Her research interests broadly focus on biogeochemistry and ecosystem-scale ecology. More specifically, she’s interested in how energy and nutrient dynamics in terrestrial, coastal, and nearshore marine ecosystems are influenced by energy generation and natural resource management decisions. She’s also interested in meaningfully engaging students, including undergraduates, in natural science research and place-based educational opportunities.  

Salinity Gradient Energy – An Inexhaustible Clean Energy Resource for North Carolina, UNC: GA Research Opportunities Initiative –  Douglas Call (NCSU), Orlando Coronell (UNCCH), Andy Keeler (ECU/CSI), Lindsay Dubbs (UNCCH/CSI), Joseph DeCarolis (NCSU)

Assessing the effects of Gulf Stream turbines on Sargassum communities: A follow-up study, NC: Renewable Ocean Energy Program –  Lindsay Dubbs, Research Assistant Professor, (CSI), Michael Piehler, (CSI/UNCCH)

Assessing the effects of Gulf Stream turbines on Sargassum communities: A pilot study, NC: Renewable Ocean Energy Program –  Lindsay Dubbs, Research Assistant Professor, (CSI/ UNCCH), Michael Piehler, (CSI/ UNCCH)

Public Attitudes and Issues Influencing the Public Acceptability of Marine Hydrokinetic Energy in Coastal North Carolina, NC: Renewable Ocean Energy Program –  Andrew Keeler (CSI/ECU), Flaxen Conway (OSU), Adam Gibson (NCSU), Lindsay Dubbs (CSI/UNCCH), Sara Mirabilio (NC Sea Grant)

Ana M. M. Sequeira et al. 2025. Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets*. Science. 388:1086-1097. DOI:10.1126/science.adl0239. * This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science on 5 June 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adl0239.”

Johnson C, Dubbs LL, Piehler M. 2023. Reframing the contribution of pelagic Sargassum epiphytic N2 fixation. PLoS One. 18(8): e0289485. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289485. 

Leung, W.S. L. Dubbs, T. White, E. C. Kornegay. 2022. Implementing Environmental Sustainability Educational Intervention in Dental Hygiene Instruction. The Journal of Dental Hygiene. 96(4): 57-64. 

Hossen, E.H., Gobetz, Z.E., Kingsbury, R.S., Liu, F., Palko, H.C., Dubbs, L.L., Coronell, O. and Call, D.F., 2020. Temporal variation of power production via reverse electrodialysis using coastal North Carolina waters and its correlation to temperature and conductivity. Desalination. 491, p.114562. 

Seyfried, C. Palko, H.C. and Dubbs, L. 2019. Potential Local Environmental Impacts of Salinity Gradient Energy: A Review. Renewable Sustainable Energy Reviews. March 2019, pp 111-120. 

Gabr, M.A., Y.A. Kebede, M.F. Kayser, and L.L. Dubbs. 2018. Assessment of Scour Potential under Wave Action Using ISEEP. Geotechnical Special Publication. 299, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), March 2019, pp 112-122. 

Dubbs, L., M. Piehler, and J. Colby (2015) An examination of pelagic Sargassum community primary productivity and nutrient cycling in the face of Gulf Stream based energy, OCEANS’15 MTS/IEEE Washington Proceedings.

Dubbs, L., A.G. Keeler, and T. O’Meara (2013) “Permitting, risk, and marine hydrokinetic energy development,” Electricity Journal 6(10), 64-74.

Carpenter, D.E. and Dubbs, L., eds. (2012) “Albemarle-Pamlico Ecosystem Assessment 2012: Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership,” http://www.apnep.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=ce87bd10-2560-4d7f-bbf2-01e8eaf579c5&groupId=61563

Dubbs, L.L. and S.C. Whalen (2010) “Reduced net CH4 consumption is a sustained response to elevated CO2 in a temperate forest,” Biology and Fertility of Soils, 4(6), 597-606.

Dubbs, L.L. and S.C. Whalen (2008) “Interactive influences of nutrient reduction and light on phytoplankton biomass, primary production, and community composition in the Middle Cape Fear River, North Carolina,” International Review of Hydrobiology, 93(6), 711-730.