PAUL W. SAMMARCO
CURRICULUM VITAE - Science
1. Date of Birth: 18 October 1948
2. Personal: Citizenship - USA and Australia (dual)
Married - three children, two step-children
3. Education:
Academic
1971-1977 State University of New York at Stony Brook, Ph.D. 1977, Ecology and
Evolution, Supervisor: Prof. Jeffrey S. Levinton, “The Effects of Grazing
by Diadema antillarum Philippi on a Shallow-Water Coral Reef
Community”, (temp. supervisor, Prof. L.B. Slobodkin).
1972 Fairleigh Dickinson University, West Indies Laboratory, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.,
Special Problems, Marine Ecology, Summer, 1972. Research Supervisor:
John C. Ogden.
1971 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, Experimental Invertebrate
Zoology, Summer. Res. Supervisors: James F. Case, Mar. Sci. Inst.,
Univ. Cal. Santa ; Thomas J.M. Schopf, Dept. Geophys. Sciences, Univ.
Chicago.
1966-1971 Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
B.A., Zoology, 1970; Res. Supervisor: Lowell E. Davis
Doctoral student, 1970-1971; Doc. Supervisor: W.D. Russell-Hunter.
Management
2010 Dale Carnegie Management Training Workshop, Houma, LA
2009 Joe Waitz (Terrebonne Parish District Attorney) and Jimmy Dagate (Asst. Distr.
Atty.), “State of Louisiana Open Meetings, Public Records, and Executive
Sessions”, for South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center
1998-1999 Grant-Writing Courses
David G. Bauer and Assocs., Univ. Alabama at Huntsville
Lynn Miner and Assocs., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
NSF Grant Development Conference, Louisiana State University A&M
College, Baton Rouge, LA
Claire Cornell, Office of Sponsored Research, Univ. So. Carolina, at
Baton Rouge, LA.
1994-1995 National Seminars, Inc. (New Orleans)
“How to Prepare and Administer a Budget”
“Managing Negativity in the Workplace”
“Accounting”
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1993-1995 Nightingale-Conant, Inc., (Niles, IL; Self-Study)
“Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” (Covey, Stephen R.)
“Principle-Centered Leadership” (Covey, Stephen R.)
“The Art of Negotiating” (Dalton, K.)
Additional self-study management courses (~12)
1993 Fred Pryor, Inc. (New Orleans)
“How to Manage Priorities and Meet Deadlines”
1991 Career Track (New Orleans)
“In Search of Excellence”
1990-1991 Public Service Commission (Canberra), 1990-1991
“Senior Executive Development Program”
“Building and Managing Effective Teams”
“Government Decision-Making Processes”
“Human Factors and Workplace Design”
“Stress Management and Relaxation”
“Physical Fitness Assessment”
1990 Roger Fry and Co. Communication Skills (Canberra)
“Handling the Media”
“Presentation Skills”
1989 International Business Communications, Inc. (Sydney)
“Time Management”
“Improving Personal Effectiveness”
Queensland Combined Management Schools (Univ. Qld., Griffith Univ., Qld.
Univ. Technol. - Schools of Mgt.)
“Team Management and Communication Skills”
“Managing Change”
“Project Management”
“Marketing”
4. Affiliations
1995-present Professor
1991-1995 Executive Director
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
8124 Highway 56
Chauvin, Louisiana 70344
USA
Adjunct Professor Positions
1992 – pres. Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science
Louisiana State University A&M
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
1992-2008 Department of Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA 70504
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1995 - pres. Department of Biology
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
1996 - pres. Department of Biology
Nicholls State University
Thibodeaux, LA
1992 – 1999 Department of Biology
Louisiana State University A&M
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Other Adjunct Professor positions, Graduate School, (Graduate Student Co-Supervisor)
2008 - pres. Department of Life Sciences
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
2001 – 2004 Department of Oceanography
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine at Orono
Orono, ME 04469-5782
1997 - 2002 Department of Biology
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, Queensland
Australia
1997-1999 Departamento de Zoologia
Instituto de Biologia
Universidade de Campinas
Campinas, Sao Paulo
Brasil
5. Employment History
1990-1991 Resource Assessment Commission (RAC), Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, ACT, Australia; Principal
Assessment Officer, Coastal Zone Inquiry.
1989-1990 Resource Assessment Commission, Director of Environmental
Research.
1984-1989 Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld., Senior
Research Scientist.
1988-1989 McMaster University, Department of Geology, Hamilton, Ontario,
(concurrent) Canada. Visiting Professor.
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1979-1984 Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld., Australia.
Research Scientist.
1979 State University of New York at Potsdam, Department of Biology,
Potsdam, New York. Visiting Assistant Professor, (teaching
Tropical Ecology, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands).
1977-1979 Clarkson University, Department of Biology, Potsdam, New York.
(concurrent) Assistant Professor
1974 Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Jamaica, W.I., SUNY at Stony
Brook Overseas Academic Program. Teaching Assistant
1971-1977 State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Ecology
and Evolution, Stony Brook, New York. Teaching Assistant.
1970-1971 Syracuse University, Department of Biology, Syracuse, New York.
Teaching Assistant.
