Charles Trick, PhD
Aquatic Sciences and Microbial Ecology
Our research group is dedicated at understanding the ecology of phytoplankton in oceans (and periodically we will enter the freshwater world). As primary producers, phytoplankton, are important in the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen. We are contributing to this understanding by considering the role of metals on controlling phytoplankton community composition and activity. We have a long-term interest in iron as the limiting nutrient in both open oceans and as a regulator of community physiology in coastal waters.
Degrees and Institutions
Teaching
- Biology 4230A - Ecosystem Health
Recent Publications
- Sorichetti R.J., I.F. Creed, and C. G. Trick. In Press. Iron and iron-binding ligands as cofactors that limit cyanobacteria biomass across a lake trophic gradient. Freshwater Biology.
- Wells, M.L., V. L. Trainer, T. J. Smatda, B. S. O. Karleson, C. G. Trick, R. M. Kudela, A. Ishikawa, S. Bernard, A. Wulff, D. M. Anderson, and W. P. Cochlan. 2015. Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future. Harmful Algae 49:68-93.
- Trainer, V.L., L. Moore, B.-T. Eberhart, B.D. Bill, W.P. Cochlan, C.E. Ikeda, C.O. Miles, and C.G. Trick. 2015. Characterizing toxic activity from Heterosigma akashiwo: a tale of two assays. In: A. Lincoln MacKenzie (Ed.) 2015. Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Wellington, New Zealand 27th-31st October 2014. Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand and International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae. 82-85.
- Matheson, J.R., C.E. Ikeda and C.G. Trick. 2015. The effects of pH and nutrient stress on the toxicity of Heterosigma akashiwo. In A. Lincoln MacKenzie (Ed.) 2015. Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algae. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Wellington, New Zealand 27th-31st October 2014. Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand and International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae. 78-81.
- Ikeda, C. E., W. P. Cochlan, C. M. Bronicheski, J. R. Matheson, V. L. Trainer, and C. G. Trick. 2015. The regulation of toxicity in laboratory cultures of Heterosigma akashiwo from Puget Sound, Washington. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Harmful Algae, Wellington, New Zealand 27th-31st October 2014. Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand and International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae. 74-77.
