Benjamin Twining

Ph.D. 2003
The accumulation and trophic transfer of trace metals by protozoa.

Currently at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

 

Publications from work done at Stony Brook:

Baines, S.B., B.S. Twining, S. Vogt, W.M. Balch, N.S. Fisher, and D.M. Nelson. In press. Silification of Equatorial Pacific diatoms exposed to additions of silicic acid and iron. Deep-Sea Research II

Twining, B.S., J.J. Gilbert, and N.S. Fisher.  2000.  Evidence of homing behavior in the coral reef mysid Mysidium gracile.  Limnology and Oceanography 45: 1845-1849.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, and N.S. Fisher.  2001.  Measurement of metal concentrations in marine nanoplankton cells using an X-ray fluorescence microprobe.  Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer. Medit. 36: 169.

Wong, W.H., J.S. Levinton, B.S. Twining, and N.S. Fisher.  2003.  Assimilation of micro- and mesozooplankton by zebra mussels: A demonstration of the food web link between zooplankton and benthic suspension feeders.  Limnology and Oceanography 48: 308-312.

Mylon, S.E., B.S. Twining, N.S. Fisher, and G. Benoit.  2003.  Relating the speciation of Cd, Cu, and Pb in two Connecticut rivers with their uptake in algae.  Environmental Science and Technology 37: 1261-1267.

Wong, W.H., J.S. Levinton, B.S. Twining, N.S. Fisher, B.P. Kelaher, and A.K. Alt.  2003.  Assimilation of carbon from a rotifer by the mussels Mytilus edulis and Perna viridis: a potential food-web link.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 253: 175-182.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, N.S. Fisher, C. Jacobsen, and J. Maser.  2003.  Quantification and localization of trace metals in natural plankton cells using a synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microprobe.  Journal de Physique IV 104: 435-438.

Twining, B.S., M.R. Twiss, and N.S. Fisher.  2003.  Oxidation of thallium by freshwater plankton communities.  Environmental Science and Technology 37: 2720-2726.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, N.S. Fisher, J. Maser, S. Vogt, C. Jacobsen, A. Tovar-Sanchez, and S.A. Sañudo-Wilhelmy.  2003.  Quantifying trace elements in individual aquatic protist cells with a synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microprobe.  Analytical Chemistry 75: 3806-3816.

Twiss, M.R., B.S. Twining, and N.S. Fisher.  2003.  Partitioning of dissolved thallium in seston of Lakes Erie and Ontario.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60: 1369-1375.

Twining, B.S., and N.S. Fisher.  2004.  Trophic transfer of trace metals from protozoa to mesozooplankton.  Limnology and Oceanography 49: 28-39.

Twiss, M.R., B.S. Twining, and N.S. Fisher.  2004.  Bioconcentration of inorganic and organic thallium by freshwater phytoplankton.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 23: 968-973.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, and N.S. Fisher.  2004.  Metal cycling through plankton communities: a single-cell approach using synchrotron-based x-ray fluorescence.  Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer. Medit. 37: 251.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, and N.S. Fisher.  2004.  Element stoichiometries of individual plankton cells collected during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX).  Limnology and Oceanography 49: 2115-2128.

Twining, B.S., S.B. Baines, N.S. Fisher, and M.R. Landry.  2004.  Cellular iron contents of plankton during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX).  Deep-Sea Research I 51: 1827-1850.