Dr. Anne Boettcher
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Alabama
Ph.D., 1996, Marine Science, University of Delaware
aboettch@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

Research Description:
Ecological physiology, chemical ecology, and larval ecology, with an emphasis on signal transduction events and environmental factors involved in marine larval metamorphosis and chemically medicated plant-herbivore interactions.

Representative Publications:
Targett, N.M., L.D. Coen, A.A. Boettcher, and C.E. Tanner. 1992. Biogeographic comparisons of marine algal polyphenolics: evidence against a latitudinal trend. Oecologia 89:464-470.

Boettcher, A.A., and N.M. Targett. 1993. Role of polyphenolic molecular size in the reduction of assimilation efficiency in Xiphister mucosus. Ecology 74:891-903.

Targett, N.M., A. Boettcher, T. Targett, and N. Vrolijk. 1995. Tropical marine herbivore assimilation of phenolic rich plants. Oecologia 103:170-179.

Boettcher, A.A., and N.M. Targett. 1996. Induction of metamorphosis in Strombus gigas by red algal cues from their nursery grounds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 196:29-52.

Boettcher, A.A., C. Dyer, J. Casey, and N.M. Targett. 1997. Hydrogen peroxide induced metamorphosis of the queen conch, Strombus gigas. Aquaculture 148:247-258.

Zhainazarov, A.B., M. Wachowiak, A. Boettcher, S. Elenes, and B.W. Arche. 1997. Ionotropic GABA receptor from lobster olfactory projection neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology 77:2235-2251.

Boettcher, A.A. and N.M. Targett. 1998. Role of chemical inducers in larval metamorphosis of queen conch, Strombus gigas Linnaeus: relationship to other marine invertebrate systems. Biological Bulletin 194:132-142.

Raab-Graham, K.F., L.J. Cirilo, A.A. Boettcher, C.M. Radeke, and C.A. Vandenberg. In press. Membrane topology of the amino-terminal region of the sulfonylurea receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry.