Chuck driving the Growler on the Parker River

Charles S. Hopkinson, Jr.
Principal Investigator
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508-289-7688
Fax: 508-457-1548
email: chopkins@mbl.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Marine Science, 1979, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• M.S., Marine Science, 1973, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• B.S., Biology, 1970, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Research Interests:

• Wetland and aquatic ecology, element cycles in marine and fresh water systems, microbial ecology, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling, land-sea coupling, global ecology, systems ecology - modeling

Professional Experience:

• 1997-Present, Senior Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
• 1989-1997, Associate Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
• 1988, Visiting Professor, Askö Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden
• 1986-1989, Associate Marine Scientist, Marine Institute, University of Georgia
• 1982-1986, Assistant Marine Scientist, Marine Institute, University of Georgia
• 1980-1989, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Georgia
• 1979-1982, Research Associate, Marine Institute, University of Georgia
• 1973-1975, Research Associate II, Center for Wetland Resources, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Selected Publications: (from 68)

• Schubauer, J. P., and C. S. Hopkinson. 1984. Above- and belowground production dynamics of Spartina alterniflora and Spartina cynosuroides. Limnology and Oceanography 29(5):1052-1065.
• Hopkinson, C. S. 1987. Nutrient regeneration in shallow-water sediments of the estuarine plume region of the nearshore Georgia Bight. Marine Biology 94(1):127-142.
• Hopkinson, C. S., B. Sherr and W. J. Wiebe. 1989. Size-fractionated coastal plankton metabolism - substrate and nutrient interactions. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 51:155-166.
• Hopkinson, C. S., and J. Vallino. 1994. Toward the development of generally-applicable models of the microbial loop in aquatic ecosystems. Microbial Ecology 28(2):3212-326.
• Normann, B., U. Zweifel, C. Hopkinson and B. Fry. 1995. Production and utilization of dissolved organic carbon during an experimental diatom bloom. Limnology and Oceanography 40:898-907.
• Hopkinson, C. S., and J. Vallino. 1995. The nature of watershed perturbations and their influence on estuarine metabolism. Estuaries 18:598-621.
• Fry, B., C. Hopkinson, A. Nolin, B. Norrman and U. Zweifel. 1996. Long term decomposition of DOC from experimental diatom blooms. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41:1344-1347.
• Fry, B., E. Peltzer, C. Hopkinson, A. Nolin and L. Redmond. 1996. Analysis of marine DOC using a reference dry combustion method. Marine Chemistry 54:191-201.
• Carini, S., N. Weston, C. Hopkinson, J. Tucker, A. Giblin and J. Vallino. 1996. Gas exchange rates in the Parker River estuary, Massachusetts. Biol. Bull. 191:333-334.
• Vallino, J. J., C. S. Hopkinson and J. E. Hobbie. 1996. Modeling bacterial utilization of dissolved organic matter: Optimization replaces Monod growth kinetics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41:1591-1609.
• Hopkinson, C. S., B. Fry and A. Nolin. 1997. Stoichiometry of dissolved organic matter dynamics on the continental shelf of the Northeastern U.S.A. Continental Shelf Research 17:473-489.
• Hopkinson, C. S., A. E. Giblin, H. Garritt, J. Tucker and M. Hullar. 1998. The influence of the benthic boundary layer on growth of pelagic bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology (in press).
• Hopkinson, C. S., I. Buffam, J. Hobbie, J. Vallino, M. Perdue, B. Eversmeyer, F. Prahl, J. Covert, R. Hodson, M. Moran, E. Smith, J. Baross, B. Crump, S. Findlay and K. Foreman. 1998. Terrestrial inputs of organic matter to coastal ecosystems: An intercomparison of chemical characteristics and bioavailability. Biogeochemistry (in press).

Professional Activities:

• Steering Committee NSF-sponsored working group: Resolving the DOM Problem. September 1991 - present.
• Member of the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium's Marine Environmental Research Advisory Panel. 1991 - present.
• Coordinating Committee Member: NSF-Land Margin Ecosystem Research Program (LMER). July 1992 - present.
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Program Committee Ocean Sciences AGU/ASLO meeting, February 1994.
• Steering Committee member for NOAAs Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Health Workshop. August 1994-95.
• Editor in Chief - Mangroves and Salt Marshes Journal. 1997 - present.
• Invited participant - SCOPE Workshop on Estuarine Synthesis. Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, February 1995; Member of Working Group 3: Synthesizing drainage basin inputs to coastal systems.