1996 Ph.D. University of South Carolina - Biology

1991 M.S. University of Alabama - Biology

1989 B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara - Marine Science and Biology

Chemical ecology of aquatic organisms

Non-native species

Larval settlement and recruitment

Coastal sensor technologies

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications -

Tamburri, M.N., C.A. Zimmer and R.K. Zimmer. 2007. Mechanisms reconciling gregarious larval settlement with adult cannibalism. Ecological Monographs, 77:255-268.

Tamburri, M.N., D.L. Breitburg, S.M. Bonniwell and M.W. Luckenbach. 2007. Settlement of Crassostrea ariakensis larvae: Effects of substrate, biofilms, sediment and adult chemical cues. J. Shell. Res., in press.

Tamburri, M.N. and G.M. Ruiz. 2005. Evaluations of a ballast water treatment to prevent aquatic invasions and ship corrosion. SNAME Maritime Technology Conference. October 19-21, Houston, TX.

DeVogelaere, A.P., E.J. Burton, T. Trejo, C.E. King, D.A. Clague, M.N. Tamburri, G.M. Cailliet, R.E. Kochevar, W.J. Douros. 2005. Deep-sea corals and resource protection at the Davidson Seamount, California, U.S.A. Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), 2005, Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 1189-1198.

Tamburri, M.N., K. Wasson and M. Matsuda. 2002. Ballast water deoxygenation can prevent aquatic introductions while reducing ship corrosion. Biol. Conser. 103: 331-341.

Tamburri, M.N., G.E. Friederich, E.T. Peltzer, I. Aya, K. Yamane and P.G. Brewer. 2000. A field study of the effects of CO2 ocean disposal on mobile deep-sea animals. Mar. Chem. 72: 95-101.

Tamburri, M.N., M.N. Halt and B.H. Robison. 2002. Chemically regulated feeding by a midwater medusa. Limnol. Oceanogr. 45: 1661-1666.

Tamburri, M.N. and J.P. Barry. 1999. Adaptations for scavenging by three diverse bathyal species, Eptatretus stouti, Neptunea amianta and Orchomene obtusus. Deep-Sea Res. 46: 2079-2093.

Pennington, J.T., M.N. Tamburri and J.P. Barry. 1999. Development, temperature tolerance, and settlement preference of embryos and larvae of the articulate brachiopod Laqueus californianus. Biol. Bull. 196: 245-256.

Cohen, W.D. and M.N. Tamburri. 1998. Peripheral centrosomes in erythrocytes of the vesicomyid clam Calyptogena kilmeri: a molluscan erythrocyte cytoskeletal motif. Biol. Bull. 194: 7-13.

Tamburri, M.N., C.M. Finelli, D.S. Wethey and R.K. Zimmer-Faust. 1996. Chemically mediated larval settlement behavior in flow. Biol. Bull. 191: 367-373.

Tamburri, M.N. and R.K. Zimmer-Faust. 1996. Suspension feeding: basic mechanisms controlling recognition and ingestion of larvae. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1188-1197.

Zimmer-Faust, R.K. and M.N. Tamburri. 1994. Chemical identity and ecological implications of a waterborne larval settlement cue. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:1075-1087.

Tamburri, M.N., R.K. Zimmer-Faust and M.L. Tamplin. 1992. Natural sources and properties of chemical inducers mediating settlement of oyster larvae: a re-examination. Biol. Bull. 183: 327-338.

Shipboard evaluations of Venturi Oxygen Stripping during continuous routine vessel operations.

Behavior, substrate selection and survival of C. ariakensis pediveliger larvae and juveniles to variation in environmental conditions.

Evaluate, share information on, and foster the development of innovative sensor and sensor platform technologies for the monitoring/surveillance of coastal environments.