Faculty and Staff

Faculty & Staff

Carol Stuart, PhD

  • Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Telephone: 617-287-6651
  • Office Location: W-03-036

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Stuart, C.T. and M. Rex. 2009. Bathymetric patterns of deep-sea gastropod species diversity in 10 basins of the Atlantic Ocean and Norwegian Sea. Marine Ecology, 30:164-180.
  • Stuart, C.T., Arbizu, P.M., Smith, C.R., Molodtsova, T., Brandt, A., Etter, R. J., Escobar-Briones, E., Fabri, M-C., and M.A. Rex. 2008. CeDAMar global database of abyssal biological sampling. Aquatic Biology. 4:143-145.
  • Rex, M.A., Etter, R.J., Morris S., Crouse, J., McClain, C.R., Johnson, N.S., Stuart, C.T., Deming, J.W., Thies, R., and R. Avery. 2006. Global bathymetric patterns of standing stock and body size in the deep-sea benthos. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 317:1-8.
  • Rex, M.A., Crame, J.A., Stuart, C.T., and A. Clarke. 2005. Large-scale biogeographic patterns in marine mollusks: A confluence of history and productivity. Ecology. 86:2288-2297.
  • Gage, J.D., Lambshead, P.J.D., Bishop, J.D.D., Stuart, C.T., and N.S. Jones. 2004. Large-scale biodiversity pattern of Cumacea (Peracarida: Crustacea) in the deep Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 277:181-196.
  • Stuart, C. T., Etter, R.J., and M. A. Rex. 2003. Large-scale spatial and temporal patterns of community structure in the deep-sea benthos. In: Ecosytems of the World: The Deep Sea, (ed. Paul Tyler), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 295-311.
  • Rex, M.A., Bond, A., Etter, R.J., Rex, A.C., and C.T. Stuart. 2002. Geographic variation of shell geometry in the abyssal snail Xyloskenea naticiformis (Jeffreys, 1883). Veliger. 45:218-223.
  • Levin, L.A., Etter, R. J., Rex, M. A., Gooday, A. J., Smith, C. R., Pineda, J., Stuart, C.T., Hessler, R.R., and D. Pawson. 2001. Environmental influences on regional deep-sea species diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 32:51-93.
  • Rex, M.A., Stuart, C.T. and R.J. Etter. 2001. Do deep-sea nematodes show a positive latitudinal gradient of species diversity? The potential role of depth. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 210: 297-298.
  • Rex, M. A., Stuart, C.T., and G. Coyne. 2000. Latitudinal gradient of species richness in the deep-sea benthos of the North Atlantic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 97: 4082-4085.
  • Rex, M. A., Etter, R.J., and C. T. Stuart. 1997. Large-scale patterns of species diversity in the deep-sea benthos. In: Marine Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes (eds. R.F.G. Ormond, J.D. Gage and M.V. Angel), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 94-121.
  • Stuart, C. T. and M. A. Rex. 1994. The relationship between developmental pattern and species diversity in deep-sea prosobranch snails. In: Reproduction, Larval Biology and Recruitment in the Deep-Sea Benthos (eds. C. M. Young and K. J. Eckelbarger), Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 118-136.
  • Rex, M. A., Stuart, C. T., Hessler, R. R., Allen, J. A., Sanders, H. L., and G.D.F. Wilson. 1993. Global-scale latitudinal patterns of species diversity in the deep-sea benthos. Nature. 365: 636-639.

Additional Information

Professional Organizations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-Corporation Board Member
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-Education Committee Member

International Project:
Compilation of an international database on abyssal faunal sampling in the World Ocean
under the auspice of the Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar)