Dr. Breea GovenarDeep Ocean Exploration Institute
Postdoctoral Fellow
Contact Information
508-289-3901
bgovenar@whoi.edu
Mailing Address
Redfield Laboratory, Room 2-40
Mailstop #33
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
| Dr. Breea Govenar Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Contact Information 508-289-3901 bgovenar@whoi.edu Mailing Address Redfield Laboratory, Room 2-40 Mailstop #33 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
Ph.D. Biology, The Pennsylviana State University, 2005 B.S. Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, 2000 Research interests marine benthic communities, hydrothermal vents, causes and consequences of species diversity, relationship between species diversity and ecosystem processes, mechanisms of species coexistence and species turnover, habitat provision by foundation species, metacommunity dynamics Publications Govenar, B. and C.R. Fisher (2007) Experimental evidence of habitat provision by aggregations of Riftia pachyptila at hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. Marine Ecology 28: 3-14.
Brand, G.L., R.V. Horak, N. Le Bris, S.K. Goffredi, S.L. Carney, B. Govenar, and P.H. Yancey (2007) Hypotaurine and thiotaurine as indicators of sulfide exposure in bivalves and vestimentiferans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Marine Ecology 28: 208-218.
Gollner, S., J. Zekely, B. Govenar, H.L. Nemeschkal, N. Le Bris, C.R. Fisher, and M. Bright (2007) Tubeworm-associated permanent meiobenthic communities from two chemically different hydrothermal vent sites on the East Pacific Rise. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337: 39-49.
Gollner, S., J. Zekely, C.L. Van Dover, B. Govenar, N. Le Bris, H.L. Nemeschkal and M. Bright (2006) Benthic copepod communities associated with tubeworm and mussel aggregations on the East Pacific Rise. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 47: 397-402.
Zekely, J., S. Gollner, C.L. Van Dover, B. Govenar, N. Le Bris, H.L. Nemeschkal and M. Bright (2006) Nematode communities associated with tubeworm and mussel aggregations on the East Pacific Rise. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 47: 477-482.
Le Bris, N., B. Govenar, C. Le Gall, and C.R. Fisher. 2006. Variability of physico-chemical conditions in 9°50’N EPR diffuse flow vent habitats. Marine Chemistry 98: 167-182.
Govenar, B., N. Le Bris, S. Gollner, J. Glanville*, A.B. Aperghis, S. Hourdez and C.R. Fisher (2005) Epifaunal community structure associated with Riftia pachyptila in chemically different hydrothermal vent habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 67-77.
Govenar, B., M. Freeman, D.C. Bergquist, G.A. Johnson, and C.R. Fisher (2004) Composition of a one-year old Riftia pachyptila community following a clearance experiment: insight to succession patterns at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Biological Bulletin 207: 177-182.
Govenar, B., D.C. Bergquist, I.A. Urcyuo, J.T. Eckner, and C.R. Fisher (2002) Three Ridgeia piscesae assemblages from a single Juan de Fuca sulfide edifice: structurally different and functionally similar. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43: 247-252.
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