Publications

 


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45. Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R., Weisenhorn, P.B., Sofranko, H., Marshall, T., Thistle, D., Barry, J.P. 2006. Simulated sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide at a deep-sea site: effects on nematode abundance and biovolume. Deep-Sea Research. 53: 1135-1147. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

44. Fleeger, J.W., Tita, G., Carman K.R., Millward, R.N., Moser, E.B., Portier, R.J., Gambrell, R.P. 2006. Does bioturbation by a benthic fish modify the effects of sediment contamination on saltmarsh benthic consumers? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 330: 180-194. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

43. Thistle, D., Sedlacek, L., Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Brewer, P.G., Barry, J.P. 2006. Simulated sequestration of industrial carbon dioxide at a deep-sea site: effects on species of harpacticoid copepods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 330: 151-158. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

42. Maddi, P., Carman, K.R., Fry, B., and B. Wissel. 2006. Use of primary production by harpacticoid copepods in a Louisiana salt-marsh food web. In: Functioning of microphytobenthos in estuarine environments, pp. 65-81, J.C Kromkamp, J.F.C. de Brouwer, G.F. Blanchard, R.M. Forster, and V. Créach (eds). Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

41. Findley, AM, Weidner, EH, Carman, KR, Xu ZM, Godbar, JS. 2005. Role of the posterior vacuole in Spraguea lophii (Microsporidia) spore hatching. Folia Paristologica. 52: 111-117. VIEW ABSTRACT

40. Thistle, D., Carman, K.R., Sedlacek, L., Brewer, P.G., Fleeger, J.W., and J.P. Barry. 2005. Deep-ocean, sediment-dwelling animals are sensitive to sequestered carbon dioxide. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 289: 1-4. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

39. Carman, K.R., Thistle, D., Fleeger, J.W., and J.P. Barry. 2004. The influence of introduced CO2 on deep-sea metazoan meiofauna. Journal of Oceanography. 60: 767-772. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

38. Millward, R.N., Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Gambrell, R.P., and R.J. Portier. 2004. Mixtures of metals and hydrocarbons elicit complex responses by a benthic invertebrate community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 310: 115-130. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

37. Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R., and R.M. Nisbet. 2003. Indirect effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment. 317: 207-233. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

36. Pinckney, J.L., Carman, K.R., Lumsden, S.E., and S.N. Hymel. 2003. Microalgal-meiofaunal trophic relationships in muddy intertidal estuarine sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 31: 99-108. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

35. King-Lotufo, E.C., Brown, K.M, and K.R. Carman. 2002. The influence of periphyton succession, snail size, and density on grazing in Physella virgata. Hydrobiologia. 482: 23-29. VIEW ABSTRACT

34. Carman, K.R. and B. Fry. 2002. Small-sample methods for d13C and d15N analysis of the diets of meiofaunal species using natural-abundance and tracer-addition isotope techniques. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 240: 85-92. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

33. Puckett, G.L. and K.R. Carman. 2002. Ciliate epibiont effects on feeding, energy reserves, and sensitivity to contaminants in an estuarine harpacticoid copepod. Estuaries. 25: 372-381. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

32. Millward, R.N., Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Gambrell, R.P., Powell, R.T., and M.M. Rouse. 2001. Linking ecological impact to metal concentrations and speciation: a microcosm experiment using a salt marsh meiofaunal community. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 20: 2029-2037. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

31. Mitra, S., Klerks, P., Bianchi, T.S., Means, J.C, and K.R. Carman. 2000. Effects of estuarine organic matter biogeochemistry on the bioaccumulation of PAHs by two epibenthic species. Estuaries. 23: 864-876. VIEW ABSTRACT

30. Buffan-Dubau, E. and K.R. Carman. 2000. Extraction of benthic microalgal pigments for HPLC analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 204: 293-297. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

29. Goldfinch, A.C. and K.R. Carman. 2000. Chironomid grazing on benthic microalgae in a Louisiana salt marsh. Estuaries. 23: 536-547.VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

28. Buffan-Dubau, E. and K.R. Carman. 2000. Diel feeding behavior of meiofauna and their relationships with microalgal resources. Limnology and Oceanography. 45: 381-395. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

27. Carman, K.R., Bianchi, T.S, and F. Kloep. 2000. The influence of grazing and nitrogen on benthic algal blooms in diesel-contaminated saltmarsh sediments. Environmental Science & Technology. 34: 107-111. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

26. Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., and S.M. Pomarico. 2000. Does historical exposure to hydrocarbon contamination alter the response of benthic communities to diesel contamination? Marine Environmental Research. 49: 255-278. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

25. Bennett, A., Bianchi, T.S., Means, J.C., and K.R. Carman. 1999. The effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination and grazing on the abundance and composition of microphytobenthos in salt marsh sediments (Pass Fourchon, LA) I. A microcosm experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 242: 1-20. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

24. Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R., Webb, S., Hilburn, N., and M. Pace. 1999. Consumption of microalgae by the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio Holthius. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19: 324-336. VIEW ABSTRACT

23. Hinkle-Conn, C., Fleeger, J.W., Carman, K.R., and J.C. Gregg. 1998. Effects of sediment-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on feeding behavior in juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus: Pisces). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 227: 113-132. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

