Microbial life such as bacteria, fungi, and algae are integral to a naturally functioning aquatic ecosystem. By applying comprehensive molecular approaches, this laboratory is focused on characterizing the composition and distribution of microbial communities, and determining the functional roles as well as their interactions with environments.
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A study on induced metamorphosis of larvae of the Bay Scallop Argopecten irradians
Hong, X., Y. Yang, and J. Kan. 1998. Journal of Oceanography of Huanghai and Bohai Seas. 16(3):47–51.
Effects of trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, on acetate metabolism by freshwater benthic microbial communities
Bott, T.L., and L.J. Standley. 1998. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60(3):472–479.
Trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants: biomolecular fate in aquatic organisms
Standley, L.J., and T.L. Bott. 1998. Environmental Science and Technology 32:469–475.
Organic matter dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA
Newbold, J.D., T.L. Bott, L.A. Kaplan, B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1997. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16:46–50.
An evaluation of techniques for measuring periphyton metabolism in chambers
Bott, T.L., J.T. Brock, A. Baattrup-Pedersen, P. Chambers, W.K. Dodds, K. Himbeault, J.R. Lawrence, D. Planas, E. Snyder, and G.M. Wolfaardt. 1997. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:715–725.
Persistence of a surrogate for a genetically engineered cellulolytic microorganism and effects on aquatic community and ecosystem properties: mesocosm and stream comparisons
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1993. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39(7):686-700.
Publications
Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and J.K. Bielicki. 1992. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58:3614–3621.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1992. Pages 135–139 in J.E. Harvey (editor). Proceedings of the 4th Investigators meeting for EPA’s Biotechnology-Biological Control Agent Risk Assessment Research Program, Report No. EPA/600/R-92/147. U.S. EPA. Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Kaplan, L.A., D.J. Reasoner, E.W. Rice, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Revue des Sciences de l’Eau 5:207–224.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1991. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 37:848–857.
Potential for protozoan grazing of bacteria in streambed sediments
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1990. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 9:336–345.