Non-Academic Employment
1969 Manager, Exxon Service Station, Syracuse, NY
1968 Beach Attendant, City of Asbury Park, NJ
Ice Cream Salesman/Driver, Carnival Bar Inc., E. Brunswick, NJ
1957-1979 Exxon Service Station (father’s), Rutherford & Lyndhurst, NJ, service,
mechanic, and co-manager in later years
6. Honors and Awards
2013 Biographee, Sterling Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Sterling
Publ., Ronkonkoma, NY
Lifetime Achievement Award, Remington Registry, John Ficarra, Inc.,
Bohemia, NY, Google-Books.
2012-2014 Biographee, Remington Registry of Outstanding Professionals, John
Ficarra, Inc., Bohemia, NY, Google-Books.
2011-2012 Liaison with and inclusion in an IMAX movie regarding “Save the
Blue”, w. Black Elk Energy, Producer/Director – Mr. Soames
Summerhayes, partially regarding my research.
2011- Donation and installation of 24/7 live video cameras on HI-A-370 with
telemetry to a land-base, by Black Elk Energy, for scientific
monitoring by our research program at LUMCON and other
interested parties, donation.
2011- Marine Science Research Representative, NOAA Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Scientific Advisory
Committee, Artificial Reefs Working Group
Biographee, Leading Scientists of the World, Int. Biographical Centre,
Cambridge, UK
2010- Honorary Member, Phi Mu Alpha – Omicron Beta Chapter, National
Music Fraternity
2009- Chairperson, Louisiana State Commission (elected), South Louisiana
Wetlands Discovery Center, Houma, LA
Commissioner, Louisiana State Commission (state legislative
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appointment), South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center,
Houma, LA
2009-2011 Executive Director, Association of Marine Laboratories of the
Caribbean (AMLC), encompassing 30 labs from 19 countries in
the W. Atlantic
Co-Organizer, 35th
Conference of the AMLC, Universidad de Costa
Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Commissioner, Louisiana State Commission (state legislative
appointment), South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center,
Houma, LA
2010-2011 Biographee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 11th
ed.,
Marquis Publ.
2010 Plenary Speaker, Climate Change, Conference, Int. Soc.
Environmental Indicators, Conference, Hefei, China.
Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 64th
ed., Marquis Publ.
2009 Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 63rd
ed., Marquis Publ.
2008 Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 62nd
ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 10th
ed.,
Marquis Publ.
2007-2009 Executive-Director-Elect, Association of Marine Laboratories of the
Caribbean (AMLC), 2-yr ramp-up phase.
2007 Biographee, Leading Scientists of the World, Int. Biographical Centre,
Cambridge, UK
Ratified Member, Int. Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 61st ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 33rd
ed.,
Marquis.
Nominee, Metropolitan Who’s Who Among Executives and
Professionals - “Honors Edition”, Metropolitan Who’s Who,
Islip, NY
2006 Nominee, Laureate, The Excellence Award, Global Year of
Excellence, Intl. Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
Biographee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 9th
ed., Marquis
Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 60th
ed., Marquis.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 32nd
ed.,
Marquis.
Biographee, Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, Inaugural Ed.,
Int. Biographical Centre, UK
Nominee, International Scientist of the Year, Int. Biographical
Centre, UK
Biographee, Leading Scientists of the World, Int. Biographical Centre,
UK
Nominee, Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century Award, Int.
Biographical Centre, UK
2005 Cover article, All at Sea (Caribbean Watersports Magazine), Nov.
Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 59th
ed., Marquis Publ.
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Biographee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 8th
ed., Marquis
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 31st ed.,
Marquis.
2004-2005 Member, Louisiana State Governor’s Oil/Gas Platforms to Mariculture
Task Force, Louisiana (sole non-state-agency scientific
representative); member Legislative Working Group,
Environmental Working Group
2004 Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 58th
ed., Marquis
Biographee, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 7th
ed., Marquis
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 30th
ed.,
Marquis.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the World, 21st ed., Marquis Publ.
2003 Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 57th
ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 7th ed.,
Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the World, 20th
ed., Marquis.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 29th
ed.,
Marquis.
2002 Biographee, American Men and Women of Science, 21st ed., Gale-
Thompson Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in America, 56th
ed., Marquis Publ.
Awardee, 21st Century Award for Achievement, International
Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
Biographee, Who’s Who in the 21st Century, 1
st ed., International
Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
Biographee, Who’s Who in the World, 19th
ed., Marquis.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 28th
ed.,
Marquis.
2001 Nominee, America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
Nominee, International Scientist of the Year 2001, Intl. Biographical
Centre, Cambridge, UK
Biographee, Who's Who in America, 55th ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 18th
ed., Marquis Publ. (USA)
Biographee, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Milennium ed.,
Marquis Publ. (USA)
2000 - 2008 Editor, Marine Biology (Berlin), Heidelberg, Germany
2000 Biographee, Who's Who in America, 54th ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who’s Who in the World, 17th
ed., Marquis Publ.
