Robert Sanders

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Robert Sanders

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Biology

      • Professor

      • Chair

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

BIOL 2227

Principles of Ecology

Undergraduate

BIOL 3335

Life at the Extremes - Polar Biology

Undergraduate

BIOL 4291

Extradepartmental Research

Undergraduate

SCTC 1001

CST First Year Seminar

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Hamsher, S., Ellis, K., Holen, D., & Sanders, R. (2020). Effects of light, dissolved nutrients and prey on ingestion and growth of a newly identified mixotrophic alga, Chrysolepidomonas dendrolepidota (Chrysophyceae). Hydrobiologia, 847(13), 2923-2932. doi: 10.1007/s10750-020-04293-z.

  • Leles, S., Mitra, A., Flynn, K., Tillmann, U., Stoecker, D., Jeong, H., Burkholder, J., Hansen, P., Caron, D., Glibert, P., Hallegraeff, G., Raven, J., Sanders, R., & Zubkov, M. (2019). Sampling bias misrepresents the biogeographical significance of constitutive mixotrophs across global oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(4), 418-428. doi: 10.1111/geb.12853.

  • McKie-Krisberg, Z., Sanders, R., & Gast, R. (2018). Evaluation of mixotrophy-associated gene expression in two species of polar marine algae. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(AUG). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00273.

  • Hamsher, S., Sung, C., & Sanders, R. (2018). Effects of Temperature and Photorepair Radiation on a Marine Ciliate Exposed to UVB Radiation. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 65(4), 458-467. doi: 10.1111/jeu.12491.

  • Gast, R., Fay, S., & Sanders, R. (2018). Mixotrophic activity and diversity of Antarctic marine protists in austral summer. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(FEB). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00013.

  • Leles, S., Mitra, A., Flynn, K., Stoecker, D., Hansen, P., Calbet, A., McManus, G., Sanders, R., Caron, D., Not, F., Hallegraeff, G., Pitta, P., Raven, J., Johnson, M., Glibert, P., & VĂ¥ge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1860). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0664.

  • Princiotta, S. & Sanders, R. (2017). Heterotrophic and mixotrophic nanoflagellates in a mesotrophic lake: Abundance and grazing impacts across season and depth. Limnology and Oceanography, 62(2), 632-644. doi: 10.1002/lno.10450.

  • Moorthi, S., Ptacnik, R., Sanders, R., Fischer, R., Busch, M., & Hillebrand, H. (2017). The functional role of planktonic mixotrophs in altering seston stoichiometry. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 79(3), 235-245. doi: 10.3354/ame01832.