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Biography
Hunter Lenihan joined the Bren School faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara in fall 2001. He also holds an affiliate appointment in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science. Lenihan held a previous postion as a fishery biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service. He received his PhD in Marine Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned an MS degree in Marine Science at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. His other degrees include a BS in Conservation Resource Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lenihan's primary research interests lie in the fields of fisheries, conservation, and restoration ecology. Much of his recent work relates to three main topics. He is examining impacts of marine reserves on populations of target species, fishery yields, and fishing communities. He is also exploring ecological and oceanographic processes that regulate coral populations, the major objective of which is to develop techniques for coral reef restoration. In addition, Lenihan is working with disease physiologists to isolate and cultivate disease-resistant abalone that will be used in population enhancement efforts. Lenihan's overall objective is to help advance marine resource management through the application of quantitative, conceptual, and practical tools developed in basic ecology.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications
Depletion, degradation, and recovery potential of estuaries and coastal seas with H. Lotze et al., Science
Introduction of non-native oysters: ecological effects and restoration implications with J. Ruesink et al., Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
Conserving oyster reef habitat with Pete Peterson, Fishery Bulletin
Variation in marine benthic community composition allows discrimination of multiple stressors with Pete Peterson et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series
Predation structures deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities with F. Micheli et al., Ecological Monographs
Cascading of habitat degradation with J. Byers et al., Ecological Applications
Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of marine ecosystems with J. Jackosn et al., Science
Resolving a fishery conflict by ecological experimentation with F. Micheli, Fishery Bulletin
Physical-biological coupling on oyster reefs, Ecological Monographs
Influence of multiple environmental stressors on disease in oysters with S. Shelton et al., Limnology and Oceanography
How habitat degradation through fishery disturbance enhances impacts of hypoxia on oyster reefs with Pete Peterson et al., Ecological Applications
How flow speed influences oyster growth with J. Allen, Limnology and Oceanography
Natural and anthropogenic disturbances to marine benthic communities in Antarctica with J. Oliver, Ecological Applications
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