Kersten Wheeler
Marine Scientist Supervisor
Email:
[[kwheeler]]
Phone:
(804) 684-7485, 7575
Office:
Andrews Hall, 438
Department:
Environmental & Aquatic Animal Health
Education
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B.S. in Biology/Geology, Mississippi State University
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M.S. in Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi – Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL)
Duties/Specialties
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Laboratory manager of the Disease Ecology Laboratory.
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Research activities include making scientific assessments of various pathogens of fish and shellfish using culture techniques, histological assessments, and standardized assays.
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Maintaining all laboratory animals, equipment and supplies.
Publications
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Wheeler, K., J.D. Shields and D.M. Taylor. 2007. Pathology of Hematodinium sp. infections in snow crabs (Chionoecetes opilio) from Newfoundland, Canada. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 95: 93-100
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Wheeler, K. N., Heard, R. W., Stark, C.C. 2002. (Proceedings of the 53rd annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute). A preliminary study of the summer feeding habits of juvenile Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) from open and protected beaches of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico