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Courses:
- Benthic Ecology
- Marine Biodiversity and
Conservation Science
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Thomas Shirley, Ph.D.
Professor of Life Sciences,
Endowed Chair for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
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Education
- Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1982 (Zoology & Physiology, Minor: Mar. Sciences)
- Texas A&I University, M.S., 1974 (Biology, Minor: Geology)
- Texas A&I University, B.S., 1969 (Biology, Minor: Chemistry)
Research Interests
- Ecology and systematics of seamount fauna; deep sea community structure
- Early life history and reproductive biology of decapod crustaceans, esp. king, Tanner, and Dungeness crabs; biology of deep sea crabs
- Ecology, bioenergetics, and physiology of marine invertebrates; Priapulid systematics
- Meiofauna-macrofauna interactions; meiofaunal systematics and ecology
Current Research Activities
- The archaeological and biological analysis of World War II shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico: a pilot study of the artificial reef effect in deep water. Funded by Mineral Management Service.
- Seasonal aggregations of adult female Tanner crabs in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Funded by West Coast & Polar Regions Undersea Research Program.
- Larval advection and retention of Alaskan Dungeness crab: interactions with phylogeography and stock structure. Funded by Alaska Sea Grant.
- Deep sea precious corals as habitat for macroinvertebrates in Hawaii. Funded by Office of Ocean Exploration.
- Movement of primiparous female Tanner crabs: spatial dynamics of Tanner crab recruitment. Funded by NMFS, NOAA.
Seleceted Publications
- Shirley, T. C. 2007 (In Press). Cultivation potential of golden king crab, Lithodes aequispinus. Proceedings of the Alaska Crab Stock Enhancement and Rehabilitation Workshop, AK-SG-06-04.
- Park, W., D. C. Douglas and T. C. Shirley. 2007. North to Alaska: evidence for conveyor belt transport of Dungeness crab larvae along the west coast of the United States and Canada. Limnol. Oceangr. 52: 248-256.
- Webb, J., G. L. Eckert, T.C. Shirley, S. L. Tamone. 2006. Changes in zoeae of the snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, with variation in incubation temperature. J. Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 339: 96-103.
- Schizas, N. V. and T. C. Shirley. 2006. Apolethon hippoperus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida), a new species from southeastern Alaska. J. Crustacean Biology 26(3):341-354.
- Todaro, M.A. and T.C. Shirley. 2003. A new meiobenthic priapulid (Priapulida, Tubiluchidae) from a Mediterranean submarine cave. Italian J. of Zoology 79: 79-87.
- Shirley, T.C. 2001. Phylum Priapulida. pp. 189-194 In Young, C.M., M. Rice and M.A. Sewell (Eds.), Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Academic Press, London.
- Shirley, T. C. and V. Storch. 1999. Halicryptus higginsi n.sp. (Priapulida), a giant new species from Barrow, Alaska. J. Invertebrate Biology 118(4): 404-413.
- Shirley, T. C. and S. Zhou. 1997. Lecithotrophic development of the golden king crab, Lithodes aequispinus (Anomura, Lithodidae). J. Crustacean Biology 17(2): 207-216.
Current Graduate Students
Morgan Kilgour, M.S. Thesis: ‘Bathymetric and spatial distribution of decapod crustaceans on deep shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico’
Peter Etnoyer, Ph.D. Dissertation: ‘Biotic and abiotic factors affecting deep octocoral distribution in the Gulf of Mexico’
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