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David Caron
Professor of Biological Sciences
Contact Information
Office: AHF 301
Phone: (213)740-0203
E-mail:
dcaron@usc.edu
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Education
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 B.S. Microbiology, University of Rhode Island, 1/1975
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M.S. Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1/1977
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Ph.D. Joint Program in Biological Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.,, 1/1984
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Professor, University of Southern California, 1/1/1999-
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, Field research at field stations in Bermuda (BBSR), Jamaica (DBRS), Barbados (BRI), Catalina Island (USC marine station), Caribbean Marine Research Ce, 1/1/1975-
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Senior Scientist, WHOI, 1/1/1997-1/1/1999
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, Participation on 24 major research cruises., 1/1/1975-1/1/1999
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Associate Scientist with tenure, WHOI, 1/1/1993-1/1/1997
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Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1/1/1989-1/1/1993
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Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1/1/1985-1/1/1989
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Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, 1/1/1984-1/1/1985
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Marine and freshwater microbial ecology, with emphasis on the trophic relationships between protists (microalgae and protozoa) and other planktonic and benthic microorganisms. Recent research programs have focused on the distribution, feeding ecology, respiration and nutrient regeneration of bacterivorous and herbivorous protozoa, the ecology of harmful algae, the physiology of Antarctic protists, feeding and growth of phagotrophic (mixotrophic) microalgae, and the development of molecular biological approaches for studying the ecology of free-living microorganisms.
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
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Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies,http://wrigley.usc.edu
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Publications
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Book Chapter
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Caron, D. A., Schnetzer, A.
(2006).
Protistan community structure. Manual of Environmental Microbiology/ASM.
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Journal Article
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Schnetzer, A., Miller, P. E., Schaffner, R. A., Stauffer, B., Jones, B. H., Weisberg, S. B., DiGiacomo, P. M., Berelson, W. M., Caron, D. A.
(2006).
Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and Domoic Acid in the San Pedro Channela and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003-2004. Harmful Algae.
Vol. In press
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Schnetzer, A., Caron, D. A.
(2006).
Copepod grazing impact on the trophic structure of the microbial assemblage of the San Pedro Channel, California. Journal of Plankton Research/Oxford.
Vol. 27, pp. 959-972.
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2003
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