Dr. Laurie L. Richardson

Professor

Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Fl. 33199
Phone (305)348-1988 Fax (305)348-1986; richardl@fiu.edu

Education

B.A. (1977) University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. (1985) University of Oregon, Eugene

Research Interests

Microbial Pathogens of Corals

Coral Reef Health
Microbial Physiological Ecology

Professional Experience

1985-87 1986 1987 1987-89 1987-89 1990-1995 1996-2005 2005-

Post-doctoral Research Associate. Center for Great Lakes Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.  Planetary Biology Intern. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Research Faculty. NASA Planetary Biology Microbial Ecology course at Cornell University Biological Field Station. Research Associate. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Senior Research Scientist. TGS Technology Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. Assistant Professor. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International Univerisity, Miami, Florida. Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.

Select Publications (Last Five Years)

Sekar, R., D.K. Mills, E.R. Remily, J.D. Voss and L.L. Richardson. 2006. Microbial communities in the surface mucopolysaccharide layer and the black band microbial mat of black band diseased Siderastrea siderea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (in press)

Voss, J.D. and L.L. Richardson. 2006. Nutrient enrichment enhances black band disease progression in corals. Coral Reefs (in press)

Remily, E.R. and L.L. Richardson. 2006. Ecological physiology of a coral pathogen and the coral reef environment. Microbial Ecology 51:345-352

Voss, J.D. and L.L. Richardson. 2006. Coral diseases near Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas: Patterns and potential drivers. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69:33-40

Viehman, S., D.K. Mills, G.W. Meichel and L.L. Richardson. 2006. Culture and identification of Desulfovibrio spp. from black band disease of corals on reefs of the Florida Keys and Dominica. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69:119-127

Richardson, L.L., D.K. Mills, E.R. Remily and J.D. Voss. 2005. Development and field application of a species-specific molecular probe for the primary pathogen of the coral disease white plague type II. Revista de Biología Tropical Vol. 53 (Suppl. 1) 1:10

Richardson, L.L. and J.D. Voss. 2005. Changes in a coral population on reefs of the northern Florida Keys following a coral disease epizootic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 297:147-156.

Richardson, L.L. 2004. Black band disease. In: Coral Reef Health and Disease, E. Rosenberg and Y. Loya (Eds.), Springer- Verlag p. 325-336

Bythell, J.C., O. Pantos and L. L. Richardson. 2004. White plague, white band, and the other “white” diseases. In: Coral Reef Health and Disease, E. Rosenberg and Y. Loya (Eds.), Springer- Verlag p. 351-364

L.L. Richardson and K.G. Kuta.  2003. Ecological physiology of the black band disease cyanobacterium Phormidium corallyticum.   FEMS Microbiology Ecology 43:287-298

Denner, E.B.M., G.W. Smith, H-J. Busse, P.  Schumann, T. Narzt, S. Polson,W. Lubitz, and L.L. Richardson. 2003. Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of plague type II disease on Caribbean scleractinian corals.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53:1115-1122 

Richardson, L.L. and R.B. Aronson. 2002. Infectious diseases of reef corals. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium. Vol. 2 p. 1225-1230

Kuta, K.G. and L.L. Richardson.  2002. Ecological aspects of black band disease of corals: relationship between disease incidence and environment.  Coral Reefs 21:393-398