Mote Marine Laboratory

Marine Science Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Florida
B.S. Chemistry Emory University

• Recipient – Elsie and William Knight, Jr., Endowed Fellowship,
• University of South Florida (USF), St. Petersburg, FL
• 2001 Recipient - St. Petersburg Progress Endowed Fellowship in Coastal Science, USF
• 2000-2003 Recipient - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
• 2000 Recipient - Paul L. Getting Memorial Endowed Fellowship, USF

Dixon, L.K. 1999. Establishing light requirements for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum: An example for Tampa Bay. In: Seagrasses: Monitoring, Ecology, Physiology, and Management, S.A. Bortone (ed.). CRC Press, LLC.  

Dixon, L.K. 2008. Optical brighteners: PARAFAC analyses of EEM fluorescence data for the conceptual design of field instrumentation and methods. Mote Marine LaboratoryTechnical Report #1316. Sarasota, FL: Mote Marine Laboratory.  

Dixon, L.K. 2009. Tracing anthropogenic wastes: Detection of Optical Brighteners in a gradient of natural organic matter fluorescence. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of South Florida.  

Dixon, L.K. In review. Salinity regression modeling: Development and uses for biological evaluations in the Myakka River. Florida Scientist.  

Dixon, L.K., and A.J. Adams. 2010. Water quality and the fish assemblages of mangrove creeks: A snapshot study shows challenges in assessment of coastal zone management strategies. Mote Marine Laboratory No. 1455. Sub. to the Charlotte Harbor NEP.  

Dixon, L.K., and E.D. Estevez. 2000. Reservoirs of Nitrogen and Phosphorus across a Multiple Source, Nitrogen-enriched, Estuarine Gradient. Mote Marine Laboratory. Sub. to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  

Dixon, L.K., E.R. Hall, and G.J. Kirkpatrick 2010. A spectrally explicit optical model of attenuation for Charlotte Harbor seagrasses. Mote Marine Laboratory No. 1460. Sub. to the Charlotte Harbor NEP.  

Dixon, L.K., G.A. Vargo, J.O.R. Johansson, and R.T. Montgomery, M.B. Neely. 2009. Trends and explanatory variables in major phytoplankton groups for two southwestern Florida estuaries, U.S.A. Journal of Sea Research 61: 95-102.  

Dixon, L.K., G.A. Vargo, J.O.R. Johansson, and R.T. Montgomery, M.B. Neely. 2009. Trends and explanatory variables in major phytoplankton groups for two southwestern Florida estuaries, U.S.A. Journal of Sea Research 61: 95-102  

Estevez, E.D., L.K. Dixon, and M.S. FLannery. 1991. West Coast Rivers of Peninsular Florida. In: The Rivers of Florida. Ecological studies, v. 83. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Department: Directorate of Environmental Health & Ocean Technology