Jefferson Turner, PhD
Chancellor Professor
Biology
Chancellor Professor
SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography
Contact
508-999-8229
508-999-8196
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Contact
508-910-6332
508-999-8197
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School for Marine Science & Technology West, New Bedford 212A
Education
1977 | Texas A & M University | PhD in Biology |
1974 | University of South Florida | MA in Biology |
1969 | Guilford College | BS in Biology |
Teaching
- Ocean Environment
- Descriptive Oceanography
- Biogeography
- Biological Oceanography
Teaching
Programs
Programs
- Biology BS
- Intercampus Marine Science Programs MS, PhD
- Marine Science and Technology MS
- Marine Science and Technology PhD
- University of São Paulo Dual PhD PhD
Research
Research activities
- Biological and Physical Controls of Toxic Alexandrium Blooms in Shallow Estuarine Systems
- Harbor Outfall Monitoring 9 (HOM 9) zooplankton monitoring in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay
- Long-term plankton and water-quality ecological survey of Buzzards Bay
Research
Research awards
- $ 80,942 awarded by Battelle Memorial Institute for Harbor and Outfall Monitoring Services (2020-2023)
Research
Research interests
- Marine plankton
- Zooplankton feeding
- Plankton communities of Boston Harbor and adjacent waters
- Food web accumulation and transport of red tide toxins
- Interactions between copepod feeding and reproductive success
Select publications
- Turner, Jefferson T (2015).
Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean’s biological pump
Progress in Oceanography, 130, 205-248. - Turner, J. T. (2014).
Planktonic marine copepods and harmful algae
Harmful Algae, 32, 81-93. - Anderson, D. M., D. J. McGillicuddy, S. L. DeGrasse, K. G. Sellner, V. M. Bricelj, J. T. Turner, D. W. Townsend, & J. L. Kleindinst (Guest Editors) (2014).
Harmful Algae in the Gulf of Maine: Oceanography, Population Dynamics, and Toxin Transfer in the Food Web
Deep-Sea Research II, 103, 1-375.