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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub Site Search:		Dr. David F. Millie Photo provided by Dr. Millie Dr. Millie's research concerns the characterization of abiotic and biotic factors forcing the initiation and persistence of toxic microalgal blooms throughout dynamic coastal waters. A significant portion of his research deals with photopigment-based assessments of composition, growth and physiological state of microalgae. Dr. Millie also is utilizing both 'conventional' and computationally-intensive statistical approaches (including artificial neural networks, classification decision trees, self-organizing maps, etc.) to model biotic indicators, deconvolve interactive relationships among ecological quantifiers and variables, and discern alterations in system-level structure and function. Dr. Millie has participated in NOAA's Ecology & Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB)-Florida, Monitoring & Event Response of Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB)-Gulf of Mexico, MERHAB-St. Johns River FL, Episodic Events-Great Lakes Experiment (EEGLE), and the Great Lakes & Human Health (GL&HH) research initiatives to clarify the bio-optical methodologies required to delineate harmful algal blooms and to identify alterations in ecological structure and toxicity as a function of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. This research provides essential information concerning microalgal taxon and phylogenetic group responses to system-level processes, provides for predicting the occurrence and proliferation of problematic and harmful taxa in response to chronic and acute disturbances, and improves the temporal and spatial coverage of multi-platform assessment programs relevant to fisheries resources and evaluation of climate-change ramifications. Institution(s) / Organization(s): Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), State University System of Florida University of South Florida Phycological Society of America (http://www.psaalgae.org/)-Past President (2003) Education: B.S. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 1974 M.S. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, 1979 Ph.D Iowa State University, IA, USA, 1984 Area of Expertise / Interest: Algal Ecology; Ecology; Ecological Indicators; Harmful Algal Blooms; Modeling; Biological Oceanography Preferred Language:   English Mailing Address: Florida Institute of Oceanography University of South Florida c/o Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Ave., S.E. St Petersburg, FL 33701-5095 USA Telephone: +1 727-896-8626, x1527 Fax: +1 727-550-4222 E-mail: david.millie@myfwc.com Links to Projects or Publications: ECOHAB-FL MERHAB-GOMx MERHAB-St. Johns River FL Keywords:   Harmful algal bloom, Ecological modeling, Photosynthetic production, HAB
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