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Research Interests
My research interest is ecological physiology with emphasis on adaptations of marine invertebrates to extreme environments such as deep-sea vents and seeps. Specific interests include: thermal tolerance, adaptations to anoxia/sulfide, symbiosis, and application of stable isotopes to biological studies.
Representative Publications
Rosenberg, N.K., Lee, R.W., and Yancey, P.H. (2006) High contents of hypotaurine and thiotaurine in hydrothermal-vent gastropods without thiotrophic endosymbionts. Journal of Experimental Zoology 305: 655-662
Brown, K.H., Lee, R.W. and Thorgaard, G.H., (2006).Use of androgenesis for estimating maternal and mitochondrial genome effects on development and oxygen consumption in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Bio 143: 415-421
Stuadigel, H., Hart, S., Pile, A., Bailey, B. Baker, E., Brooke, S., Koppers, A., Konter, J., Haucke, L., Hudson, I., Jones, D., Lee, R.W., Tebo, B., Templeton, A., Zierenberg, R., Young, C. (2006) Vailulu’u Seamount, Samoa: Life and death on the edge of a submarine volcano. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2006 103: 6448-6453
Maricle, B. R., Hellquist, C. E., Bussiere, B. C. and Lee, R. W. (2006). Carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination and photosynthesis in C4 estuarine grasses. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. Vol. 313: 305–310
Girguis, P.R. and Lee, R.W. (2006). Thermal preference and tolerance of alvinellids. Science 312: 213
Barroca, J., Murphy, L.R., Franceschi, V.R., Lee, R.W., Roalson, E., Edwards, G.E., and Ku, M.S. (2005) Diversification and plasticity of C4 photosynthetic pathway in Eleocharis (Cyperaceae). In: Photosynthesis: Fundamental Aspects to Global Perspectives. Eds. A. van der Est and D. Bruce. Springer. pp. 646-648.
Goffredi, S.K., Orphan, V.J., Rouse, G.W., Jahnke, L., Embaye, T., Turk, K., Lee, R.W., and Vrijenhoek, R.C. (2005). Evolutionary innovation: A bone-eating marine symbiosis. Environ. Microbiol. 7: 1369-1378
Bates A.E., Tunnicliffe V, Lee R.W. (2005). Role of thermal conditions in habitat selection by hydrothermal vent gastropods. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 305:1-15