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Dr. William P COCHLAN

Senior Research Scientist

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies

San Francisco State University

Location

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
3152 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, California 94920
United States

Nationality

Canada

Email(s)

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Telephone

(1)(415) 338-3541

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/cochlan

Highest Degree

B.Sc.(Honours) M.Sc. Ph.D.

Job Type

Teaching/Education
Research

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Activities

Nutrient uptake and assimilation/regeneration processes using both stable and radioactive isotopes with natural phytoplankton assemblages and laboratory cultures; extensive culturing experience including experimentation with Lingulodinium polyedrum; Heterosigma akashiwo; Gymnodinium spp.; diatoms - Pseudo-nitzshia spp.; picoplankton, especially Micromonas pusilla; heterotrophic bacteria; lopogenic phytoplankton, NATO Advanced Study Institute on Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms; International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA); North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)-Harmful Algal Blooms Working Group

Sea regions of study

The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
North Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean

Skills

Phytoplankton culturing of and experimentation with tropical and temperate phytoplankton, including Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) species that produce biooxins and lipogenic algae used in the algal biofuel industry. Expertise in (N,C,P) nutrient usage by phytoplankton and their response to other abiotic factors such as light, temperature, salinity and acidity (pH).

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://www.rtc.sfsu.edu

Created: 1997-06-06 | Last Updated: 2016-06-16


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