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David Spafford

MS Student

Marine Botany Track
Mentor: Celia Smith
Incoming Class of 2007

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Phone: (808) 383-0942
Email: dspaffor@hawaii.edu

University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

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Botany

Thesis Title:
A study of irradiance acclimation in Gracilaria salicornia using pulse amplitude modulated fluorimetry and in vivo spectrophotometry

Personal Statement:
I would like to help eliminate invasive alien macroalgae in Hawaii. I am a UH Diver and a member of the Kaneohe Bay "Supersucker" Alien Algae Removal Team.

Publications:

Spafford DC, Pengelley ET. The influence of the neurohumor serotonin on hibernation in the golden-mantled ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis. Comp Biochem Physiol A 1971 Feb; 38(2)239-50.

MS Thesis, SUNY Buffalo, l988: Plague accumulation and gingival response of orthodontic patients wearing invisible retainers.

MA Thesis, UC Riverside, l970: A study of the influence of the neurohumor serotonin on hibernation in the golden-mantled ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis.