Sandra L. Gilchrist
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.S., Old Dominion University
B.S., Florida State University
Recent Courses
Classical Genetics Techniques Lab (Mod 1)
Fundamentals of Applied Genetics (Mod 2)
Selected Publications
Gilchrist, S. L. (2000). Resetting the system: Dynamics of Hermit crab shell cycling after Hurricane Mitch. American Zoologist, 40(6), 1028.
Gilchrist, S. L. (2001). A Seven year study of shell distribution and use by Coenobita Clypeatus on Bailey's Cay, Roatan, Honduras. American Zoologist, 41(6), 1454.
Gilchrist, S. L. (2002). Hermit crab population ecology on a shallow coral reef (Bailey's Cay, Roatan, Honduras): Octopus predation and Hermit crab shell use. Memoirs of the Victoria Museum, 60(1).
Gilchrist, S. L. (2004). Contributions to the Carbonate budget of reef building corals: Dissolved organic matter and CO2. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44(6), 676.
Gilchrist, S. L. (2005). Hermit crab distributions in the backreef of Cayos Cochinos Grande (Bay Islands, Honduras). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45(6), 1136.
Gilchrist, S. L., & Jourdan, M. C. (2003). Transects indicating living and dead coral species on two shallow coral reefs (Bailey's Cay and Anthony's Key, Roatan, Honduras). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43(6), 819.
Gilchrist, S. L., Jourdan, M. C., & Sanchez, A. (2003). Impact of shell supply on population changes of Coenobita Clypeatus on Bailey's Cay, Roatan, Honduras. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43(6), 863.
Gilchrist, S. L., & Nemchonok, E. (2004). Interactions between ants Atta Cephalotes, Brachymyrmex sp. and Dorymyrmex sp. and Hermit crabs Coenobita Clypeatus on Lithophytic and scrub plants of Bailey's Cay, Roatan, Honduras. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44(6), 700.
Nemchonok, E., Beno, C. & Gilchrist, S. L. (2004). Marine lab outreach project: Combining formal and informal marine education. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 44(6), 731.
Rhodes, S., Gilchrist, S. L., & Henderson, M. (2001). Role of Algal Refugia in Hermit crab populations of Bailey's Cay Reef, Roatan, Honduras. American Zoologist, 41(6), 1566.
