Dr. Charles Fisher
- Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 1985
- M.A. Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A., 1981
- B.S. Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mississippi, U.S.A., 1976
My greatest personal involvement is currently in our studies of the physiology and ecology of the symbiont-containing fauna, in situ characterizations of their growth rates and microhabitats, and investigations of community ecology and nutritional interactions among the many animals which inhabit or visit the vents and seeps we study. I oversee the projects of the graduate and undergraduate students working in my lab and get real pleasure from the students who take our research "one step further" and use our weekly meetings to explain to me what they are now thinking and working on. In addition to the excitement of generating new ideas and proving or disproving old ones, I enjoy conceiving and producing new tools and techniques for deep-sea research and then diving to the ocean floor to use them to increase our understanding of the chemoautotrophic communities of the deep-sea.
- Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG consortium, Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I), Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead)
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Fisher has published the following:
Cordes, E. E., S. Hourdez, B. L. Predmore, M. L. Redding, and C. R. Fisher. 2005. Succession of hydrocarbon seep communities associated with the long-lived foundation species Lamellibrachia luymesi. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 17–29.