News

August 20, 2025

The lab is growing again and we finally got our new MS students out to sample some aquaculture ponds. Welcome to Auburn, Sydney, Ava, and Maddy.

August 19, 2025

Strand’s published his first paper from our new USDA project focused on understanding how particle size influences nutrient availability in aquaculture and estuarine systems. Nice job, Strand!

Kong, X., C. Wang, S. E. Rice, I. M. Radwan, C. J. Martyniuk, A. E. Wilson, and D. Wang. In Press. Particle size-dependent partitioning of phosphorus in aquaculture pond and estuarine systems. Water Research.

August 13, 2025

Persistence has paid off once again – Isabel has published her NSF REU project! Her mentor, Matt, got this one over the finish line. Nice job.

Gladfelter, M. F., I. G. Bela, and A. E. Wilson. In press. Influence of trace metal additions on the longevity of algal blooms across a productivity gradient. Journal of Phycology

June 30, 2025

June has been a productive month for the lab. Michael’s first chapter from his MS just got published. These data highlight some super interesting patterns regarding how environmental variation influences copper toxicity to phytoplankton.

McDonald, M. B., A. V. Hennessey, P. P. Johnson, M. F. Gladfelter, K. L. Merrill, S. E. Tenison, S. S. Ganegoda, T. C. Hoang, H. A. Torbert, B. H. Beck, and A. E. Wilson. In press. Reevaluating copper algaecide dosing to manage water quality: A multiple linear regression approach. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

May 22, 2025

Evin is all done with high school and heading to Johns Hopkins in the fall! Incredible! Keep working hard, Evin.

May 15, 2025

Summer has officially started! Our Dauphin Island Sea Lab friend, Alison Robertson, and her student, Elyssa, stopped by to learn more about our SPME GC-MS analyses. Of course, we had to eat at Little Italy.

May 9, 2025

Mattie has graduated! She has been a wonderful, hard-working member of our team and will be missed. Good luck to you, Mattie! War algae!