Robert M. Woollacott
Professor of Biology
Curator of Marine Invertebrates in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Phone: 617-495-1755
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Office: 527 MCZLabs, 26 Oxford St
Lab Website: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/woollacott
Marine Biology with an emphasis in fouling organisms and introduced species in the marine environment. In this context, understanding the biology of dispersal stages such as larvae has important significance. Representative study areas include the synchronization of reproductive output with environmental cues, larval dispersal, induction and events of metamorphosis, and the impact of variations in larval life on post metamorphic success. Studies of invertebrates such as bryozoans and sponges are emphasized.
Publications
2009 Winston, J.E. and R.M. Woollacott. Scientific results of the Hassler expedition. Bryozoa. No. 1. Barbados. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 159: 239-300.
2008 Winston, J.E. and R.M. Woollacott. Redescription and revision of some red pigmented species of Bugula. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 159: 179-212.
2008 Sears, M.A.B. and R.M. Woollacott. Alice Robertson: educator and marine zoologist. pp. 305-345. In: Wyse Jackson, P. and M. Spencer Jones (eds). Annals of Bryozoology 2: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans. International Bryozoology Association, Dublin, pp. viii+422.
2008 Pakes, M.J. and R.M. Woollacott. Reproduction of the gorgonian Plexaura flexuosa in Bermuda. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 357: 121-127
2006 Rodgers, P. and R.M. Woollacott. Systematics, variation, and developmental instability: analysis of spine patterns in ancestrulae of a common bryozoan. J. Nat. History. 40: 1351-1368.
2004 Woollacott, R.M. Climate change, human impacts, and community structure. In: Neo-Science of Natural History: Integration of Geoscience and Biodiversity Studies. Mawatari, S.F. and H. Okada (eds.). pp. 9-17. University of Hokikaido Press, Sapporo, Japan.
2003 Woollacott, R.M. Spicule content in larvae of two species of demosponge. Species Diversity 8: 203-217
Courses Taught
Science B-53. Marine Biology
OEB 234. Topics in Marine Biology
OEB 325. Marine Biology
