Research Associate Professor
Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences
University of South Carolina Baruch Marine Laboratory, Georgetown, SC
Associate Marine Scientist
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC
B.A., Rutgers University, M.S., San Jose State University,
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
lewitusa@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us
Dr. Alan Lewitus has a dual position as Research Associate Professor at University of South Carolina and Associate Marine Scientist at South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. He is a phytoplankton ecologist and physiologist, with research interests that include nutrient dynamics, the ecology of harmful algal blooms, microbial food web dynamics, and the role and measurement of phytoplankton pigments. He is currently the director of the South Carolina Algal Ecology Laboratory, http://links.baruch.sc.edu/scael/
Publications:
Lewitus, A.J., D.L. White, R.G. Tymowski, M.E. Geesey, S.N. Hymel and
P.A. Noble. 2005. Adapting the CHEMTAX method for assessing
phytoplankton taxonomic composition in southeastern U.S. estuaries.
Estuaries (in press).
Wilde, S.B., T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, S.K. Habrun, J. Kempton, A.
Birrenkott, F. Wiley, W.W. Bowerman, and A.J. Lewitus. 2005. Avian
vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) linked to exotic aquatic plants and a novel
cyanobacterial species. Environmental Toxicology (in press).
Lewitus, A.J. 2005. Heterotrophy in marine microalgae. Invited chapter
in “Algal cultures, analogues and blooms”, D.V. Subba Rao (ed.), in
press.
Kulkarni, N., D.L. White, A.J. Lewitus, R.G. Tymowski, and D.C. Yoch.
2005. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate in a salt marsh estuary: correlation to
tidal cycle and phytoplankton community composition. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. (accepted)
Keppler, C.J., J. Hoguet, K. Smith, A.H. Ringwood,and A.J. Lewitus.
2005. Sublethal effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the
southeastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Harmful Algae 4:275-285.
Buzzelli, C., O. Akman, T. Buck, E. Koepfler, J. Morris and A. Lewitus.
2005. Exploration of Water Quality Data from the North Inlet-Winyah Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve (South Carolina, U. S. A.). J.
Coastal Res. (in press)
Glasgow, H.B., J.M. Burkholder, R.E. Reed, A.J. Lewitus and J.E.
Kleinman. 2004. Real-time remote monitoring of water quality: a review
of current applications, and advancements in sensor, telemetry, and
computing technologies. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 300:409-448.
Lewitus, A., Hayes, K., Kempton, J., Mason, L., Wilde, S., Williams, B.
and Wolny, J. 2004. Prevalence of raphidophyte blooms in South Carolina
brackish ponds associated with housing and golf courses. In: Proceedings
of the Xth International Conference on Harmful Algae, by K.A. Steidinger,
J.A. Landsberg, C.R. Tomas and G.A. Vargo (eds.) (accepted).
Lewitus, A.J., T. Kawaguchi and G.R. DiTullio. 2004. Iron limitation of
phytoplankton in a salt marsh estuary. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.
298:233-254.
Mallin, M.A. and A.J. Lewitus. 2004. The importance of tidal creek
systems. Introduction to Anthropogenic impacts on the ecology of tidal
creeks and canals, M.A. Mallin and A.J. Lewitus (eds.), J. Exp. Mar.
Biol. Ecol. Special Issue (in press).