Ecological consequences of oceanographic forcing mechanisms
in coastal habitats
Roles of environmental variability in structuring benthic
marine communities
Impact of internal tidal waves and
internal bores for nutrient dynamics and larval trasport
Education History
B.S. Stanford, 1988
M.S. Northeastern, 1992
Ph.D. Stanford, 1997
Post Doctoral, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1998-2001
Selected Publications
Leichter, J.J., H.L. Stewart, and S.L. Miller. 2003.
Episodic nutrient transport to Florida coral reefs. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48:
1394-1407. Link to
article.
Leichter, J.J. and S.L. Miller. 1999. Predicting high
frequency upwelling: Spatial and temporal patterns of temperature anomalies
on a Florida coral reef. Cont. Shelf Res. 19: 911-928.
Leichter, J.J., G. Shellenbarger, S.J.
Genovese, S.R. Wing. 1998. Breaking internal waves on a Florida (USA) coral
reef: a plankton pump at work? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 166: 83-97.
Leichter, J.J., S.R. Wing, S.L. Miller,
and M.W. Denny. 1996. Pulsed delivery of subthermocline water to Conch Reef
(Florida Keys) by internal tidal bores. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1490-1501.
Leichter, J.J., and J.D. Witman. 1997.
Water flow over subtidal rock walls: relation to distributions and growth
rates of sessile suspension feeders in the Gulf of Maine. J. Exp. Mar. Biol.
Ecol. 209: 293-307.
Wing S.R., and J.J. Leichter, 1996. Storm-generated
physical variability on Conch Reef, Florida Keys. Proceedings 8th International
Coral Reef Symposium 2:1097-1102
Witman, J.D., J. J. Leichter, S.J. Genovese,
and D.A. Brooks. 1993. Pulsed phytoplankton supply to the rocky subtidal zone:
influence of internal waves. Proc. Natl Acac. Sci. USA. 90: 1686-1690.
Wing, S.R., J.J. Leichter, and M.W. Denny.
1993. A dynamic model of wave-driven high frequency modulation of light levels
beneath surface algal canopies. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38: 396-407.