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Personal information
- Full Name
- E. Virginia Armbrust
- Title
- Professor
- Phone
- 206-616-1570
- armbrust@ocean.washington.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Washington
- Department
- School of Oceanography
- Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biological Oceanography, 1990.
- Research Interest
Phytoplankton are the main focus of her research lab. These organisms are responsible for about 40% of the total amount of photosynthesis that occurs on our planet. They play a critical role in the global carbon cycle and ultimately in global climate. Because much of the organic carbon generated by phytoplankton is used by bacteria, her lab also study bacterial/phytoplankton interactions.
- Selected Publications
Koester, J., J. Swallwell, G. van den Engh, and E. V. Armbrust. 2010. Genome size differentiates populations of the planktonic diatom Ditylum brightwellii. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:1doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-1.
Marchetti, A., D. E. Varela, V. Lance, Z. Johnson M. Palmucci, M. Giordano and E. V. Armbrust. 2010. Iron and silicic acid effects on phytoplankton productivity, diversity, and chemical composition in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. Limnology & Oceanography 55:11-29.
Holtermann, K. E., S. S. Bates, V. L. Trainer, A. Odell, E. V Armbrust. 2010. Mass Sexual Reproduction in the Toxigenic Diatoms Pseudo-nitzschi australis and P. pungens (Bacillariophyceae) on the Washington Coast, USA. Journal of Phycology 46:41-52.
- Web Page
- http://armbrustlab.ocean.washington.edu/node/91
