PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Alber, Merryl
Assistant Professor - Marine Sciences
Ph.D. 1992, Boston University Marine Program.

Research Interests:

Elemental cycling through nearshore systems, with emphasis on the role of organic aggregates in detrital food webs. Other research interests include bacterial aggregates in estuarine ecosystems; carbohydrate characterization and turnover; and food web mediated impacts of nutrient enrichment on metazoa.

Selected Publications:

• Alber, M. and I. Valiela. 1996. Utilization of microbial organic aggregates by bay scallops, Argopecten irradians. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 195: 71-89.
• Alber, M. and I. Valiela. 1995. Organic aggregates in detrital food webs: Incorporation by bay scallops, Argopecten irradians. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 121: 117-124.
• Alber, M. and I. Valiela. 1994. Production of microbial organic aggregates from macrophyte-derived dissolved organic material. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 37-50.
• Alber, M. and I. Valiela. 1994. Biochemical composition of organic aggregates produced from marine macrophyte-derived dissolved organic matter. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 717-723.
• Alber, M. and I. Valiela. 1994. Incorporation of organic aggregates by marine mussels. Mar. Biol. 121: 259-265.