22. Petersen, S., Arlt, G., Faubel, A., and K.R. Carman. 1998. On the nutritive significance of dissolved free amino acid uptake for the cosmopolitan oligochaete Nais elinguis, Müller (Naididae). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 46: 85-91. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

21. Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., and S.M. Pomarico. 1997. Response of a benthic food web to hydrocarbon contamination. Limnology and Oceanography. 42: 561-571.VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

20. Carman, K.R. and F.C. Dobbs. 1997. Epibiotic microorganisms on copepods and other aquatic crustaceans. Microscopy Research and Technique. 37: 116-135. VIEW ABSTRACT

19. Gregg, J.C., Fleeger, J.W., and K.R. Carman. 1997. Effects of suspended, diesel-contaminated sediment on feeding rate in the darter goby Gobionellus boleosoma (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 34: 269-275. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

18. Carman, K.R., Means, J.C., and S.M. Pomarico. 1996. Response of sedimentary bacteria in a Louisiana salt marsh to contamination by diesel fuel. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 10: 231-241.VIEW ABSTRACT

17. Carman, K.R. and M.A. Todaro. 1996. Influence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the meiobenthic-copepod community of a Louisiana salt marsh. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 198: 37-54.VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

16. Pace, M.C. and K.R. Carman. 1996. Interspecific differences among meiobenthic copepods in the use of microalgal food resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 143: 77-86.VIEW ABSTRACT

15. Radziejewska, T., Fleeger, J.W., Rabalais, N.N., and K.R. Carman. 1996. Meiofauna and sediment chloroplastic pigments on the continental shelf off Louisiana, USA. Continental Shelf Research. 16: 1699-1723. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

14. Carman, K.R., Fleeger, J.W., Means, J.C., Pomarico, S.M., and D.J. McMillin. 1995. Experimental investigation of the effects of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons on an estuarine sediment food web. Marine Environmental Research. 40: 289-318. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

13. Brown, K.M., Carman, K.R., and V. Inchausty. 1994. Density-dependent influences on feeding and metabolism in a freshwater snail. Oecologia. 99: 158-165. VIEW ABSTRACT

12. Carman, K.R. 1994. Stimulation of marine free-living and epibiotic bacterial activity by copepod excretions. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 14: 255-262. VIEW ABSTRACT

11. Carman, K.R. and J.B. Guckert. 1994. Radiotracer determination of ingestion and assimilation of periphytic algae, bacteria, and adsorbed amino acids by snails. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 13: 80-88. VIEW ABSTRACT

10. Carman, K.R. 1993. Microautoradiographic detection of microbial activity. In: Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology, pp. 397-404, P. F. Kemp, B.F. Sherr, E.B. Sherr, and J.J. Cole (eds.). Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. VIEW ABSTRACT

9. Carman, K.R., Thistle, D., Ertman, S.C., and M. Foy. 1991. Nile red as a probe for lipid-storage products in benthic copepods. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 74: 307-311. VIEW ABSTRACT

8. Carman, K.R. 1990. Mechanisms of uptake of radioactive labels by meiobenthic copepods during grazing experiments. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 68: 71-83. VIEW ABSTRACT

7. Carman, K.R. 1990. Radioactive labeling of a natural assemblage of marine sedimentary bacteria and microalgae for trophic studies: an autoradiographic study. Microbial Ecology. 19: 279-290. VIEW ABSTRACT

6. Carman, K.R., Dobbs, F.C., and J.B. Guckert. 1989. Comparison of three techniques for administering radiolabeled substrates to sediments for trophic studies: uptake by harpacticoid copepods. Marine Biology. 102: 119-126. VIEW ABSTRACT

5. Dobbs, F.C., Guckert, J.B., and K.R. Carman. 1989. Comparison of three techniques for administering radiolabeled substrates to sediments for trophic studies: incorporation by microbes. Microbial Ecology. 17: 237-250. VIEW ABSTRACT

4. Carman, K.R., Dobbs, F.C., and J.B. Guckert. 1988. Consequences of thymidine catabolism for estimates of bacterial production: an example from a coastal marine sediment. Limnology and Oceanography. 33: 1595-1606. VIEW ABSTRACT VIEW PAPER

3. Schropp, S., Lewis, F.G., Eubanks, W., Carman, K.R., and D.C. White. 1988. Biochemical characterization of estuarine benthic microbial communities for use in accessing pollution impacts. In: Chemical and Biological Characterization of Sludges, Sediments, Dredge Spoils, and Drilling Muds, pp.311-325. ASTM STP 976. J. J. Lichtenberg, J. A. Winter, C. I. Webster, and L. Fradkin (eds.).

2. Carman, K.R., Sherman, K.M., and D. Thistle. 1987. Evidence that sediment type influences the horizontal and vertical distribution of nematodes at a deep-sea site. Deep-Sea Research. 34: 45-53. VIEW ABSTRACT

1. Carman, K.R. and D. Thistle. 1985. Microbial food partitioning by three species of benthic copepods. Marine Biology. 88: 143-148. VIEW ABSTRACT