guard Supervisor, University Police - Office 361 - 749 - 6738
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Senior Administrative Associate - Office 361 - 749 - 6814
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Assistant Director for Facilities - Office 361 - 749 - 6839
Dunton, K.H., J.L. Goodall, S.V. Schonberg, J.M. Grebmeier, and D.R. Maidment. 2005. Multi-decadal synthesis of benthic-pelagic coupling in the western arctic: role of cross-shelf advective processes. Deep-Sea Research II 52:3462-3477.
Dunton, K.H. 1996. Photosynthetic production and biomass of the subtropical seagrass Halodule wrightii along an estuarine gradient. Estuaries 19:436-447.
Dunton, K.H. 1992. Arctic biogeography: the paradox of the marine benthic fauna and flora. Trends Ecol. and Evol. 7(6):183-189. (INVITED)
Dunton, K.H. 1990. Growth and production in Laminaria solidungula: relation to continuous underwater light levels in the Alaskan High Arctic. Marine Biology 106:297-304.
Dunton, K.H. and D.M. Schell. 1987. Dependence of consumers on macroalgal (Laminaria solidungula) carbon in an arctic kelp community: d 13 C evidence. Marine Biology 93:615-625.
Dunton, K.H., S.V. Schonberg, and D.W. Funk. 2009. Interannual and spatial variability in light attenuation: evidence from three decades of growth in the arctic kelp, Laminaria solidungula. In: Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Science. Krupnick et al. (eds.), pp. 271-284, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C.
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Marine Science Coordinator -
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- Instructor
- Department of Marine Science
- Professor
Dr. Ken Dunton has over 30 years of experience conducting research in the Alaskan Arctic
Miller, H.L. and K.H. Dunton. 2007. Stable isotope ( 13 C) and O 2 micro-optode alternatives for measuring photosynthesis in seaweeds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 329:85-97.
Alexander, H.D. and K.H. Dunton. 2002. Freshwater inundation effects on emergent vegetation of a hypersaline salt marsh. Estuaries 25(6B):1426-1435.
Major, K.M. and K.H. Dunton. 2002. Variations in light-harvesting characteristics of the seagrass, Thalassia testudinum: evidence for photoacclimation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 275:173-189.
Buskey, E.J., K.H. Dunton, and P.L. Parker. 1999. Variations in stable carbon isotope ratio of the copepod Acartia tonsa during the onset of the Texas brown tide. Estuaries 22(4):995-1003.
Kaldy, J.E. and K.H. Dunton. 1999. Ontogenetic photosynthetic changes, dispersal and survival of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) seedlings in a sub-tropical lagoon. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 240:193-212.
Henley, W.J. and K.H. Dunton. 1997. Effects of nitrogen supply and continuous darkness on growth and photosynthesis of the arctic kelp, Laminaria solidungula. Limnology and Oceanography 42(2):209-216.
McTigue, N.D. P. Bucolo, Z. Liu, and K.H. Dunton. 2015. Pelagic-benthic coupling, food webs, and organic matter degradation in the Chukchi Sea: Insights from sedimentary pigments and stable carbon isotopes. Limnology and Oceanography 60: 429-445.
Kaldy, J.E. and K.H. Dunton. 2000. Above- and below- ground production, biomass and reproductive ecology of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) in a subtropical coastal lagoon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 193:271-283.
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- Assistant
- Research Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Plan II Thesis and Research for Credit, Spring and Fall 2015
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Research Assistant
- Research Associate
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- Librarian - Office 361 - 749 - 3095
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Administrative Associate to the Director - Office 361 - 749 - 6741
- Administrative Associate, Travel - Office 361 - 749 - 6706
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Building Attendant II - Office 361 - 749 - 3045
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- Acting Landscape Services Supervisor - Office 361 - 749 - 6737
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- Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Support Staff
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- Professor Emeritus ( Interim Appointment )
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Core Facilities Manager - Office 361 - 749 - 3099
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Assistant Director for Communications and Special Projects - Office 361 - 749 - 6841
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- Help Desk Specialist - Office 361 - 749 - 6780
Wilson, S.S. and K.H. Dunton. 2018. Hypersalinity during regional drought drives mass mortality of the seagrass Syringodium filiforme in a subtropical lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts: 855-865. DOI 10.1007/s12237-017-0319-x
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- Member of the Administrative and Support Staff
- Assistant Director for Finance - Office 361 - 749 - 6828
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- Research Professor, Department of Biological Oceanography, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada
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- Laboratory Research Assistant
Tracy is a former student at the Harold Kaveolook School (graduated 2012) in Kaktovik, AK
She is a 5-year veteran of the Summer Science Program
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- Administrative Associate
- Support Staff Member
Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Seagrasses provide an acoustic refuge for estuarine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472: 117-127.
Wilson, C.J., P.S. Wilson, and K.H. Dunton. 2013. Assesing the low frequency acoustic characteristics of Macrocystis pyrifera, Egregia menziessi, and Laminaria solidungula". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America: 133 (6). 3819-3826. DOI: 10.1121/1.4802637
Wilson, J.W., P.S. Wilson, C.A. Greene, and K.H. Dunton.2010. Seagrass leaves in 3-D: using computed tomography and low-frequency acoustics to investigate the material properties of seagrass tissue. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 395:128-134.