Academic Staff - Miles Lamare

Dr Miles Lamare BSc Hons, PhD(Otago) Lecturer Department of Marine Science University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin New Zealand Phone 64-3-479-7463 Fax 64-3-479-8336 Email: miles.lamare@otago.ac.nz

Web:

Fjord Systems Group
Larval Ecology Group
Antarctic Marine Biology-link to:
See also my page on the Antarctic New Zealand Web Site
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/article/3848.html#2543

Research Interests:

I have research interests in marine ecology, population biology, marine invertebrate biology, and the ecology and physiology of marine invertebrate larval stages.  I have an interest in Antarctic marine invertebrates, and how their physiology differs to temperate and tropical species.  I am also interested in the ecology of fiord invertebrate populations.  Recent research has been conducted in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, New Zealand, Samoa and the Cook Islands.

Courses:

I coordinate Marine Invertebrates (MARI202), Adaptations in Antarctic Marine Organisms (MARI431), and Field Marine Science (MARI419).  I also contribute to Marine Ecology (MARI301), Earth and Ocean Science (EOAS111) and Physical Marine Environment (MARI201).

EAOS 111 Earth and Ocean Sciences
MARI 201 Physical Marine Environment
MARI 202 Marine Invertebrates
MARI 301 Marine Ecology
MARI 419 Field Marine Science
MARI 431 Biological Adaptations of Antarctic Marine Organisms

Student Supervision

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2008-2011)

Dr Chris Hepburn (Traditional Maori marine conservation practices)

Dr Rebecca McCleod (Antarctic food webs)

Dr Amanda Bates (Echinoderm parasites and thermal tolerances of marine

Research Projects:

• Effects of climate change (Ozone depletion, sea ice retreat, Ocean Acidification) on marine invertebrate larvae. This project is supported by Antarctica New Zealand (www.antarcticanz.govt.nz)
• Photobiology of marine invertebrate larvae
• DNA repair in sea urchin larvae
• Electronic tagging of starfish to examine ecology and movement
• Effects of freshwater discharge on Doubtful Sound invertebrates
• Examining the effectiveness traditional marine conservation methods (Taiápuri and Máitaitai)

Collaborative opportunities

Invertebrate larval physiology and ecology
Antarctic marine ecology and Antarctic larval physiology - link to:
See also my page on the Antarctic New Zealand Web Site
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/article/3848.html#2543
Photobiology and UV-R effects in the marine environment

Publications

Latest Publications -

Clark et al. (2009) Ocean acidification is the lowering of ocean pH due to increased CO2 emmisions.  We are researching the effects of lowered seawater pH on sea urchin larvae, including degradation of larval skeletons pictured above.

Lamare et al. (in press) We are examining the movement and feeding of starfish using electronic tagging methods that records the location of the starfish over time

Griffith et al (2009) Our latest publication examines the effects of UV-radiation on sea ice algae, and in particular, the short-term response of photopigments and carotenoids.

• Bates A, Poulin R, Lamare M (2010) Spatial variation in parasite-induced mortality in an amphipod: shore height versus exposure history.  Oecologia (DOI 10.1007/s00442-010-1593-5
• Lister K, Lamare M, Burritt D (2010) Sea ice protects the embryos of the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri from oxidative damage due to naturally enhanced levels of UV-B radiation. J. Exp Biol.
• Lurman GJ, Blaser T, Lamare MD, Peck LS, Morley S (2010) Adaptation in ancient animals: Mitochondrial plasticity in brachiopod (Liothyrella sp.) smooth adductor muscle as a result of season and latitude.  Marine Biology (DOI 10.1007/s00227-009-1374-z)
• Poorbagher H, Lamare MD, Barker MF (in press) Effects of nutrition on somatic growth and reproductive strategy of the sea urchin Pseudechinus huttoni.  Marine Biology Research.  DOI: 10.1080/17451000903233797
• Poorbagher H, Lamare MD, Barker MF (2010) The relative importance of parental nutrition and population versus larval; diet on development and phenotypic plasticity of Sclerasterias mollis larvae.  J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. United Kingdom.  DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409990907
• Poorbagher H, Lamare MD, Barker MF, Rayment W (in press) Relative importance of parental diet versus larval nutrition on development and phenotypic plasticity of Pseudechinus huttoni larvae (Echinodermata: Echinoidea).  Marine Biology Research DOI: 10.1080/17451000903300877
• Gary P.Griffith, Ross Vennell and Miles D. Lamare (in press) Short-term effects of UV-radiation on the diadinoxanthin cycle of Antarctic Ice Algae Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (Accepted May 2009)
• Lee DE, Robinson JH, Witman JD, Copeland SE, Harper EM, Smith F, Lamare M (2009) Observations on recruitment, growth and ecology in a diverse living brachiopod community, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand.  Palaeontology in press
• Isely N, Lamare MD,  Marshall CJ, Barker MF (2009) Expression of the DNA repair enzyme, photolyase, in developmental tissues and larvae, and in response to ambient UV-R in the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri.  Photochemistry and Photobiology (in press)
• Lamare MD, Channon T, Cornelisen C, Clarke M (2009) Archival electronic tagging of a predatory sea star - testing a new technique to study movement at the individual level.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.02.010
• Clark D, Lamare M, Barker M (2009) Response of sea urchin pluteus larvae (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) to reduced seawater pH: a comparison among a tropical, temperate, and a polar species.  Marine Biology 156: 1125-1137
• Griffith, Gary P. ,Vennell, Ross and Lamare, Miles D. (2009) Diadinoxanthin cycle of the bottom ice algal community during spring in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Polar Biology 32: 623-636
  
