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Publications (1995-present):

Crockett, E.L., R.P. Hassett, K.R. Funk, and C.M. Doering. 2004. Activities of Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase and
cholesterol contents are not altered by dietary supplementation with cholesterol in Acartia hudsonica and
Calanus finmarchicus. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. 43: 68-70.

Hassett, R. P. 2004. Supplementation of a diatom diet with cholesterol can enhance copepod egg production
rates. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 488-494.

Hassett, R.P. 2003. Effect of toxins of the 'red-tide' dinoflagellate Alexandrium spp. on the oxygen
consumption of marine copepods. Journal of Plankton Research 25: 185-192.

Crockett, E.L. and R.P. Hassett. 2002. Enriched preparations of plasma membranes from zooplankton.
Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 41: 57-59.

Hassett, R.P. and E.L. Crockett, 2000. End-point fluorometric assays for determining activities of carnitine
palmitoyltransferase and citrate synthase. Analytical Biochemistry 287: 176-179

Hassett, R.P., and G.W. Boehlert. 1999. Spatial and temporal distributions of copepods to leeward and
windward of Oahu, Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine Biology 134: 571-584.

Lonsdale, D.J., R.P. Hassett, F. Dobbs, and J. Yen. 1998. Changes in physiological rates and gut-cell structure
associated with a reproductive-resting stage in an harpacticoid copepod. Marine Biology 131: 123-131.

Hassett, R.P., B. Cardinale, L.B. Stabler, and J.J. Elser. 1997. Ecological stoichiometry of N and P in pelagic
ecosystems: comparison of lakes and oceans with emphasis on the zooplankton-phytoplankton interaction
Limnology and Oceanography 42: 648-662.

Hassett, R.P. 1997. Effect of the 'red-tide' dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense on respiration rates of the
copepod Metridia lucens. Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 36: 120-122.

Hassett, R.P., and P. Blades-Eckelbarger. 1995. Diel changes in gut-cell morphology and digestive activity by
the marine copepod Acartia tonsa. Marine Biology 124: 59-69.

Elser, J.J., L.B. Stabler, and R.P. Hassett. 1995 Nutrient limitation of bacterial growth and rates of bacterivory
in lakes and oceans: a comparative study. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 9: 105-110.

Hassett, R. P. and G. W. Boehlert. 1995. Seasonal vertical and horizontal distributions of four species of
copepods around Oahu, Hawaii: data report. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-215, 21p.