1999-2000 External International Evaluator, McMaster University - Universitas
Diponegoro (UNDIP) University Partnerships in Cooperation and
Development (UPCD) Tier 2 Project 025 - Research and Training
in Coastal Eco-Development (Marine Science and Environmental
Quality Project). Performed for the Association of Universities
and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Ottawa, Ontario (Canada);
McMaster University (Canada); and UNDIP (Indonesia).
1999 Biographee, Who's Who in America, 53rd ed., Marquis Publ.
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Biographee, Outstanding People of the 20th Century, Int.
Biographical Centre, Cambridge (U.K.)
Biographee, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 26th ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1998 Eminent Visiting Professor - Inst. Biologia, Universidade de
Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Eminent Visiting Professor, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade
Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Biographee, Who's Who in America, 52nd ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Dictionary of International Biography, Int. Biographical
Centre, (Cambridge, U.K.)
Nominee, International Man of the Year, Int. Biogr. Centre,
Cambridge
1997 Biographee, Who's Who in America, 51st ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 25th ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1996 Biographee, Who's Who, Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in America, 50th ed., Marquis Publ.
1995 Board of Directors, Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
Jandel Corp., 3-D Graphics from Sammarco and Andrews (1988,
Science) adapted and re-worked in color for cover of Scientific
Computing and Automation, intl. distrib.
Biographee, Who's Who, Strathmore Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1994 Biographee, American Men and Women of Science, Reed Reference
Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis
Publ.
1993 Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd ed.,
Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 11th ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 4th
ed., Marquis Publ.
1992 Governor's appointee, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Regional Marine
Research Board
Biographee, Who's Who in America, 4th ed., Marquis Publ.,USA.
Biographee, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1st ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1991 Biographee, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 3rd ed.,
Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 27th Edition,
Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 10th ed., Marquis Publ.
1990 Biographee, Who's Who in America, Marquis Publ.
1989 Australian Academy of Science, Awarded Chairmanship of the 1990
Boden Research Conference. Title: "Interdisciplinary Approaches
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to Larval Dispersal and Recruitment Processes in the Marine
Environment". Thredbo, N.S.W., Feb. 1990. (By invitation only;
U.S. equivalent: Gordon Conference).
Biographee, International Register of Profiles, 9th ed., Int.
Biographical Center (Cambridge, U.K.)
Biographee,Who's Who in Science, Marquis Publ.
1988 Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 9th ed., Marquis Publ.
Biographee, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 2nd ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1987 Eminent Visiting Scientist/Research Lecturer, Univ. South Florida at
St. Petersburg, Dept. Marine Sciences; also hosted by USF at
Tampa and USF at Fort Myers; (3-week lecture series; 13 research
seminars and public lectures).
Featured Scientist, St. Petersburg Times, Sunday Nov. 29, 1987, pp.
1-F, 3-F; 126.5 column-inches.
Biographee, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1st ed.,
Marquis Publ.
1986 Biographee, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 24th Ed., Marquis
Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 8th Edition, Marquis Publ.
1985-1993 Editorial Advisor, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Inter-Research
Publications, Halstenbek, Germany.
1985-1986 Biographee, International Register of Profiles, Int. Biogr. Cent.
(Cambridge, UK).
Biographee, Men of Achievement, Int. Biogr. Cent.
1984-1985 Biographee, Who's Who in the World, 7th ed., Marquis Publ.
1972-1973 Teaching Fellow, Div. Biological Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1972, 1975 Research Fellow, Div. Biological Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1971 Research Fellow and Scholar, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
Hole, Mass.
7. Research Grants *
2012-2014 US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Louisiana State University-Coastal Marine
Institute (LSU-CMI), “Molecular genetics of Tubastraea micranthus – a
new invasive coral species in the western Atlantic”, $316,000
2010-2013 US Dept. Interior, BOEMRE, Louisiana State University-Coastal Marine
Institute (LSU-CMI), “New Invasive Coral Species for the Gulf of
Mexico”, $334,000
2010-2014 US Dept. Interior, BOEMRE, “Potentially Sensitive Biological Features
(PSBF) at the edge of the Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico”, $750,000
(w. E. Hickerson and G.P. Schmahl, NOAA; L. Horn, UNCW).
2010-2011 Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Traditional Enhancement
Program, “Enhancement of capabilities to analyze impacts of
environmental change on ecosystem processes in coastal Louisiana”,
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$78,697, (w. G.A. Sinclair [PI], B.J. Roberts, E. Chesney, and N.N.
Rabalais).
2010-2011 National Science Foundation, Improvements in Facilities, Communications,
and Equipment at Biological Field Stations and Marine Laboratories
(FSML), “Acquisition of environmental chambers to examine the
impacts of climate change and anthropogenic disturbance on coastal
ecosystems”, $131,076 (w. A.S. Kolker [PI], N.N. Rabalais, B.J.
Roberts, P.W. Sammarco, and G.A. Sinclair).
2009-2010 Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Traditional Enhancement
Program, “Enhancement of phytoplankton surveys in Louisiana waters”,
(w. G.A. Sinclair, N.N. Rabalais, B.J. Roberts, and M.J. Dagg),
$126,000.
2009-2010 Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Traditional Enhancement
Program, “Enhancement of capabilities to analyze impacts of
environmental change on ecosystem processes in coastal Louisiana”, (w.
