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HUNTER LENIHAN
Associate Professor (Applied Marine Ecology, Coastal Marine Resources Management)

Mailing Address:
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Bren Hall 3428
University of California

Santa Barbara, CA  93106-5131

Office Location: Bren Hall 3428

Phone:805-893-8629
Fax: 805-893-3116

Email: lenihan@bren.ucsb.edu
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Bren Courses Taught

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Title
Orientation Course
PhD Seminar: Fisheries Management
Restoration Ecology
Coastal Marine Ecosystem Processes
Applied Marine Ecology
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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 position 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 management, restoration ecology, and pollution assessment. Much of his recent work relates to three main topics. He and his students are exploring with fishermen models and methods for using marine reserves in fisheries co-management. He is also studying ecological and oceanographic processes that regulate coral populations, the major objective of which is to develop techniques for coral reef restoration. He is also a group leader with the new NSF Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, located at UCSB, UCLA, and UC Davis. 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 creative, quantitative, collaborative, and practical tools.

Curriculum Vitae in pdf format


Selected Publications

Reef structure regulates small-scale spatial variation in coral bleaching with J. Hench et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series

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

with R. Fairey et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series

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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