Dr. Lisa A. Levin
- Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.
- B.S., Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dr. Lisa Levin is Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and Distinguished Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
She studies benthic ecosystems in the deep sea and shallow water. Together with her students Dr. Levin has worked with a broad range of taxa, from microbes and microalgae to invertebrates and fishes.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Levin has published the following:
Gooday, A., L. Levin, C. Thomas, and B. Hecker. 1992. The distribution and ecology of Bathysiphon filiformis Sars and B. major de Folin (Protista, Foraminiferida) on the continental slope off North Carolina. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 22: 129–146.
Robinson, C. A., J. M. Bernhard, L. A. Levin, G. F. Mendoza, and J. K. Blanks. 2004. Surficial hydrocarbon seep infauna from the Blake Ridge (Atlantic Ocean, 2150 m) and the Gulf of Mexico (690–2240 m). Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli I. Marine Ecology 25: 313–336.