Karen M. Barkel, PhD

Karen M. Barkel, PhD

Professor of Biology
Biological Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-2544
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, University of Louisiana at LaFayette, Biology: Environmental and Evolutionary
• BS, The University of Tampa, Marine Science-Biology

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

• Journal Article
  Paul, K., Darryl, F. L., Strasser, K. M., Swarzenski, P. (2007). "Effects of ghost shrimp on zinc and cadmium in sediments from Tampa Bay, FL," Marine Chemistry. 104 pp. 17-26.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K. M., Felder, D. L. (2005). "Larval development of the mud shrimpAxianassa australis(Decapoda: Thalassinidea) under laboratory conditions," Journal of Natural History. 39 (25). pp. 2289-2306. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930500061320
• Journal Article
  Corsetti, J. L., Strasser, K. M. (2003). "Host selection of the symbiotic copepod Clausidium dissimile in two sympatric populations of ghost shrimp." Marine Ecology Progress Series. 256 pp. 151-159.
• Journal Article
  Corsetti, J. L., Strasser, K. M. (2003). "Population biology of the ghost shrimp Sergio trilobata (Biffar 1970) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)." Gulf and Caribbean Research. 15 pp. 13-19.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K. M., Felder, D. (2001). "Effect of decreased salinity on development of the ghost shrimp Callichirus islagrande and two populations of C. major," Gulf and Caribbean Research. 13 pp. 9-19.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K. M., Felder, D. (2000). "Larval development of the ghost shrimp Callichirus islagrande (Decapoda: Thalassinidea)." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 20 (1). pp. 100-117.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K., Felder, D. (1999). "Larval development of two populations of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Decapoda: Thalassinidea)." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 19 (4). pp. 844-878.
• Journal Article
  strasser, k., Felder, D. (1999). "Sand as a stimulus for settlement in the ghost shrimp Callichirus major and C. islagrande (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)." Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 239 pp. 211-222.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K. M., Felder, D. (1999). "Settlement cues in an Atlantic coast population of the ghost shrimp Callichirus major (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)." Marine Ecology Progress Series. 183 pp. 217-225.
• Journal Article
  Strasser, K. M., Price, W. W. (1999). "Species composition and spatial distribution of hermit crabs in Tampa Bay, Florida and surrounding waters." Gulf Research Reports. 11 pp. 33-50.

Presentations

• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), Poster presentation at the Crustacean Society Meeting, "Settlement Cues determining the distribution and host preference of Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun) in the Tampa Bay, FL," Williamsburg, Virgina, (June 2003).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), Southeastern Estuarine Research Society Meeting, "Settlement cues determining the distribution and host preference of Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun) in Tampa Bay," Atlantic Beach, NC, (March 2003).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), "The larval development of two sibling species of hermit crabs in the genus Paguristes (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae) under laboratory conditions," New Orleans, LA, (January 2003).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), Benthic Ecology Meeting, "Factors determining host selection of the symbiotic copepod Clausidium dissimile Wilson, 1921 (Crustacea: Cyclopoidia: Clausiidae) in sympatric populations of Sergio trilobata (Biffar 1970)," Orlando, FL, (March 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), 8th Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, "Protracted larval development in Axianassa australis (Thalassinidea: Axianassidae)," Corfu Island, Greece, (September 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M., Southeastern Estuarine Research Society meetin, "Investigation of the population biology of the ghost shrimp Sergio trilobata (Biffar 1970) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)," South Carolina, (February 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M., Second Annual Science Conference, "Effects of ghost shrimp on Tampa Bay sediment characteristics," Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Integrated Science Tampa Bay Pilot Study, St.Petersburg, FL, (September 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Presenter), Congresso Brasileiro Sobre Crustáceos, "Preliminary evidence of molecular variability among populations of the hermit crab Paguristes tortugae (Diogenidae), on the basis of the 16s rRNA gene," Sao Paulo, Brazil, (November 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), 8th Colloquium Crustacea Decapoda Mediterranea, "Preliminary evidence of molecular variability among populations of the hermit crab Paguristes tortugae (Diogenidae), on the basis of the 16S rRNA gene," Corfu Island, Greece, (September 2002).
• Poster
  Barkel, K. M. (Author & Presenter), National Honors Collegiate Conference, "Factors determining host selection of the symbiotic copepod Clausidium dissimile Wilson, 1921 (Crustacea: Cyclopoidia: Clausiidae) in sympatric populations of Sergio trilobata (Biffar 1970) and Lepidophthalmus louisianensis (Schmitt 1935) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae)," Chicago, IL, (November 4, 2001).