Russell L. Cuhel
Senior Scientist; Duke of Research

Office Phone: (414) 382-1711
Lab Phone: (414) 382-1760
Fax: (414) 382-1705
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Web Site: http://www.uwm.edu/People/rcuhel

Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 E. Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Research Interests
Physical-chemical coupling to microbiological productivity in aquatic habitats; heterotrophy:autotrophy relations in coastal and open water systems; microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of freshwater hydrothermal vent systems; nutrient flux to deep chlorophyll maxima; biogeochemistry of mineral nutrient assimilation by algae and bacteria; bench research education at high school to post-graduate levels.
Education
  • University of California San Diego, B. A., Biology and Chemistry, 1976
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, 1981
  • Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Post-Doctoral, 1981-1982
Publications
  • Fogel, M.L., Aguilar, C., Cuhel, R.L., Hollander, D.J., Willey, J.D., and H.W. Paerl. 1999. Biological and isotopic changes in coastal waters induced by Hurricane Gordon. Limnol. Oceanogr. 44: 1359-1369.
  • Bates, T. S., Kiene, R. P., Wolfe, G. V., Matrai, P. M., Chavez, F. P., Buck, K. R., Blomquist, B. W., and R. L. Cuhel. 1994. The cycling of sulfur in surface seawater of the northeast Pacific. J. Geophys. Res. 99(C4): 7835-7843.
  • Cuhel, R. L. and D. R. S. Lean. 1987. Influence of light intensity, light quality, temperature, and daylength on uptake and assimilation of carbon dioxide and sulfate by lake plankton. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44: 2118-2132.
  • Cuhel, R. L., Ortner, P. B., and D. R. S. Lean. 1984. Night synthesis of protein by algae. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29: 731-744.
  • Cuhel, R. L., Taylor, C. D., and H. W. Jannasch. 1982. Assimilatory sulfur metabolism in marine microorganisms: considerations for the application of sulfate incorporation into protein as a measurement of natural population protein synthesis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 43: 160-168.