Gregory A. DeBrosse
Field Researcher I
Facilities Manager, Cape Shore Laboratory
Phone: 609
463-0633 Fax: 609 463-0299 Email: debrosse@rci.rutgers.edu
Education
B.S. 1979
Communications, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
B.S. 1985
Biology, W. Washington University, Bellingham, WA
M.S. 1988 Marine Biology, W. Washington University,
Bellingham, WA
Professional Experience and
Research Interests
Marine biologist
with 20 years experience in the culture of shellfish and other marine
organisms. Marine
research experience has included employment with the Washington
State Department of
Fisheries (Olympic Peninsula, WA), National Marine Fisheries
Service (Eastern
Bering Sea) and Shannon Point Marine Center (Anacortes, WA). Since
1988, has been the
manager of Rutgers University’s Cape Shore Laboratory ,
a shellfish
research facility
located on the shore of Delaware Bay. Research interests include
aquaculture of fish
and shellfish, aquaculture technology, shellfish breeding and fisheries.
Selected Publications
Ford,S.E., Xu, Z.,
and G. DeBrosse. 2001. Use of
particle filtration and U.V. irradiation
to prevent infection by Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) and Perkinsus marinus
(Dermo) in hatchery-reared larval and
juvenile oysters. Aquaculture 194: 37-49.
Guo, X., G.A. DeBrosse, and S.K. Allen. 1996.
All-triploid Pacific oysters (Crassostrea
gigas Thunberg) produced by mating tetraploids and
diploids.
Aquaculture 142: 149-161.
DeBrosse, G.A., and S.K. Allen, Jr. 1994.
The suitability of land-based evaluations of
Crassostrea
gigas (Thunberg, 1793) as an
indicator of performance in the field.
J. Shellfish Research 15 (2): 291-295.
DeBrosse, G.A., and S.K. Allen, Jr. 1993.
Control of overset on cultured oysters using
brine solutions. J. Shellfish Research 12 (1): 29-33.