G.A. Sinclair, B.J. Roberts, E. Chesney, and N.N. Rabalais), $78,697.
2006-2010 US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Louisiana State
University-Coastal Marine Institute (LSU-CMI), “Determining the
Geographical Extent, Maximum Depth, and Genetic Affinities of Corals
on Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms, northern Gulf of Mexico”,
extension, $49,000
2006-2010 US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Louisiana State
University-Coastal Marine Institute (LSU-CMI), “Deep-Water Coral
Distribution and Abundance on Active Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms
and Decommissioned ‘Rigs-to-Reefs’ Platforms”, $351,723
2004-2008 US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Louisiana State
University-Coastal Marine Institute (LSU-CMI), “Determining the
Geographical Extent, Maximum Depth, and Genetic Affinities of Corals
on Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms, northern Gulf of Mexico”, $319,650
2003-2004 J. Bennett Johnston Science Foundation Award, to Ms. Amy Atchison (grad
student; and P.W. Sammarco), “Coral Communities on the Flower
Garden Banks vs. drilling platforms, N. Gulf of Mexico”, $5,000.
2000-2004 NSF-LS-LAMP, Enhancement of Minority Participation in Marine Science
in Louisiana, Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minorities Program
(LAMP), Phase II; $120,000.
2004 US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Louisiana State
University-Coastal Marine Institute (LSU-CMI), “Gulf Drilling
Platforms as an Environmental Asset: Long-Term Artificial Reefs and
Sites for Coral Settlement,” Extension, $27,598
2000-2004 US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Louisiana State
University-Coastal Marine Institute (LSU-CMI), (title – as above),
$337,960
1999 Caribbean Marine Research Center, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas,
"Molecular Genetics of Scleractinian Corals", $3,500, with D.A.
Brazeau
1995-2000 NSF-LAMP, Enhancement of Minority Participation in Marine Science in
Louisiana, Louisiana Alliance for Minorities Program (LAMP), Phase I;
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$500,000.
1996-1998 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gulf of Mexico Program,
Louisiana Public Education and Outreach Project, $20,000/yr.
1996 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Underseas
Research Program (NOAA-NURP), Genetic Variation of Montastrea
cavernosa along the Florida Keys Reef Tract. $7,000.
Tenneco Energy/El Paso Energy, Inc., Projected Impacts of a Natural Gas
Condensate Spill on an Estuarine Ecosystem, $5,000.
1992-1995 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gulf of Mexico Program,
Governor's Office of Coastal Activities, Louisiana's National Year of the
Gulf Program, with K. Gautreaux, $20,000/yr.
1989-1995 U.S. Dept. of Interior - Minerals Management Service, "MMS/LUMCON
University Research Initiative: Effects of the Oil and Gas Industry on
the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico". $2,500,000.
1992-1994 NOAA/NMFS National Shellfish Pollution Indicator Study (NIS), Program
Management. Total authorization $22,000,000; est. annual portion for
scientific research $500,000 - 2,000,000.
1993 NOAA Gulf of Mexico Regional Marine Research Board, Central Gulf Sub-
Regional Workshop, Organization and Coordination $6,000
1992-1993 National Science Foundation (NSF), "Post Hurricane Andrew Repairs and
Construction", with S. Rabalais, $49,775.
1991-1993 EPA-EPSCoR, 'Enhancement of Louisiana's Research and Education
Programs in Environmental Research', with M. Dagg, $45,500.
1989-1993 Australian Academy of Science (AAS), and Australian Marine Sciences
Association (AMSA), 'Interdisciplinary Approaches to Dispersal and
Recruitment Processes in the Marine Environment', with J.C. Andrews,
$5,500
1989-1993 Australian Research Council (ARC) and AMSTC, Research Program Grant,
Dept. Chemistry/Biochemistry, James Cook University N.Q.,
'Chemically Mediated Interactions between Marine Organisms,' with J.C.
Coll, $25,000-30,000/yr.
1988-1989 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.
International Scientific Exchange Award, 5 month visit to Department of
Geology, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) for collaborative
research on stable isotope geochemistry of Great Barrier Reef corals,
with M.J. Risk and H.P. Schwarz, $5,000
Australian Commonwealth Department of Industry, Technology and
Commerce (DITAC). Overseas Research Grant. "Tracing terrigenous
effects on Great Barrier Reef corals via stable isotope geochemistry,"
Collaborative research with M.J. Risk and H.P. Schwarz (Canada),
$3,500
1987-1989 Australian Marine Sciences and Technology Grant (AMSTAC), "Marine
Chemical Ecology in the Alcyonaria: The Role of Small Organic
Molecules in Intra- and Inter-specific Interactions," with J.C. Coll,
$17,000 - 25,200/yr.
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, via
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
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Canada. Travel grant, interdisciplinary collaborative research, "Cross-
shelf trends in bioerosion on the Great Barrier Reef" and "Evolutionary
comparisons between the Caribbean and the Great Barrier Reef," with
M.J. Risk, ~$1,500.
1986 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, via
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada. Travel grant, interdisciplinary collaborative research, "The
relationships between grazing and internal bioerosion in coral reefs,"
with M.J. Risk, ~$1,500.
