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James T. Hollibaugh
James T. Hollibaugh
Professor

Mailing Address:Dr. James T. Hollibaugh
212 Marine Sciences Bldg.
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: (706) 542-2844
Lab Phone: (706) 542-6096
FAX Number: (706) 542-5888
E-Mail: aquadoc@uga.edu

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Education:

Ph.D. 1977, Dalhousie University (Oceanography)

B.S. 1971, University of California, Davis (Biochemistry)

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Research Emphasis:

Structure and function of microbial communities; role of bacteria in biogeochemical processes; net ecosystem metabolism; polar oceanography; estuaries; human impacts in the coastal zone.

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Selected Publications:

Representative publications (from a total of 135 on 20 Mar 09)

Hollibaugh, J.T.  1979.  Metabolic adaptation in natural bacterial populations supplemented with selected amino acids.  Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 9: 215-230.

Hollibaugh, J.T., D.L.R. Seibert and W.H. Thomas.  1980.  A comparison of the acute toxicities of ten heavy metals to phytoplankton from Saanich Inlet, B.C., Canada.  Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science 10: 92-105.

Hollibaugh, J.T., J.A. Fuhrman and F. Azam.  1980.  Radioactively labeling of natural assemblages of bacterioplankton for use in trophic studies.  Limnology and Oceanography 25: 172-181.

King, K.R., J.T. Hollibaugh and F. Azam.  1980.  Predator-prey interactions between a larvacean, Oikopleura dioica and bacterioplankton in enclosed water columns.  Marine Biology 56: 49-57.

Hollibaugh, J.T., D.L.R. Seibert and W.H. Thomas. 1981.  Observations on the survival and germination of resting spores of three Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) species.  Journal of Phycology 17: 1-9.

Hollibaugh, J.T. and F. Azam.  1983.  Microbial degradation of dissolved proteins in seawater.  Limnology and Oceanography 28: 1104-1116. 

Smith, S.V., W.J. Wiebe, J.T. Hollibaugh, S.J. Dollar, S.W. Hager, B.E. Cole, G.W. Tribble and P.A. Wheeler.  1987.  Stoichiometry of C, N, P, and Si fluxes in a temperate- climate embayment.  Journal of Marine Research 45: 427-460.

Smith, S.V. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  1989.  Carbon-controlled nitrogen cycling in a marine "macrocosm":  an ecosystem-scale model for managing cultural eutrophication.  Marine Ecology:  Progress Series 52: 103-109.

Oremland, R.S., J.T. Hollibaugh, A.L. Maest, T.S. Presser, L.G. Miller and C.W. Culbertson.  1989.  Selenate reduction to elemental selenium by anaerobic bacteria in sediments and in culture:  biogeochemical significance of a novel, sulfate- independent respiration.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 55: 2333-2343

Hollibaugh, J.T., R.W. Buddemeier and S.V. Smith.  1991.  Contribution of colloidal and high molecular weight dissolved material to alkalinity and nutrient concentrations in shallow marine and estuarine systems.  Marine Chemistry 34: 1-27.

Werner, I. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  1993.  Potamocorbula amurensis (Mollusca, Pelecypoda):  Comparison of clearance rates and assimilation efficiencies for phytoplankton and bacterioplankton.  Limnology and Oceanography 38: 949-964.

Hollibaugh, J.T.  1994.  Relationship between thymidine metabolism, bacterioplankton community metabolic capabilities and sources of organic matter used for growth.  Microbial Ecology 28:  117-131.

Joye, S.B. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  1995.  Sulfide inhibition of nitrification influences nitrogen regeneration in sediments.  Science  270:  623-625.

Murray, A.E., J.T. Hollibaugh and C. Orrego.  1996.  Comparison of the phylogenetic compositions of bacterioplankton in two California estuaries by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rRNA gene fragments.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62:  2676-2680.

Smith, S.V. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  1997.  Annual cycle and interannual variability of ecosystem metabolism in a temperate climate embayment.  Ecological Monographs 67:  509-533

Bano, N. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2002.  Phylogenetic composition of bacterioplankton assemblages from the Arctic Ocean.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:  505-518.

Oremland, R.S., S.E. Hoeft, J.M. Santini, N. Bano, R.A. Hollibaugh and J.T. Hollibaugh. 2002.  Anaerobic oxidation of arsenite in Mono Lake water and by a facultative chemoautotroph, strain MLHE-1.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:  4795-4802.

Humayoun, S.B, N. Bano and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2003.  Depth distribution of microbial diversity in Mono Lake, a meromictic soda lake in California.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:  1030-1042.

Bano, N., S. Ruffin, B. Ransom and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2004.  Depth distribution of Archaea in the Arctic Ocean and comparison with Archaea in the Southern Ocean.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:  781-789.

