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  • José Fernández-Robledo
  • David Fields
  • Robert Guillard, Emeritus
  • Cynthia Heil
  • Peter Larsen, Emeritus
  • Michael Lomas
  • Paty Matrai
  • David McClellan
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Robert R. L. Guillard (Emeritus)

Education

Research Interests

Dr. Guillard's research interests are physiology and ecology of phytoplankton; influence of environmental factors, especially trace metals, on the growth of marine phytoplankton; life cycles and systematics of diatoms; speciation in planktonic diatoms; phytoplankton as food for marine animals; systematics and physiological ecology of marine ultraplankton. Bigelow Laboratory's Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton was dedicated in honor of Dr. Guillard and Dr. Luigi Provosoli for their pioneering achievements in the culture of marine phytoplankton.