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). Travel grant to attend
"Interfaces in the Ocean: A Preliminary View, Symposium." To discuss
large-scale field experimentation in the interdisciplinary area of physics
and ecology. By invitation. CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart,
Tasmania. $600
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Travel grant to participate in
Workshop on Marine Chemical Ecology, Projected Directions in
Interdisciplinary Research between the fields of chemistry, ecology, and
evolution. By invitation. University of Hawaii at Hilo. $1,500
UNESCO/COMAR. Travel grant. Seminar/Workshop on "Coastal
Productivity and Systems Interactions: Comparing the Caribbean and
the Pacific." To identify major areas for future inter-oceanic
comparative research. By invitation. Suva and Ndravuni, Fiji. $1,500
1982-1986 Australian Marine Sciences and Technology Grant (AMSTAC), "The
Importance of Soft Corals in Reef Ecology: A Chemical and Biological
Study" with J.C. Coll, $19,600 - 54,250/yr.
1984 National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, Travel grant via Department
of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Interdisciplinary collaborative research, "Grazing and external
bioerosion on coral reefs," with M.J. Risk, $1,500
1977-1979 Clarkson Univ. Research Grant-in-Aid, Sch. Arts & Sciences. $1.0K/yr.
1973-1975 National Science Foundation (NSF) Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Grant,
Biological Oceanography, "The Effects of Grazing by Diadema
antillarum on coral reef community structure," $3,300.
1973-1974 Research Foundation Grant-in-Aid, Graduate School, SUNY at Stony
Brook. $2,000.
*Note Research funding granted continuously from the Australian Institute of Marine Science
1979-1989. Applications for grant support prohibited by AIMS, 1979-1985.
8. Memberships
Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)
Am. Soc. Composers, Authors, Publishers (ASCAP); full writer & publisher member
Australian Coral Reef Society
Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA)
Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)
International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS)
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International Society of Environmental Indicators (ISEI)
National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)
Sigma Xi
9. Professional Interests
Interdisciplinary marine research: Larval dispersal and recruitment processes
Ecology with the fields of Chemical ecology
- physics Bioerosion
- chemistry Stable Isotope Geochemistry
- geology, and Grazing
- mathematics/modeling. Nutrient enrichment
Coral recruitment Coral bleaching processes
Environmental Policy/ Science Policy Coral diseases
Science Administration Evolution of corals and zooxanthellae
Oil Spill Effects and Remediation
10. References
. Dr. John C. Andrews 011-61-7-3355-9126
(Previous Director, Qld. Div. Land Utiliz.,
Dept. Primary Industries, Australia; and Asst. Director, AIMS)
7 Railway Parade
Mitchelton, Qld. 4053
Australia
. Prof. John C. Coll 011-61-3-6269-2952
previous Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Australian Catholic University
Current address:
14 Lake Vue Parade
Midway Point, Tasmania 7171
Australia
. Dr. Larry Crain (504) 342-4253
(Previous Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education)
c/o Louisiana State Board of Regents
150 Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
. Dr. Roger Hanlon (508) 289-7710
Director
Marine Resources Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
Water Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
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. Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton (516) 632-8600
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA
. Dr. Kumar Mahadevan (813) 388-4441
Executive Director
Mote Marine Laboratory
1600 City Island Park
Sarasota, FL 34236 USA
. Dr. Michael J. Risk (519) 369-3874
Department of Geology
McMaster University
1280 Main St. W.
Hamilton, Ontario L8S-4M1 Canada
11. Publications
A. Summary In
Published Press Submitted In Preparation
Books 6
Ref. Journal Art's, 117 3 3 8
Ref Conf Proc Art’s &
Invit. Book Chap's
Inv Book Reviews 4
Reports/Briefs 67 3 1 3
Pub. Conf Abstracts 78 _ 1 ___
Sub-Total 272 6 5 11
Total (Pub. & in press) 278
B. Editorial Responsibilities, Additional
2009-2011 Co-editor, Proc. Assoc. Mar. Labs of the Caribbean, Revista de Biologia Tropical
2007- Associate Editor, Aquatic Biology, Inter-Research Publications, Oldendorg/Luhe,
Germany.
2007-2009 Co-Editor, Environmental BioIndicators, Special Issue on Environmental
BioIndicators of Climate Change.
2000-2008 Associate Editor, Marine Biology (Berlin), Heidelberg, Germany
1995-1996 Co-Editor, Proc. 8th Intl. Coral Reef Congress, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Panama
1985-1993 Editorial Advisor, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Inter-Research Publications,
Halstenbek, Germany.
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C. Books
Published
2005a Kolian, S. and P.W. Sammarco
Mariculture and Other Uses for Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms: Rationale for Retaining
Infrastructure. Technical Report, Eco-Rigs of Eco-Endurance Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
2005b Kolian, S. and P.W. Sammarco
Three New Industries in Louisiana: Direct Generation of 52,000 Jobs. Technical Report No. 2,
Eco-Rigs of Eco-Endurance Center, Baton Rouge, LA. 56 pp. (incl appendices).
1994 Sammarco, P.W. and M. L. Heron (eds.).
The Bio-Physics of Marine Larval Dispersal. American Geophysical Union, Wash., D.C. 352
pp.
