Evelyn J. Lessard, Ph.D. (Univ. of Rhode Island), Associate Professor. elessard@u.washington.edu. Microzooplankton ecology, ecology and physiology of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, oceanic and coastal microbial food web dynamics, role of protists in bioremediation in sediments, and immunofluorescent probes for tracing trophic transfers. UW's Marine Bioremediation Program.
Lessard, E.J.L. and M.C. Murrell. 1996. Distribution, abundance and size composition of heterotrophic dinoflagellates and ciliates in the subtropical Sargasso Sea. Deep Sea Res. 43:1045-1065.
Lessard, E.J. and M.C. Murrell. 1998. Microzooplankton herbivory and phytoplankton growth in the northwestern Sargasso Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 16: 173-188.
Montagnes, D.J.S. and E.J. Lessard. 1999. Population dynamics of the marine planktonic ciliate Strombidinopsis multiauris: it's potential to control phytoplankton blooms. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 20:167-181.
Menden-Deuer, S. and E.J. Lessard. 2000. Carbon to volume relationships in dinoflagellates, diatoms and other protist plankton. Limnology and Oceanography 45: 569-579.