LeCleir, G.R., A. Buchan, and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2004.  Chitinase gene sequences from diverse aquatic habitats reveal complex patterns of diversity.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:  6977-6983.

Hollibaugh, J.T., S. Carini, H. Gürleyük, R. Jellison, S.B. Joye, G. Lecleir, C. Meile, L. Vasquez and D. Wallschläger.  2005.  Distribution of arsenic species in alkaline, hypersaline, Mono Lake, California and response to seasonal stratification and anoxia.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69:1925-1937.

Poretsky, R.S., N. Bano, A. Buchan, G. LeCleir, J. Kleikemper, M. Pickering, M.A. Moran and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2005.  Analysis of microbial gene transcripts in environmental samples.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 4121-4126

Smith, S.V. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2006.  Water, salt, and nutrient exchanges in San Francisco Bay.  Limnology and Oceanography 51:  504-517.

Hollibaugh, J.T., C. Budinoff, R.A. Hollibaugh, B. Ransom and N. Bano.  2006.  Sulfide oxidation coupled to arsenate reduction by a diverse microbial community in a soda lake.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:  2043-2049

LeCleir, G.R., A. Buchan, J. Maurer, M.A. Moran and J.T. Hollibaugh. 2007.  Comparison of chitinolytic enzymes from an alkaline, hypersaline lake and an estuary.  Environmental Microbiology 9:  197-205.

Bano, N., W.A. Bennett, A. deR. Smith, L. Vasquez and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2007.  Dominance of Mycoplasma in the guts of the Long-Jawed Mudsucker, Gillichthys mirabilis, from five California salt marshes.  Environmental Microbiology 9: 2636-2631.

Caffrey, J.M., N. Bano, K. Kalanetra and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2007.  Environmental factors controlling ammonia-oxidation by ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea in Southeastern estuaries.  ISME Journal 1: 660-662.

Magalhães, C., N. Bano, W.J. Wiebe, A.A. Bordalo and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008. Dynamics of nitrous oxide reductase genes (nosZ) in intertidal rocky biofilms and sediments of the Douro River estuary (Portugal) and relation to N-biogeochemistry.  Microbial Ecology 55:  259–269; doi: 10.1007/s00248-007-9273-7.

Fisher, J.C., D. Wallschläger, B. Planer-Friedrich and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008.  Sulfur plays an unexpected role in the arsenic cycle of Mono Lake, CA.  Environmental Science and Technology 42: 81-85.

Budinoff, C.R. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008.  Arsenite-dependent photoautotrophy by an Ectothiorhodospira-dominated consortium.  ISME Journal 2:340-343.

Jørgensen, N.O.G., P. Engel, R. Jellison and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008.  Contribution of bacterial cell wall components to DOM in alkaline, hypersaline Mono Lake, California.  Geomicrobiology Journal 25: 38-55.

Fisher, J.C. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008.  Selenate-dependent anaerobic arsenite oxidation by a bacterium from Mono Lake, CA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 2588-2594.

First, M.R. and J.T. Hollibaugh.  2008.  Protistan bacterivory and benthic microbial biomass in an intertidal creek mudflat.  Marine Ecology - Progress Series 361: 59-68.

Kulp, T.R., S.E. Hoeft, M. Asao, M.T. Madigan, J.T. Hollibaugh, J.C. Fisher, J.F. Stolz, C.W. Culbertson, L.G. Miller, and R.S. Oremland.  2008.  Arsenic(III) fuels anoxygenic photosynthesis in hot spring biofilms from Mono Lake, California.  Science 321: 967-970.

Oremland, R.S., J.F. Stolz, M. Madigan, J.T. Hollibaugh, T.R. Kulp, S.E. Hoeft, J. Fisher, L.G. Miller, C.W. Culbertson, M. Asao.  2009.  Response to Comment on “Arsenic(III) Fuels Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Hot Spring Biofilms from Mono Lake, California”  Science 323:583 

Weston, N.B., J.T. Hollibaugh and S.B. Joye.  2009.  Population growth away from the coastal zone: thirty years of land use change and nutrient export in the Altamaha River, GA.  Science of the Total Environment.  In press. 

Planer-Friedrich, B., J.C. Fisher, J.T. Hollibaugh, E. Süß and D. Wallschläger.  2009.  Oxidative transformation of trithioarsenate along alkaline geothermal drainages: abiotic versus microbially mediated processes.  Geomicrobiology Journal. In press.

Schaefer, S.C., J.T. Hollibaugh and M. Alber.  In press.  Watershed nitrogen input and riverine export on the west coast of the U.S. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

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