1989 Choat, J. H., D. J. Barnes, M. A. Borowitzka, J. C. Coll, P. J. Davies, P. Flood, B. G. Hatcher, D. Hopley,
P.A. Hutchings, D. Kinsey, G. R. Orme, M. Pichon, P. F. Sale, P.W. Sammarco, C.C. Wallace, C.
R. Wilkinson, E. Wolanski, and O. Bellwood (eds.). Proceedings of the Sixth International
Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia, 1988, Vols. 1, 2, and 3.
1985 Sammarco, P.W., J. T. Baker, R. M. Carter, and R. R. Olson (eds.)
Abstracts of the Australian Coral Reef Society Meeting, 1985, James Cook University,
Townsville, Qld., Austral. Coral Reef Society, Fortitude Valley, Qld., Australia. 34 pp.
1983 Baker, J.T., R. Carter, P.W. Sammarco, and K. Stark (eds.)
Proceedings of the Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, James Cook University,
Townsville, Qld., Australia, Aug. 29- Sept. 5, 1983, 545 pp.
D. Refereed Journal Articles, Refereed Conference Proceeding Articles,
and Invited Book Chapters
In Press
Kolian, S.R., S. Porter, P.W. Sammarco, and E.W. Cake, Jr.
Depuration of Macando (MC-252) oil found in heterotrophic scleractinian corals (Tubastraea
coccinea and T. micranthus) on offshore oil/gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and
Caribb. Res.
Sammarco, P.W. and K.B. Strychar Exaptation/adaptation to high seawater temperatures in octocorals as well as corals: Global
implications for the zooxanthellate Cnidaria. PLOS-One (Public Library of Science)
Submitted
Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, and G.S. Boland
Coral settlement on oil/gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Rarity, and implications
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for dispersal. Coral Reefs
Sammarco, P.W., S. R. Kolian, R.A.F. Warby, J.L. Bouldin, W.A. Subra, and S.A. Porter. Distribution and concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons during and after the BP/Deep
Horizon oil spill, Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Pollut. Bull.
Sammarco, P.W., A. Lirette, Y.F. Tung, M. Genazzio, and J. Sinclair
Coral community development on “Rigs-to-Reefs” vs. standing oil/gas platforms: Artificial
reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. ICES J. Mar. Sci.
In Preparation (manuscripts available)
Antonelli, P.L. and P.W. Sammarco. Evolution via Random Walk on Adaptive Landscapes. II. The Effects of Stabilizing and
Disruptive Selection. Open Systems and Information Dynamics
Antonelli, P.L., S. Rutz, P.W. Sammarco, and K.B. Strychar.
A coral bleaching model. Open Systems and Information Dynamics
Coll, J.C. and P.W. Sammarco
Knowledge derived from a single species – Sinularia flexibilis – and its contributions to chemical
ecology. Chem. Ecol.
Fleury, B., L. Figueiredo, M.I. Marconi, V. L. Teixeira, A.B.B. Ferreira, and A.C. Pinto.
Fatty acids of some marine macrophytes from the Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Comp. Biochem.
Physiol.
Leone, P.A., A.R. Carroll, B.F. Bowden, J.C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco Temporal variation of complementary (secondary) metabolites in several species of the soft coral
Lobophytum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Mar. Biol.
Pedigo, S. and P.W. Sammarco.
Spill Response Methodology – Comparison Between OSE II®, Mechanical Methods, and Other
Chemical Dispersants. Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci.
Sammarco, Paul W., J.C. Lewis, and W. Moore.
Sclerochronology in soft coral spiculite skeletons (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): Banding patterns.
J. Mar. Res.
Sammarco, P.W., A. Lirette, Y.F. Tung, M. Genazzio, and J. Sinclair
Coral community development on oil/gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico: “Rigs-to-Reefs”
structures vs. standing platforms. Cont. Shelf Res.
Strychar, K.B. and P.W. Sammarco
Zooxanthellate vs. azooxanthellate corals: Insights into susceptibility to disease and efficacy of
immune systems. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), Oxford Univ. Press
Winter, A. and P.W. Sammarco
Coral sclerochronology as an indicator of historical cloud cover trends. J. Geophys. Res. –
Biogeosciences.
Wiseman, B., S. Pedigo, and P.W. Sammarco
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A call for a modern solution to oil spill responses. Science and Technology Advisory Board,
Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization (LAEO), Johannesburg, South Africa.
Published
2012a Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, G.S. Boland, J. Sinclair, and A. Lirette.
Geographic expansion of hermatypic and ahermatypic corals in the Gulf of Mexico, and
implications for dispersal and recruitment. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 436-437: 36-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.08.009
2012b Sammarco, P.W., D.A. Brazeau, and J. Sinclair
Genetic connectivity in scleractinian corals across the northern Gulf of Mexico: Oil/gas platforms,
and relationship to the Flower Garden Banks. PLOS-One 7(4): e30144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030144
2012c Strychar, K.B. and P.W. Sammarco
Effects of elevated seawater temperatures on the photosynthetic pigments within three scleractinian
corals, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Int. J. Biol. 4(1). DOI: 10.5539/ijb.v4n1p3 2011a Brazeau, D.A., P.W. Sammarco, and A.D. Atchison.
