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Dr.
MARY CARLA CURRA EDUCATION MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ‑ Ph.D. in Biol. Oceanogr. Victoria University (New Zealand) ‑ B.Sc. Honors in Zoology University of South Carolina ‑ B.S. in Marine Science (Magna Cum Laude) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Master of Science in Marine Science Program, Savannah State Univ. Marsh and fish ecology. Assistant Professor, USC Beaufort. Ecology of juvenile fishes. Postdoctoral Investigator, Rutgers University with Dr. Kenneth A. Able. Ecology of juvenile winter flounder. Postdoctoral Fellow (NSF/NATO), Stazione Zoologica di Napoli (Italy) with Dr. Flegrea Bentivegna. The physiological cost of sex change in the fish Coris julis. Graduate student, M.I.T./Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program with Dr. Phillip Lobel. Ph.D. dissertation written: "The Behavioral Physiology of Labroid Fishes." Fulbright Scholar, Victoria University of Wellington with Dr. Peter Castle. B.Sc. honors thesis written: "Size‑selective feeding by the flounder Rhombosolea plebia on the brittle star Amphiura rosea." ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE Rutgers University, adjunct Northeastern University, East/West Program, Jamaica University of Maryland Overseas Program (Naples, Italy) FUNDED GRANTS Title III (in house/SSU) NSF/MAGEC-STEM (in house/SSU) NIH/EARDA (in house/SSU) NIH/SCORE NOAA LMRCSC GA Sea Grant DNR Coastal Incentive Grant ADVISOR FOR GRADUATE THESES The parasitic isopod Probopyrus pandalicola: Prevalence and effect on tidal rhythmicity in grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. (S. Chaplin-Ebanks, 2005) The influence of physical factors and ray bioturbation on meiofaunal abundance in Chowan Creek, SC (D. Ebanks, 2005) The abundance and growth of flatfishes in Wylly Creek, GA (G. DuBeck, 2006) Georgia's estuaries: A teaching unit for students, an investigation of the accuracy of student-collected data, and a case study of terrapin habitat (T. Fogleman, 2006) Characterization of the bycatch associated with the commercial blue crab pot fishery in Georgia (J. Page, 2005) Three others are in progress (C. Kalinowsky (cobia), A. Pressler (flatfish), M. Partridge (grass shrimp)) PUBLICATIONS Chaplin-Ebanks, S. A. and M.C. Curran. 2007. Prevalence of bopyrid isopod Probopyrus pandalicola in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio in four tidal creeks on the South Carolina-Georgia Coast. Journal of Parasitology 93:73-77. Fogleman, T. and M.C. Curran. 2006. Save our salt marshes! Using educational brochures to increase student awareness of salt marsh ecology. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 22:23-25. Chaplin-Ebanks, S.A., and M.C. Curran. 2005. The effect of the parasitic isopod Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879) on tidal activity patterns of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio (Holthius, 1949). Crustaceana 78:1053-61. Cross, R.E. and M.C. Curran. 2004. Recovery of meiofauna in intertidal feeding pits created by rays. Southeastern Naturalist 3:219-230. Curran, M.C. 2003. Learning the metric system: Calculating fish distributions, densities, and means using candy fish. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 18:28-31. Curran, M.C. and K.W. Able. 2002. Annual stability in the use of coves near inlets as settlement areas for winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). Estuaries 25:227-234. Chant, R., M.C. Curran, K.W. Able, and S. Glenn. 2000. Tidal retention of estuarine larvae in the vicinity of an inlet: Evidence for winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 51:529-541. Cross, R.E., and M.C. Curran. 2000. Effects of feeding pit formation by rays on an intertidal meiobenthic community. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 51:293-298. Solow, A., M.C. Curran, and F. Bentivegna. 1997. Estimating the order of a sequence of changes from incomplete data. Biometrical Journal 39:659-663. Curran, M.C. and K.W. Able. 1998. The value of tethering fishes (winter flounder and tautog) as tool for assessing predation rates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 163:45-51. Virnstein, R.W. and M.C. Curran. 1986. Colonization of artificial seagrass versus time and distance from source. Marine Ecology Progress Series 29:279‑288. Curran, M.C. 1989. Respiration rates of tropical fishes. American Zoologist 29:57A. Abstract. Collie, J.S. and M.C. Curran. 1985. Benthic production and fish feeding. Ch. 7. In Georges Bank Benthic Infauna Monitoring Program. Prepared for the U.S. Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Washington, D.C. Contract No. 14‑12‑29192. WEB PUBLICATIONS Schaffner, H., and M.C. Curran. 2005. Flatfish: A movement activity. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SciencePEArtLAMDFlatfishMovementActivityK2.htm RECENT SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS Benthic Ecology Meeting Atlanta, GA (Mar 2007) • Can marsh health be
assessed using organismal growth and density? SEERS Pine Knoll Shores, NC (Mar 2007) • Can marsh health be
assessed using organismal growth and density? SCAFS GAAFS SCFWA Conference Tybee Island, GA (Jan 2007) • Five Commonly Observed Species of Finfish Bycatch in the Commercial Crab Pot Fishery in Georgia. Flatfish Biology Conference Westbrook, CT (Dec 06) • Influence of tidal cycle
on flatfish abundance in Wylly Creek, GA. EPP Talahassee, FL (Nov 2006) • The relationship between
habitat characteristics and flatfish abundance in a Georgia estuary SEERS Savannah, GA (Oct 2006) • The effect of the tidal
cycle on the abundance of flatfishes in Wylly Creek, GA. WON BEST UNDERGRADUATE POSTER PRESENTATION • The relationship between
size of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and clutch size on
Blackbeard Island, McIntosh County, Georgia. NMEA Brooklyn, NY (Jul 2006) WON BEST UNDERGRADUATE POSTER PRESENTATION Benthic Ecology Meetings Quebec City, Canada (Mar 2006) • Characterization of Wylly Creek, Georgia (USA) as an essential fish habitat based on flatfish abundance and growth. ASLO Honolulu, Hawaii (Feb
2006) SETAC Baltimore, MD (Nov 2005) • Unexpected induction of CYP1A in flatfish from a presumed reference site in a Georgia estuary. International Flatfish Symposium Japan (Oct 2005) • Characterization of flatfish habitats using GIS. • Fluctuations in the abundance of flatfishes in Country Club Creek, Georgia, USA. ERF Norfolk, VA (Oct 2005) • Fluctuations in the abundance of flatfishes in Country Club Creek, Georgia. AFS Anchorage, AK (Sept 2005) • Seasonal fluctuations in the abundance of flatfishes in a Georgia estuary. NMEA Maui, HI (Jul 2005) • Training students to be
good scientists using a salt marsh model. Benthic Ecology Meeting (Fall 2005) •
The use of undergraduate students in the assessment of a marsh dieback area near
Savannah, GA President's Symposium on Teaching and Learning - Armstrong Atlantic State University (2005) • The use of undergraduate students from Savannah State University in the assessment of a marsh dieback area: A two-year study Southeastern Estuarine Research Society (Spring 2005) • Recovery of a salt marsh
dieback site on Talahi Island, GA: A two-year study WON BEST GRADUATE ORAL PRESENTATION Flatfish Biology Conference (2004) • A comparison of the use of
estuarine habitats by flatfishes in South Carolina and Georgia NOAA EPP/MSI Education & Science Forum (2004) • Seasonal variation in the
abundance of meiofauna in areas disturbed by ray feeding pits
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