Gary Gaston (Faculty Member is Retired, or has otherwise left the University)
Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-7162
Email: bygaston@olemiss.edu
http://olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/gaston/index.php

Key Words: Benthic invertebrate ecology, Trophic ecology of benthic communities, Coral reef ecology

Research Description: Dr. Gary R. Gaston is a Professor of Biology. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of benthic (bottom-community) ecology, and is an authority on the taxonomy, trophic biology, and physiology of marine benthos. His recent research focuses on tropical-coral reefs. Dr. Gaston has directed several Honor's projects in which students traveled to Belize to collect data, then returned to Ole Miss to analyze data and write their theses.

Honors Theses:

Evans, James Howard (2013) "Courting Behavior of the Male Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis) in Belize"

Shell, Kathryn Janeanna (2013) "Cleaning Symbiosis of Caribbean Reef Fish: Analysis of Biological Factors That Affect Cleaning Frequency"

Dent, Wesley Addison (2012) "Time-Activity Budgets of Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) in Belize"

Howe, Catherine Filley (2012) "Diurnal Time-Activity Budgets Of Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus Apodus) In South Water Caye Marine Reserve (Belize)"

Cope, Matthew Wilton (2010) "A Detailed Examination of the Feeding Ecology of the Atlantic Sharpnose, Blacktip, and Bonnethead Shark from the North Central Gulf of Mexico"

Campbell, Joseph Lane (2005) “A Study of the Effects of the 2004 Tsunami on Coral Reefs and Fisheries of the Indian Ocean”

Jenkins, Lemuel Phillips (2001) "Feeding Habits and Mechanisms of Reef Fishes"