Genetic structure in coral recruitment: Evidence of extreme patchiness in settlement. Aquat. Biol.
12: 55-67.
2011b Dunn, J., P.W. Sammarco, and G. Lafleur.
Effects of phosphate concentration on growth in the scleractinian coral Acropora formosa: A
controlled experimental approach. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 411: 34-44. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.013
2011c Haslun, J.A., K.B. Strychar, G.W. Buck, and P.W. Sammarco
Coral bleaching susceptibility is decreased following short-term (1-3 Year) prior temperature
exposure and evolutionary history. J. Mar. Biol. 2011, ID #406812, 13 pp. doi:10.1155/2011/406812
2010a Sammarco, P.W., S.A. Porter, and S.D. Cairns
New invasive coral species for the Atlantic Ocean: Tubastraea micranthus (Cairns and Zibrowius
1997) (Colenterata, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): A potential major threat? Aquat. Invasions 5: 131-140.
2010b Winter, A. and P.W. Sammarco
Lunar banding in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata: Fine-scale structure and influence
of temperature. J. Geophys. Res. – Biogeosci. 115, G04007, doi:10.1029/2009JG001264,
2009a Sammarco, P.W.
Comments on climate change and global warming in a changing world: From indicators to action.
Envtl. Bioindicators 4: 4-8.
2009b Sammarco, P.W. and K.B. Strychar Effects of climate change on coral reefs: Adaptation/Exaptation in corals, evolution in
zooxanthellae, and biogeographic shifts. Envtl. Bioindicators 4: 9-45.
2009c Strychar, P.W. and P.W. Sammarco
Exaptation in corals to high temperatures: Low concentrations of apoptotic and necrotic cells in
host coral tissue under bleaching conditions. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 369: 31-442
doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.021
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2008a Atchison, A.D., P.W. Sammarco, and D.A. Brazeau. Genetic connectivity in corals on the Flower Garden Banks and surrounding oil/gas platforms,
Gulf of Mexico. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 365: 1-12.
2008b McClanahan, T., O. Hoegh-Guldberg, R.W. Buddemeier, and P.W. Sammarco
Trajectory and predictions for coral reefs. In, N. Polunin (ed.), Proc. 5th
Int. Conference on the
Environment’s Future (ICEF), Zurich, Switzerland. EAWAG.
2008c Sammarco, P.W.
Crises on coral reefs and in coral reef science in the 21st century: The need for a new peer-review
system. Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 8: 108-119.
2008d Sammarco, P.W.
Journal visibility, self-citation, and reference limits: Influences on impact factor and author
performance review. Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 8: 121–125,
doi: 10.3354/esep00095
2008e Strychar, K.B. and P.W. Sammarco.
Exaptation in the host coral Favites complanata (Ehrenberg, 1834; Scleractinia, Faviidae) to
increased sea surface temperatures. Proc. 11th
Int. Coral Reef Symp., Fort Lauderdale, FL., p. 1339-1343.
2007a Sammarco, P.W., D.A. Brazeau, A.D. Atchison, G.S. Boland, and A. Lirette
Coral distribution, abundance, and genetic affinities on oil/gas platforms in the N. Gulf of Mexico:
A preliminary look at the Big Picture. Proc. Minerals Management Service Information
Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, Jan. 2007.
2007b Sammarco, P.W., P. Hallock, J.C. Lang, and R.S. LeGore. Environmental bio-indicators in coral reef ecosystems: The need to align research, monitoring,
and environmental regulation. J. Envtl. Bioindicators 2: 35-46.
2006a Atchison, A.D., P.W. Sammarco, and D.A. Brazeau.
Genetic affinities of coral populations between the Flower Garden Banks and oil and gas platforms
in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Preliminary data. Proc. 10th
Intl. Coral Reef Symp., Okinawa,
Japan, 2004.
2006b Fleury, B.G., J.C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco Complementary (secondary) metabolites in a soft coral: Preliminary data on sex-specific
variability, inter-clonal variability, and competition. Mar. Ecol. 303: 115-131.
2006c Maida, M., P.W. Sammarco, and J. C. Coll.
A diffusion chamber for assessing efficacy of marine anti-fouling agents. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.
337: 59-64.
2006d Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A., and G.S. Boland. Geographic expansion and limits of corals in the NW Gulf of Mexico: Colonization of Offshore
Oil and Gas Platforms Proc. 10th
Intl. Coral Reef Symp., Okinawa, Japan, 2004.
2006e Sammarco, P.W. and J. Wheaton.
Coral reefs as indicators of long-term ecosystem change at the regional and global scales. Envtl.
Bioindicators 1: 12-14.
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2006f Sammarco, P.W., A. Winter, and C. Stewart.
Coefficient of Variation (CV) of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) as an indicator of bleaching in
Caribbean corals. Mar. Biol. 149: 1337-1344.
2005a Acosta, A., P.W. Sammarco, and L.F. Duarte. New fission processes in the zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum: Description, and quantitative
aspects. Bull. Mar. Sci. 76: 1-26.
