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75
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16086
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1078
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402

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Dan Rittschof is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their academic profile is characterized by research contributions connected to their primary institution.

There are no specific records of recent publications, co-authors, or venues of frequent publication available for Dan Rittschof. Similarly, details about book publications, main fields of study, subfields, main research topics, or awards have not been documented in the provided data.

This profile reflects the limited available information focused mainly on institutional affiliation, without further insight into specific research outputs, collaborations, or academic distinctions.

Best Publications

  • Polymer brush coatings for combating marine biofouling

    Wen Jing Yang;Wen Jing Yang;Koon-Gee Neoh;En-Tang Kang;Serena Lay-Ming Teo

  • Settlement and behavior in relation to flow and surface in larval barnacles, Balanus amphitrite Darwin

    Dan Rittschof;E.Sanford Branscomb;John D. Costlow

  • Vulnerability and adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification

    Julia A. Ekstrom;Julia A. Ekstrom;Lisa Suatoni;Sarah R. Cooley;Linwood H. Pendleton

  • Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution

    Emma Schmaltz;Emily C. Melvin;Zoie Diana;Ella F. Gunady

  • Inhibition of attachment of larval barnacles, Balanus amphitrite, by bacterial surface films

    J. S. Maki;D. Rittschof;J. D. Costlow;R. Mitchell

  • Microplastics in oysters Saccostrea cucullata along the Pearl River Estuary, China.

    Heng-Xiang Li;Li-Sha Ma;Lang Lin;Zhi-Xin Ni

  • Inhibition of Settlement by Larvae of Balanus amphitrite and Ciona intestinalis by a Surface-Colonizing Marine Bacterium

    Carola Holmström;Dan Rittschof;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • Factors influencing initial larval settlement: temporal, spatial and surface molecular components

    D. Roberts;D. Rittschof;E. Holm;A.R. Schmidt

  • Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite.

    Heng-Xiang Li;Heng-Xiang Li;Gordon J. Getzinger;P. Lee Ferguson;Beatriz Orihuela

  • Molecular approaches to nontoxic antifouling

    A. S. Clare;D. Rittschof;D. J. Gerhart;J. S. Maki

  • Barnacle in vitro assays for biologically active substances: Toxicity and Settlement inhibition assays using mass cultured Balanus amphitrite amphitrite darwin

    D Rittschof;A S Clare;D J Gerhart;Sister Avelin Mary

  • Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral

    Austin S. Allen;Alexander C. Seymour;Daniel Rittschof

  • Influence of delayed metamorphosis on survival and growth of juvenile barnacles Balanus amphitrite

    J. A. Pechenik;D. Rittschof;A. R. Schmidt

  • Cues for Metamorphosis of Brachyuran Crabs: An Overview

    Richard B. Forward;Richard A. Tankersley;Dan Rittschof

  • EFFECTS OF INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION ON FITNESS OF THE HERMIT CRAB CLIBANARIUS TRICOLOR

    Catherine Bach;Brian Hazlett;Dan Rittschof

  • Effects of ocean acidification over the life history of the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite

    Michelle R. McDonald;James B. McClintock;Charles D. Amsler;Dan Rittschof

  • Factors Controlling Attachment of Bryozoan Larvae: A Comparison of Bacterial Films and Unfilmed Surfaces

    J S Maki;D Rittschof;A R Schmidt;A G Snyder

  • Chemical attraction of hermit crabs and other attendants to simulated gastropod predation sites

    Dan Rittschof

  • Molluscs as multidisciplinary models in environment toxicology

    Dan Rittschof;Patricia McClellan-Green;Patricia McClellan-Green

  • Barnacle cement: a polymerization model based on evolutionary concepts.

    Gary H. Dickinson;Irving E. Vega;Kathryn J. Wahl;Beatriz Orihuela

  • Barnacle settlement:field experiments on the influence of larval supply, tidal level, biofilm quality and age on Balanus amphitrite cyprids

    Frédéric Olivier;Réjean Tremblay;Edwin Bourget;Dan Rittschof

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Forward
Richard B. Forward Duke University
Anthony S. Clare
Anthony S. Clare Newcastle University
Brian A. Hazlett
Brian A. Hazlett University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph Bonaventura
Joseph Bonaventura Duke University
Koon Gee Neoh
Koon Gee Neoh National University of Singapore
En-Tang Kang
En-Tang Kang National University of Singapore
Sergey Dobretsov
Sergey Dobretsov Sultan Qaboos University
Tilmann Harder
Tilmann Harder University of Bremen
James B. McClintock
James B. McClintock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bruce Ganem
Bruce Ganem Cornell University

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