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Keith Walters

Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science


 
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Education:

  • University of South Florida - Ph.D. 1987
  • Florida State University - M.S. 1977
  • University of Oregon - B.S. 1974

Professional Experience:

  • 2001-2003 Chair
    Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
  • 2001- Associate Professor
    Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
  • 1998 - 2001 Associate Professor
    Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, TN
  • 1995 - 1998 Assistant Professor
    Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, TN
  • 1992 - 1996 Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia - Athens, GA
  • 1990 - 1995 Assistant Research Scientist
    Marine Institute, University of Georgia - Sapelo Island, GA
  • 1988 - 1989 Senior Fulbright Fellow
    CSIRO Marine Labs - Cleveland, QLD, AUSTRALIA
  • 1987 - 1988 Assistant Professor
    Department of Biology, Stetson University - Deland, FL
  • 1987 - 1988 Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Biology, University of South Florida - Tampa, FL

Courses Taught:

  • MSCI 111 Introduction to Marine Science
  • MSCI 302/302L Marine Biology and Lab
  • MSCI 487 Population Ecology
  • CMWS 602 Coastal Marine and Wetland Ecology
  • CMWS 610 Experimental Designs and Analyses


Research Interests:

  • marine ecology
  • habitat restoration (oyster reef & saltmarsh)
  • marine snow
  • metapopulation dynamics
  • meiofaunal ecology


Recent Publications and Presentations:

  • Walters, K. and D. J. W. Moriarty. 1993. The effects of complex trophic interactions on a marine microbenthic community. Ecology 74: 1475-1489.

  • Healy, B. and K. Walters. 1994. Oligochaeta in Spartina stems: the microdistribution of Enchytraeidae and Tubificidae in a salt marsh, Sapelo Island, USA. Hydrobiologia. 278: 111-123.

  • Walters, K. and S. S. Bell. 1994. Benthic, pelagic, and phytal linkages in a subtidal seagrass bed. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 108: 237-249.

  • Shanks, A. L. and K. Walters 1996. The feeding by a heterotrophic dinoflagellate (Noctoluca) in marine snow. Limnology & Oceanography. 41: 177-181.

  • Walters, K., E. Jones, and L. Etherington. 1996. Experimental studies of predation on metazoans inhabiting Spartina alterniflora stems. Journal Experimental Marine Biology Ecology. 195: 251-265.

  • Walters, K. and A. L. Shanks. 1996. Complex trophic and nontrophic interactions between meiobenthic copepods and marine snow. Journal Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 198: 131-145.

  • Shanks, A. L. and K. Walters. 1997. Holoplankton, meroplankton, and meiofauna associated with marine snow. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 156: 75-86.

 
 
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