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Peter M. EldridgeEcologist
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Education:
- B.A., Southampton College, Southampton, NY, Biology/Chemistry, 1970
- M.S., Long Island University, Brookville, NY, Marine Science, 1976
- Ph.D., College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt., VA, Oceanography, 1990
Previous Positions:
- 1994-1998: Research Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station
- 1994-1998: Biological Oceanographer, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin
- 1993-1994: Associate Research Scientist, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1991-1993: Research Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station
- 1990-1991: Post Doctoral Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station
Research Interests and Skills:
- Ecological modeling of estuaries
- Stable isotopes as tracers
- Nutrient effects modeling
- Sediment seagrass interactions
Keywords:
- Disciplines: Sediment Geochemistry, Seagrass Ecology
- Stressors: Sulfide Toxicity, Nutrient Stressors, Multiple Stressors
- Methods: Diagenetic Models
Professional Societies:
- The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Appointments / Honors:
- Lead modeler on the Laguna Madre Seagrass project, Texas A&M University
- Lead modeler on Texas Parks and Wildlife freshwater inflow study of Galveston Bay
- Modeler for Coastal Biogeochemical Workshop, Texas A&M University
- Eldridge, P.M., J.E. Kaldy and A.B. Burd. 2004. Stress response model for the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum: The interactions of light, temperature, sedimentation and geochemistry. Estuaries 27:923-937.
- Eldridge, P.M., and J.W. Morse, 2000. A diagenetic model for sediment-seagrass interactions. Marine Chemistry 70:89-103.
- Cifuentes, L.A., R.B. Coffin, J. Morin, and P.M. Eldridge. 1998. Particulate organic matter in the Gulf of Mexico estuaries -- implications for net heterotrophy. Pages 239-268 in T.S. Bianchi, J.R. Pennock, and R.R. Twilley, editors, Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries, John Wiley & Sons.
- Roelke, D.L., P.M. Eldridge, and L.A. Cifuentes. 1997. Nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics in a sewage impacted Gulf Coast estuary: A field test of the PEG-model and equilibrium resource competition theory. Estuaries 20:725-742.
- Coffin, R.B., L.A. Cifuentes, and P.M Eldridge. 1994. The use of stable isotopes to study microbial processes in estuaries. Pages 222-239 in K. Lajtha and R.H. Michener, editors, Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston.
- Murray, A.G., and P.M. Eldridge. 1994. The effects of bacteriophage on bacterial recycling of energy to mesozooplankton production. Journal of Plankton Research 16(6):627-641.
- Eldridge, P.M., W. Pulich, J. Hensen, and C. Loeffer. 1994. Freshwater inflow recommendations for Guadalupe Estuary. Technical Report submitted to the Texas National Resource Conservation Commission.
- Eldridge, P.M., and G.A. Jackson. 1993. Descriptions of California coastal basin and slope benthic food webs derived from inverse analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 99:115-135.
- Eldridge, P.M. and M.E. Sieracki. 1993. Biological and hydrodynamic regulation of the microbial food web in a periodically mixed estuary. Limnology and Oceanography 38:1666-1679.
- Eldridge, P.M., and G.A. Jackson. 1992. Benthic food web flows in the Santa Monica Basin estimated with inverse methodology. Pages 255-276 in G.T. Rowe, and V. Pariente, editors, Deep-sea food chains and their relationship to the global carbon cycle.