Finelli, Christopher

Assoc Provost for Grad Ed/Lifelong Learning & Dean of the Graduate School

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Assoc Provost for Grad Ed/Lifelong Learning & Dean of the Graduate School, Office of the Graduate School , Academic Affairs

Dr. Finelli is Professor of Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), where he currently serves as Associate Provost for Graduate, Continuing, and Lifelong Education and Dean of the Graduate School. In these roles he provides strategic leadership for graduate education, postdoctoral affairs, continuing and professional education, and lifelong learning initiatives across the university.

Finelli, Christopher

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finellic@uncw.edu

910.962.3224

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- Detection of plastic-associated compounds in marine sponges.. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 175:113141. 2021-01-01
- The potential use of seagrass herbivory patterns as an indicator of herbivore community change after tropical marine protected area establishment.. Gulf and Caribbean Research. 2019-01-01
- A test of the sponge-loop hypothesis for emergent Caribbean reef sponges.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 588:1-14. 2018-01-01
- Examination of the potential relationship between boring sponges and pea crabs and their effects on eastern oyster condition.. Diseases of Aquatic Orgranisms. 130:25-36. 2018-01-01
- Periwinkle response to chemical cues depends on home-marsh geography.. PeerJ. 2018-01-01
- Demography alters carbon flux for a dominant benthic suspension feeder: the giant barrel sponge on Conch Reef, Florida Keys. Functional Ecology. 2017-01-01
- Reproductive and recruitment dynamics of clionaid sponges on oyster reefs in North Carolina.. Invertebrate Biology. 136:365–378. 2017-01-01
- Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency.. Limnology and Oceanography. 61:1271-1286. 2016-01-01
- A field test of the fects of mesopredators and landscape setting on juvenile oyster consumption on intetidal reefs.. Marine Biology. 2015-02-01
- A field test of the effects of mesopredators and landscape setting on juvenile oyster consumption on intertidal reefs.. Marine Biology. 2015-01-01
- Are eastern oysters being bored to death by Cliona celata? A comprehensive examination of oyster condition, growth, and survival.. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 2015-01-01
- Population dynamics of giant barrel sponges on Florida coral reefs.. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 473:73-80. 2015-01-01
- Recruitment of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in response to settlement cues and predation in North Carolina. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 2015-01-01
- Scale-dependent relationships between suspension-feeding stream insects and velocity in spatially heterogeneous flow environments.. Freshwater Biology. 2015-01-01
- Epizoic zoanthids reduce pumping in two Caribbean vase sponges. Coral Reefs. 2014-10-01
- The effects of size and morphology on pumping rates of Caribbean giant barrel sponges. Aquatic Biology. 23:1-13. 2014-10-01
- Impacts of the ectoparasitic snail Boonea impressa on growth of pose-set juvenile oysters. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2014-06-01
- Epizoic zoanthids reduce pumping in two Caribbean vase sponges. Coral Reefs.. . 2014-01-01
- Impacts of the ectoparasitic snail Boonea impressa on growth of post-set juvenile oysters.. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2014-01-01
- Particle size, flow speed, and body size interactions determine feeding rates of a solitary ascidian, Styela plicata: A flume experiment.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 495:193-204. 2014-01-01
- Sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs are structured by factors that are top-down, not bottom-up.. PLOS ONE. 2013-05-01
- Water flow controls the distribution and feeding behavior of two co-occurring coral reef fishes: I. Field measurements.. Coral Reefs. 28:461-473. 2009-01-01
- Water flow controls the distribution and feeding behavior of two co-occurring coral reef fishes: II. Laboratory measurements.. Coral Reefs. 28:475-488. 2009-01-01
- Intracolony variability in photosynthesis by corals is driven by water flow via oxygen transport.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 349:103-110. 2007-01-01
- The turbulent lives of copepods: laboratory flume studies of how flow over a coral reef affects their ability to detect and evade predators.. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 349:171-181. 2007-01-01
- Bioirrigation as a source of nutrients for benthic algae: A study of burrow ventilation by ghost shrimp (Thalassinidea) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico.. Geochemica et Cosmica Acta. 69:A114. 2005-01-01
- Collaborative learning: A jigsaw.. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 3:220-221. 2005-01-01
- Effects of habitat complexity and hydrodynamics on the abundance and diversity of small invertebrates colonizing artificial substrates.. Journal of Marine Research. 63:1151-1172. 2005-01-01
- Water flow influences oxygen transport and photosynthetic efficiency in corals.. Coral Reefs. 25:47-57. 2005-01-01
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- Collaborative learning: A jigsaw.. Pathways to Scientific Teaching. Sinauer and Associates. 2008-01-01

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