• Riemer U, Lamare MD, Peake BM (2007) Temporal concentrations of suncreen compounds (Mycosprine-like Amino Acids) in phytoplankton and in the New Zealand krill, Nyctiphanes australis G.O. Sars.  J. Plankton Res. 29(12): 1077-1086
• Lamare MD, Barker MF, Lesser MP (2007) In situ rates of DNA damage and abnormal development in Antarctic and non-Antarctic sea urchin embryos.  Aquatic Biology 1: 21-32
• Lamare MD, Barker MF, Lesser MP, Marshall CJ (2006). DNA photorepair in echinoid embryos: effects of temperature on repair rate in Antarctic and non-Antarctic species.  J Exp Biol. 209: 5017-5028
• Kirby S, Lamare MD, Barker MF (2006) Growth and morphometrics in the New Zealand sea urchin Pseudechinus huttoni (Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae).  NZ J Mar Freshwater Research 40: 413-428.
• Lesser MP, Barry TM, Lamare MD, Barker MF (2006) Biological weighting functions for DNA damage in sea urchin embryos exposed to ultraviolet radiation.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 328: 10-21

Earlier Publications

• Lamare MD, Hoffman J (2004) Natural variation of carotenoids in the eggs and gonads of the echinoid Genus, Strongylocentrotus: implications for their role inultraviolet radiation photo-protection. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol, in press
• Lesser MP, Lamare MD, Barker MF (2004) UV-B radiation caused DNA damage in Antarctic sea urchin embryos under the annual sea ice. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1957-1963
• Lamare MD, Lesser MP, Barker MF, Barry TM, Schimanski KB (2004) Variation in sunscreen compounds (Mycosporine-like Amino Acids) for marine species along a gradient of ultraviolet radiation transmission within Doubtful Sound, New Zealand.  NZ J Mar Freshwater Res 38: 775-793
• Brown MT, Lamare MD (1994) The distribution of Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringer within Timaru harbour, New Zealand. Jap J Phycol 42: 63-70
• Lamare MD, Stewart BG (1998) Mass spawning by the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a New Zealand fiord. Mar Biol 132, 135-140
• Lamare, MD (1999) Origin and transport of larvae of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus  Valenciennes (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a New Zealand fiord.  Mar Ecol Prog Ser 174: 107-121
• Lamare MD, Barker MF (1999) In situ estimates of larval development and mortality in the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 180: 197-211
• Lamare MD. Mladenov PV (2000) Modelling somatic growth in the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinoidea: Echinometridae). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 243 (1): 17-43
• Brewin PE, Lamare MD, Keogh JA, Mladenov PV (2000) Reproductive variability over a four year period in the sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea), from different habitats in New Zealand. Mar Biol 137, 543-557
• Lamare MD, Wing SL (2001). Calorific content of New Zealand marine macroalgae. NZ J Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 335-341
• Wing SR, Vasques J, Lamare MD (2001) Population structure of sea urchins (Evechinus chloroticus) along gradients in benthic productivity in the New Zealand fjords.  Proceeding of the 10th International Echinoderm Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 569-575
• Lamare MD, Barker MF (2001) Settlement and recruitment of the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 218: 153-166
• Lamare MD, Brewin PE, Barker MF, Wing SR (2002) Reproduction of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a New Zealand fiord. NZ J Marine and Freshwater Research 36(4): 719-732
• Wing SL, Gibbs MT, Lamare MD (2003) Spatial structuring of the sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) population in a New Zealand fjord. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 248: 109-123