Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
P.O. Box 5389
or
63466 Boat Basin Drive
Charlesten, OR 97420
541-888-2581 (phone)
541-888-3250 (fax)
email: lshapiro@oimb.uoregon.edu
My research interests center on the biology of pelagic marine phytoplankton. In recent years, I have focused on the distributions and abundances of the the eukaryotic ultraplankton, on incorporation of these minute cells into the microbial food web, and on the role of associated bacteria on the nutrition of phytoplankton. I am also interested in harmful algal blooms, and in the sustainable harvesting of marine macroalgae.
I have served on the Executive Board of the National Association of Marine Laboratories,
as president of the Western Association of Marine Laboratories and on the Editorial
Board of the Journal of Phycology. I served as a Commissioner of the South Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve, on the Ocean Studies Board of the National
Research Council, and on several NRC Committees, including committees to evaluate
the major ocean programs, assess the Atlantic bluefin tuna, Arctic Ocean research
and supporting facilities, and improving methods for fish stock assessment.
Currently, I am Chair and of the Continental Shelf Advisory Committee to Mineral
and Management Services of the Department of the Interior, and Treasurer of
the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Selected Publications
Shapiro, L.P., and R.R.L. Guillard. 1986. Physiology and ecology of the marine
eukaryotic ultraplankton. In Photosynthesis in the Sea. Eds. T. Platt and W.K.W.
Li. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 214:371-389.
Shapiro, L.P., and E.M. Haugen. 1988. Seasonal distribution of Synechococcus
in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 26:517-525.
Shapiro, L.P.; E.M. Haugen; and E.J. Carpenter. 1989. Occurrence and abundance
of green-fluorescing dinoflagellates in surface waters of the Northwest Atlantic
and Northeast Pacific Oceans. J. Phycol. 25:187-191.
Shapiro, L.P.; L. Campbell; and E.M. Haugen. 1989. Immunochemical recognition
of phytoplankton species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 57:219-224.
Campbell, L.; L.P. Shapiro; and E.M. Haugen. 1993. Immunochemical characterization
of eukaryotic ultraplankton from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Jour. Plank.
Res. 16:35-51.
Keller, M.D.; L.P. Shapiro; E.M. Haugen; T.L. Cuccu; E.B. Sherr; and B.F. Sherr.
1994. Phagotrophy of fluorescently labelled bacteria by an oceanic phytoplankter.
Microb. Ecol. 28: 39-52
Fryxell, G.A., M.C. Villac and L.P. Shapiro. 1997. The occurrence of the toxic
diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) on the West Coast of the USA,
1920-1996. Phycologia 36:419-437.
Shapiro, L.P. and L. Campbell. 1998. Immunofluorescence approaches in the study
of phytoplankton. In: Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Ocean, K.E. Cooksey
(ed.), pp. 247-258, Chapman & Hall, London.