Louis E. Burnett
Grice Marine Laboratory
205 Fort Johnson
Charleston, SC 29412
| BurnettL@cofc.edu | |
| Main Office, Grice | (843) 953-9200 |
Current Positions/Affiliations
- Professor Emeritus of Biology
- Executive Director, National Association of Marine Laboratories
- Past President, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Editorial Board, Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology
Education
- B.S., College of William and Mary
- Ph.D., University of South Carolina
- Postdoctoral Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Research Interests
Comparative physiology of respiration, ion and acid-base regulation in marine organisms; physiology of respiratory pigments; physiological adaptations associated with the transition from breathing water to breathing air; physiology of disease mechanisms especially as they relate to water quality.
Recent publication: The Effects of Black Gill Disease on the Respiration of Penaeus setiferus, the Atlantic White Shrimp, during Activity and Hypoxia: Treadmill Studies. 2024. Louis E. Burnett and Michael R. Kendrick, Biological Bulletin 246:52-57.
Fact Check on Treadmill Studies: Fact Check: 'Shrimp on a treadmill' study and cost misrepresented. Reuters Fact Check