Phil Dustan
College of Charleston

Phone: 843.953.8086
E-mail: dustanp@cofc.edu
Education
Post Doc, 1978-80 Scripps Inst Oceanography
Ph.D., 1975, SUNY at Stony Brook
B.S., Biology, 1969, Adelphi University
Research Interests
- Ecology and evolution of reef-building corals
- Landscape ecology
- Global ecology
Current research projects
- changing ecology of coral reef communities
- coral bleaching in temperate waters offshore Charleston
- remote sensing of coral reefs and coastal waters
- impact of urbanization on reefs and coastal waters
- microplastic in the marine environment
- landscape ecology of Johns Island