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7978
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2846

Overview

Fred C. Dobbs is affiliated with Old Dominion University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on Pollution, Ocean Engineering, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses several key topics including Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Antimicrobial agents and applications, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, as well as Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Dobbs has published academic articles in a variety of scientific venues, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Harmful Algae
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dobbs include the following:

  • Bacterial biofilms colonizing plastics in estuarine waters, with an emphasis on Vibrio spp. and their antibacterial resistance, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Measuring viability of dinoflagellate cysts and diatoms with stains to test the efficiency of facsimile treatments possibly applicable to ships' ballast water and sediment, 2022, Harmful Algae
  • Do microplastics, Vibrio bacteria, and warming water temperatures impact the health and physiology of the Northern Star Coral, Astrangia poculata?, 2025, Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent co-authors in these research efforts include:

  • Amanda L. Laverty
  • Sebastian Primpke
  • Claudia Lorenz
  • Gunnar Gerdts
  • Ying Zhong Tang

Best Publications

  • Global spread of microorganisms by ships

    Gregory M. Ruiz;Tonya K. Rawlings;Tonya K. Rawlings;Tonya K. Rawlings;Fred C. Dobbs;Lisa A. Drake

  • Comparison of two kinds of Biolog microplates (GN and ECO) in their ability to distinguish among aquatic microbial communities.

    Keun-Hyung Choi;Fred C Dobbs

  • Estimation of diversity and community structure through restriction fragment length polymorphism distribution analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA genes from a microbial mat at an active, hydrothermal vent system, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii.

    Craig L. Moyer;Fred C. Dobbs;David M. Karl

  • Phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial community from a microbial mat at an active, hydrothermal vent system, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii.

    Craig L. Moyer;Fred C. Dobbs;David M. Karl

  • Potential microbial bioinvasions via ships' ballast water, sediment, and biofilm.

    Lisa A. Drake;Martina A. Doblin;Fred C. Dobbs

  • A Computer-Simulated Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Bacterial Small-Subunit rRNA Genes: Efficacy of Selected Tetrameric Restriction Enzymes for Studies of Microbial Diversity in Nature

    Craig L. Moyer;James M. Tiedje;Fred C. Dobbs;David M. Karl

  • Bacterial decontamination of liquids with pulsed electric fields

    K.H. Schoenbach;R.P. Joshi;R.H. Stark;F.C. Dobbs

  • Phytodetritus at the abyssal seafloor across 10 of latitude in the central equatorial Pacific

    Craig R. Smith;Daniel J. Hoover;Shawn E. Doan;Robin H. Pope

  • Quantitative Description of Microbial Communities Using Lipid Analysis

    Robert H. Findlay;Fred C. Dobbs

  • Effects of nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure plasmas on the heterotrophic pathways of bacteria and on their cell morphology

    Mounir Laroussi;J. Paul Richardson;Fred C. Dobbs

  • Epibiotic microorganisms on copepods and other marine crustaceans

    Kevin R. Carman;Fred C. Dobbs

  • Latitudinal variations in benthic processes in the abyssal equatorial Pacific: control by biogenic particle flux

    Craig R. Smith;Will Berelson;David J. Demaster;Fred C. Dobbs

  • Bacterial decontamination of water by means of pulsed-corona discharges

    A. Abou-Ghazala;S. Katsuki;K.H. Schoenbach;F.C. Dobbs

  • Effects of Epiphyte Load on Optical Properties and Photosynthetic Potential of the Seagrasses Thalassia Testudinum Banks ex König and Zostera Marina L

    Lisa A. Drake;Fred C. Dobbs;Richard C. Zimmerman

  • Callianassa trilobata (Crustacea: Thalassinidea) influences abundance of meiofauna and biomass, composition, and physiologic state of microbial communities within its burrow

    Fred C. Dobbs;James B. Guckert

  • Theory of Island Biogeography on a Microscopic Scale: Organic Aggregates as Islands for Aquatic Pathogens

    Mm M. Lyons;Mm M. Lyons;Je E. Ward;Holly Gaff;Re E. Hicks

  • Microbial ecology of ballast water during a transoceanic voyage and the effects of open-ocean exchange

    Lisa A. Drake;Gregory M. Ruiz;Bella S. Galil;Timothy L. Mullady

  • Diversity of deep-sea hydrothermal vent Archaea from Loihi Seamount, Hawaii

    Craig L. Moyer;Craig L. Moyer;James M. Tiedje;Fred C. Dobbs;David M. Karl

  • Potential invasion of microorganisms and pathogens via ‘interior hull fouling’: biofilms inside ballast water tanks

    Lisa A. Drake;Anne E. Meyer;Robert L. Forsberg;Robert E. Baier

  • Immediate effects of a storm on coastal infauna

    Fred C. Dobbs;Joseph M. Vozarik

Frequent Co-Authors

Martina A. Doblin
Martina A. Doblin University of Technology Sydney
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Karl H. Schoenbach
Karl H. Schoenbach Old Dominion University
Gregory M. Ruiz
Gregory M. Ruiz Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
John M. Drake
John M. Drake University of Georgia
William P. Johnson
William P. Johnson University of Utah
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park
Brian J. Mailloux
Brian J. Mailloux Barnard College
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Richard C. Zimmerman
Richard C. Zimmerman Old Dominion University

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