Tamar Goulet
Associate Professor of Biology
Phone Number: (662)915-7457
Email: tlgoulet@olemiss.edu
http://olemiss.edu/depts/biology/people/faculty/goulet2/index.php

Key Words: Symbiotic Interactions, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Symbiosis

Research Description: My laboratory focuses on symbiotic interactions. Specifically, I am interested in how different host/symbiont genotypic combinations influence the ecology and evolution of the symbiosis. In order to address this interest, research in my laboratory combines genetic techniques, to identify the hosts and symbionts, and other techniques relating to ecological assessment. For example, I am working on the physiology of different host/symbiont genotypic combinations and how various environmental parameters affect the physiology.

Most of my work on symbiosis focuses on the coral reef ecosystem and the symbiosis between cnidarians (e.g., corals, octocorals, sea anemones) and their unicellular algae (zooxanthellae). I am also branching out to include other symbiotic systems.

Lastly, I am interested in clonal organisms and how their clonality affects their ecology.

Honors Theses:

Pearson, Hadley (2014) Octocoral Physiology: Calcium Carbonate Composition and the Effect of Thermal Stress on Enzyme Activity. (full text)

Walker, Marc Edward (2006) "Etiologic Factors in Women with Primary versus Secondary Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and an Investigation of Etiologic Frequencies in Women with Two or More Losses"