Kathryn L. Patterson
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Education
B.A.Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (1994)
M.S.Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development , University of Georgia, Athens, GA (1997)
Honors
Science Training in Ecology (STEP) Fellowship (University of West Florida and USEPA Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL) 2000-2002.
Selected Publications
Patterson, K.L., J.W. Porter, K.B. Ritchie, S.W. Polson, E. Mueller, E.C. Peters, D.L. Santavy, and G.W. Smith. In press. The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Porter, J.W., V., Kosmynin, K.L. Patterson, K.G. Porter, W.C. Jaap, J.L. Wheaton, K. Hackett, M. Lybolt, C.P. Tsokos, G. Yanev, D.M. Marcinek, J. Dotten, D. Eaken, M. Patterson, O.W. Meier, M. Brill, and P. Dustan. 2002. Detection of coral reef change by the Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project, in The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys, eds. Porter, J.W.& Porter, K.G. (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL) pp. 749-769.
Porter, J.W., P. Dustan, W.C. Jaap, J.L. Wheaton, K.L. Patterson, V. Kosmynin, O.W. Meier, M.E. Patterson, and M. Parsons. 2001. Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys. Hydrobiologia 460: 1-24.
Santavy, D.L., E. Mueller, E.C. Peters, L. MacLaughlin, J.W. Porter, K.L. Patterson, and J. Campbell. 2001. Quantitative assessment of coral diseases in the Florida Keys: strategy and methodology. Hydrobiologia 460: 39-52.
Goreau, T.J., J.Cervino, M. Goreau, R, Hayes, M. Hayes, L. Richardson, G. Smith, K. DeMeyer, I. Nagelkerken, J. Garzon-Ferreira, D. Gil, G. Garrison, E.H. Williams, L. Bunkley-Williams, C. Quirolo, K. Patterson, J.W. Porter, K. Porter. 1998. Rapid spread of diseases in Caribbean coral reefs. Revista Biologia Tropical 46: 157-171.
Cervino, J.M., T.J. Goreau, R.L. Hayes, L. Kaufman, I. Nagelkerken, K. Patterson, J.W. Porter, G. W. Smith, and C. Quirolo. 1998. Coral Disease. Science 280: 499-501.
Patterson, K.L., D.S. Santavy, J.G. Campbell, J.W. Porter, K.G. Porter, L.G. MacLaughlin, E. Mueller, and E.C. Peters. 1997. Coral Diseases in the Western Florida Keys, New Grounds, and the Dry Tortugas. American Zoologist 37: 13A.