PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Chin Leo, G., D.L. Kirchman. (1988).  Estimating bacterial production in marine waters from the simultaneous incorporation of thymidine and leucine. Appl. Env. Microb. 54:1934 1939.

Chin Leo, G., D.L. Kirchman. (1990).  Unbalanced growth in natural assemblages of marine bacterioplankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 63:1 8.

Chin Leo, G., R. Benner. (1991). Dynamics of bacterioplankton abundance and production in seagrass communities of a hypersaline lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 73:219 230

Chin Leo, G., R. Benner. (1992).  Enhanced bacterioplankton production and respiration at intermediate salinities in the Mississippi River plume. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 82: 87 103

Gardner, W.S., R. Benner, Chin Leo, G., J.B. Cotner, B.J. Eadie, J.F. Cavaletto, M.B. Lansing. (1994). Mineralization of organic material and bacterial dynamics in Mississippi River Plume water. Estuaries. 17:816 828

Benner, R., Opsahl, S., Chin Leo, G., Richey, J.E. (1995).  Respiration and bacterial carbon metabolism in the Amazon River system. Limnol. Oceanogr. 40:7 1262 1270

Missildine, B. R., R. J. Peters, G. Chin-Leo, D. Houck.  (2005). Polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in adult Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) returning to coastal and Puget Sound hatcheries of Washington State.  Environmental Science and Technology. 39(18) 6944 – 6951.

Ellings, C.S., Cederholm, C.J. and G. Chin-Leo. (2008). The influence of spawning Pacific salmon on the stable isotope composition, feeding behavior, and caloric intake of coastal cutthroat trout. Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium: Status, Management, Biology, and Conservation. Oregon Chapter, American Fisheries Society.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Chin Leo, G., D.L. Kirchman. (1986).  Abundance and production of free and attached bacteria associated with the seasonal pycnocline in Chesapeake Bay. EOS 67 (16):982

Chin Leo, G., D.L. Kirchman and R.B. Biggs. (1987).  Diel variations of leucine and thymidine incorporation: Implications for the estimation of bacterial production in a dynamic environment. EOS 68 (16):330.

Chin Leo, G., R.B. Biggs, and D.L. Kirchman. (1987). Changes in relative rates of protein and DNA synthesis in natural assemblages of bacteria as a response to fluctuating DOM concentrations. EOS 68 (50):1729.

Chin Leo, G., R. Benner (1990). Utilization of dissolved organic matter by bacteria in the Laguna Madre Estuary, Texas. EOS 71 (2):186

Gardner, W., B. Eadie, R. Benner, D. Pakulski, J. Cotner, G. Chin Leo (1993). Organic matter mineralization and bacterial dynamics in the Mississippi River Plume. Estuaries (12th Biennial International Estuarine Research Conference, Hilton Head, S.C., Nov 1993).

Gutholm, J., Chin Leo, G., Jeschke, D. (1998). Production and abundance of heterotrophic bacteria in Budd Inlet (WA) during spring and summer 1997, and their distribution relative to effluent from a wastewater treatment facility. Puget Sound Research ‘98 Proceedings. Puget Sound Water Quality Authority. MS PV 15. Olympia, WA 98504

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Benner, R., Chin Leo, G., Gardner, W., Eadie, B., Cotner, J. 1991. The fates and effects of riverine and shelf derived DOM on Mississippi River Plume/Gulf Shelf Processes. Proceedings of the NECOP (Nutrient Enhanced Coastal Ocean Productivity) Workshop, October 2 4, 1991, Chauvin, LA. Sponsored by NOAA and LUMCON. TAMU SG 92 109

Greengrove, C. , R. Keil, G. Chin-Leo and M. Logsdon. 2004. Water Column Characteristics of Barkley and Clayoquot Sound, September 2004 Data Report.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Chin Leo, G. (1996).  Bacterial secondary productivity.  Chapter 3 in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 1st edition.  American Society for Microbiology. Washington, D.C.

Chin Leo, G. (2001).  Bacterial secondary productivity.  Chapter 3 in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2nd edition.  American Society for Microbiology. Washington, D.C.

Chin Leo, G. and Evans, T. (2007).  Bacterial secondary productivity.  Chapter 34 in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2nd edition.  American Society for Microbiology. Washington, D.C.


Education

* B.A. Biology, Reed College, 1982
* M.S. Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 1985
* Ph.D. Oceanography, University of Delaware, 1989

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