David Thistle

Recent Publications

Thistle, D., J.E. Eckman, and G.L.J. Paterson, 2008. Large, motile epifauna interact strongly with harpacticoid copepods and polychaetes at a bathyal site. Deep-Sea Research I, 55, 324-331. (PDF Version)

Thistle, D., L. Sedlacek, K.R. Carmen, J.W. Fleeger, and J.P. Barry, 2007. Emergence in the deep sea: evidence from harpacticoid copepods. Deep-Sea Research I, 54, 1008-1014.(PDF Version)

Thistle, D., L. Sedlacek, K.R. Carmen, F.W. Fleeger, P.G. Brewer, J.P. Barry, 2007. Exposure to carbon dioxide-rich seawater is stressful for some deep-sea species: an in situ, behavioral study. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 340, 9-16. (PDF Version)

Sedlacek, L., and D. Thistle, 2006. Emergence on the continental shelf: differences among species and between habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 311, 29-36.(PDF Version)

Thistle, D., L. Sedlacek, K.R. Carman, J.W. Fleeger, P.G. Brewer, and J.P. Barry, 2006. Simulated sequestration of industrial carbon dioxide at a deep-sea site: Effects on species of harpacticoid copepods. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 330, 151-158. (PDF Version)

Bouck, L. and D. Thistle, 2006. Responses of two morphologically similar species of benthic copepod (Harpacticoida: Diosaccidae) to an erosion rate that occurs during winter storms. Vie et Milieu, 56, 9-14.

Thistle, D., K.R. Carman, J.W. Fleeger, P.G. Brewer, and J.P. Barry, 2005. Deep-ocean, sediment-dwelling animals are sensitive to sequestered CO2. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 289, 1-4. (PDF Version)

Vopel, K., D. Thistle, J. Ott, M. Bright, and H. Roy, 2005. Wave-induced H2S flux sustains a chemoautotrophic symbiosis. Limnology and Oceanography, 50, 128-133.

Fechter, A., D. Thistle, G. Arlt, K. Suderman, and K. Vopel, 2004. Do harpacticoids (Copepoda) use water-borne cues to aid in locating food parcels? PSZN Marine Ecology, 25, 217-223. (PDF Version)

Suderman, K., and D. Thistle, 2004. Spills of fuel oil #6 and Orimulsion can have indistinguishable effects on the benthic microalgae. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 473-478. (PDF Version)

Kevin R. Carman, David Thistle, John W. Fleeger, James P. Barry, 2004. The influence of introduced CO2 on deep-sea metazoan meiofauna. Journal of Oceanography, 60, 767-772.

Teasdale, M., K. Vopel, and D. Thistle, 2004. The timing of benthic copepod emergence. Limnology Oceanography, 49, 884-889.

Thistle, D., and L. Sedlacek, 2004. Can emergent and nonemergent species of harpacticoid copepods be recognized morphologically? Marine Ecology Progress Series 266, 195-200.

Thistle, D., 2003. On the utility of metazoan meiofauna for studying the soft-bottom deep sea. Vie et Milieu, 53, 97-101. (PDF Version)

Suderman, K., and D. Thistle, 2003. A microcosm system for the study of pollution effects in shallow, sandy, subtidal communities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22, 1093-1099. (PDF Version)

Thistle, D, 2003. Harpacticoid copepod emergence at a shelf site in summer and winter: implications for hydrodynamic and mating hypotheses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 248, 177-185. (PDF Version)

Suderman, K., and D. Thistle, 2003. Spills of fuel oil #6 and Orimulsion can have indistinguishable effects on the benthic meiofauna. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46, 49-55.

Thistle, D, 2003. The deep-sea floor: an overview. In: Ecosystems of the World 28, P. A. Tyler, editor. Elsevier Science, pp.5-37.