Prof. Aswani K. Volety

Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

Florida Gulf Coast University, USA

Email: Avolety@fgcu.edu

Qualifications

2009  Graduate Certificate, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

1995  Ph.D., School of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Virginia

1988  M.S., Zoology with Specialization in Marine Biology, Andhra University

1985  B.S., Zoology, Andhra University

Publications (Selected)

1. Abeels, H. A., A. N. Loh, A. Volety. 2012. (In Press). Trophic transfer and habitat use of oyster Crassostrea virginica reefs in southwest Florida using stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. doi: 10.3354/meps09824.
2. Donaghy, L., and A. K. Volety. 2011. Functional and metabolic characterization of hemocytes of the green mussel, Perna viridis: in vitro impacts of temperature. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 31: 808-814. DOI:10.1016/j.fsi.2011.07.018
3. Tolley, SG, J Evans, AK Volety and JT Winstead. 2010. The Role of Freshwater Inflow on population regulation of the inquiline symbiont Eutima sp. in eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Bulletin of Marine Science. 86 (3): 625-636.
4. Volety, A. K., M. Savarese, G. Tolley, P. Sime, P. Goodman, and P. Doering. 2009. Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as an indicator for restoration of Everglades Ecosystems. Ecological Indicators. 9: S120-S136. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2008.06.005
5. Volety, A. K. 2008. Effects of salinity, heavy metals and pesticides on health and physiology of oysters in the Caloosahatchee Estuary. Ecotoxicology. 17: 579-590. DOI 10.1007/s10646-008-0242-9
6. Panko, C.*, V. Encomio, J. Barreto, and A. K. Volety. 2008. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of quinine as a potential anti-protozoal for the eastern oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus. Journal of Shellfish Research. 27: 789-793.
7. Barnes, T. K., A. K. Volety., K. Chartier, F. J. Mazzotti, and L. Pearlstine. 2007. A habitat suitability index model for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), a tool for restoration of the Caloosahatchee Estuary, Florida. Journal of Shellfish Research. 26: 949-959.
8. Tolley, G., A. K. Volety, M. Savarese, L. D. Walls, C. Linardich, and E. M. Everham. 2007. Impacts of salinity and freshwater inflow on oyster-reef communities in SW Florida. Aquatic Living Resources. 19: 371-387.
9. Barnes, T., F. Mazzotti, L. Pearlstine, and A. K. Volety. 2006. Habitat evaluation in coastal southwestern Florida: a policy decision model for the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Florida Scientist. 69: 140-151.
10. Tolley, S. G., J. T. Winstead, L. Haynes, A. K. Volety. 2006. Influence of salinity on the prevalence of the parasite Loxothylacus panopaei in the xanthid Panopeus obesus in southwest Florida. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 70: 243-250.
11. Tolley, S. G., and A. K. Volety. 2005. The role of oysters in habitat use of oyster reefs by resident fishes and decapod crustaceans. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24: 1007-1012.
12. Tolley, S. G., A. K. Volety, and M. Savarese. 2005. Influence of salinity on the habitat use of oyster reefs in three Southwest Florida estuaries. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24: 127-138
13. Wilson, C., L. Scotto, J. Scarpa, A. Volety, S. Laramore, and D. Haunert. 2005. Influence of watershed management on estuarine water quality and characterization of oyster reproduction, and oyster health status in the St. Lucie estuary. Journal of Shellfish Research. 24: 157-165.
14. J. T. Winstead, A. K. Volety., and S. G. Tolley. 2004. Parasitic and Symbiont Fauna in Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Collected from the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary, Florida. Journal of Shellfish Research. 23: 831-840.
15. Xue, Q-G., K. L. Schey, A. K. Volety, F-L. E. Chu, and J. F. La Peyre. 2004. Purification and characterization of lysozyme from plasms of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 139: 11-25.
16. Shields, J.D., C. Scanlon, and A. Volety. 2003. Aspects of the pathophysiology of blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, infected with the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium perezi. Bull. Mar. Sci. 72 (2): 519-535.
17. Chu, F. L. E., A. K. Volety, R. C. Hale, G. Constantin, and Y. Huang. 2002. Hemocyte activities and disease expression in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to polyaromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments. Marine Environmental Research. 53: 17-35.
18. Volety, A. K., S. A. McCarthy, B. D. Tall, S. K. Curtis, W. S. Fisher and F. J. Genthner. 2001. Responses of oyster (Crassostrea virginica) hemocytes to nonpathogenic and clinical isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 25: 11-20
19. Volety, A. K., and W. S. Fisher. 2000. In vitro killing of Perkinsus marinus by hemocytes of oysters Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research. 19: 827-834.
20. Volety, A. K., F. O. Perkins, R. Mann, and P. Hershberg. 2000. Progression of diseases caused by the oyster parasites, Perkinsus marinus and Haplosporidium nelsoni, in Crassostrea virginica on constructed intertidal reefs. Journal of Shellfish Research. 19: 341-347.

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