Annette Govindarajan
 | Instructor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Earth & Environmental Science |
Education
Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography 2004 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program.
M.S. in Biological Oceanography 1994 - University of Connecticut.
B.S. in Biology 1992 - University of Connecticut, Honors Program
Research Interests
Evolution, ecology, species diversity, and biogeography of marine invertebrates, focusing on the Hydrozoa (Phylum Cnidaria) and Thaliacea (Phylum Chordata)
Selected Publications
- Lindner, A., Govindarajan, A. F., and Migotto, A. E., submitted. Life cycles, taxonomy, and the phylogeny of Clytia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae).
- Adamik, P., Gallager, S.M., Horgan, E, Madin, L.P., McGillis, W.R., Govindarajan, A., and Alatalo, P. Effects of turbulence on the feeding rate of a pelagic predator: The planktonic hydroid Clytia gracilis. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 333: 159-165.
- Govindarajan, A.F., Boero, F., and Halanych, K.M. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis with multiple markers indicates a repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Mol Phyl Evol 38: 820-834.
- Govindarajan, A.F., Piraino, S., Gravili, C., Kubota, S. 2005. Species identification of bivalve-inhabiting marine hydrozoans of the genus Eugymnanthea. Invertebrate Biology 124: 1-10.
- Govindarajan, A.F., Halanych, K.M., Cunningham, C.W. 2005. Mitochondrial evolution and phylogeography in the hydrozoan Obelia geniculata. Marine Biology 146: 213-222.
- Wonham, M.J., Walton, W.C., Ruiz, G.M., Frese, A.M., Galil, B.S. 2001. Going to the source: role of the invasion pathway in determining potential invaders. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215: 1-12.
- Whitlatch, R.B., Osman, R.W., Frese, A., Malatesta, R., Mitchell, P., Sedgwick, L. 1995. The ecology of two introduced marine ascidians and their effects on epifaunal organisms in Long Island Sound. Proceedings of the Northeast conference on non-indigenous aquatic nuisance species. Pp. 29-48.