Education
  • Ph.D., Protozoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • B.S., Marine Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Denis Lynn is Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Much of his research focuses on the ecology, and the biodiversity and phylogeny of ciliated protozoa.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Lynn has published the following:

Lynn, D. H., and G. L Gilron. 1993. Strombidiid ciliates from coastal waters near Kingston Harbour, Jamaica (Ciliophora, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 73: 47–65

Lynn, D. H., and E. B. Small. 2000. Phylum Ciliophora. Pp. 371–656 in J. J. Lee, G. F. Leedale, and P. Bradbury, eds. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Second Edition. Volume 1. Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, Kansas.