2005b Boland, G.S. and P.W. Sammarco Observations of the antipatharian “black coral” Plumapathes pennacea (Pallas, 1766) (Cnidaria:
Anthozoa), northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf Mex. Sci. 23: 127-132.
2005c Brazeau, D., P.W. Sammarco, and D.F. Gleason.
A multi-locus genetic assignment technique to assess local recruitment of Agaricia agaricites on
coral reefs. Mar. Biol. 147: 1141-1148.
2005d Strychar, K.B., M. Coates, P.W. Sammarco, T.J. Piva, and P.T. Scott. Loss of Symbiodinium from bleached Australian soft corals Sarcophyton ehrenbergi, Sinularia sp.,
and Xenia sp. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 320: 159-177.
2004a Fleury, B.G., J.C. Coll, P.W. Sammarco, E. Tentori, and S.W. Duquesne.
Variability in complementary (secondary) metabolites related to interspecific competition between
a soft and hard coral on the Great Barrier Reef. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 303: 115-131.
2004b Sammarco, P.W., A. Atchison, and G.S. Boland Expansion of coral communities within the Northern Gulf of Mexico via offshore oil and gas
platforms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 280: 129-143.
2004c Strychar, K.B., M. Coates, and P.W. Sammarco. Loss of Symbiodinium from bleached Australian scleractinian corals (Acropora hyacinthus, Favites
complanata, and Porites solida). Mar. Freshw. Res. 55: 135-144. 2004d Strychar, K.B., M. Coates, P.W. Sammarco, and T.J. Piva. Bleaching as a pathogenic response in scleractinian corals: Evidence by concentrations of apoptotic
and necrotic zooxanthesllae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 304: 91-121. 2004e Strychar, K.B., P.W. Sammarco, and T.J. Piva. Apoptotic and necrotic stages of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) cell death activity: Bleaching of
soft and scleractinian corals. Phycologia 43: 768-777.
2003a Bassim, K.M. and P.W. Sammarco. Effects of temperature and ammonium on larval development and survivorship in a scleractinian
coral. Mar. Biol. 142: 241-252.
2003b Nakamoto, S., S. Prasana-Kumar, J.M. Oberhuber, P.W. Sammarco, K Muneyama, T. Sato, A. Kumar, and
R. Frouin. Upper ocean circulation modulation by phytoplankton concentration in the Equatorial
Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Proc. Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) 2002, Bali, Indonesia.
2003c Sammarco, P.W., A. Atchison, and G.S. Boland
Drilling platforms as environmental assets: Developing an assessment protocol using adult and
juvenile corals. US Dept. Interior Minerals Management Service Information Transfer Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2002.
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2003d Stake, J.L. and P.W. Sammarco. Effects of pressure on swimming behavior in planula larvae of the coral Porites astreoides
(Coelenterata, Scleractinia). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 288: 181-201.
2002a Bassim, K.M., P.W. Sammarco, and T. Snell.
Effects of temperature on fertilization success and embryogenesis in Diploria strigosa
(Coelenterata, Scleractinia). Mar. Biol. 140(3): 479 - 488.
2002b Sammarco, P.W. and A. Atchison. Coral Communities and Recruitment on Offshore Drilling Platforms in the Northern Gulf of
Mexico: Summary. US Dept. Interior Minerals Management Service Information Transfer
Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2002.
2001a Aceret, T.L., P.W. Sammarco, J.C. Coll, and Y. Uchio
Discrimination between several diterpenoid compounds in feeding by Gambusia affinis. Comp.
Biochem. Physiol. – Part C 128: 55-63.
2001b Acosta, A., L.F. Duarte, and P.W. Sammarco
Asexual reproduction in a zoanthid: Fragmentation and partial colony mortality. Bull. Mar. Sci.
68: 363-381.
2001c Maida, M., P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll
Effects of soft corals on scleractinian coral recruitment II: Allelopathy, coral spat survivorship,
and reef community structure. Mar. Ecol. 22: 397-414.
2001d Sammarco, P.W. and A. Atchison. Coral Communities and Recruitment on Offshore Drilling Platforms in the Northern Gulf of
Mexico: Summary. US Dept. Interior Minerals Management Service Information Transfer
Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2001.
2000 Heikoop, J.M., J.J. Dunn, M.R. Risk, T. Tomascik, H.P. Schwarcz, I.M Sandeman, and P.W. Sammarco.
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N and 13
C of coral tissue show significant inter-reef variation. Coral Reefs 19: 189-193.
1999a Antonelli, P.L. and P.W. Sammarco
Evolution of multiple complementary (secondary) metabolites and their stability in colonial
organisms. Open Systems and Information Dynamics 6: 29-45.
1999b Antonelli, P.A. and P.W. Sammarco
Evolution via random walk on adaptive landscapes. Open Systems and Information Dynamics 6:
47-67.
1999c Sammarco, P.W.
Akira Okubo: The man inside the man. Oceanography 12: 21-22.
1999d Sammarco, P.W., M. J. Risk, and H. P. Schwarcz.
Cross-continental shelf trends inin coral on the Great Barrier Reef: Further consideration of
the reef nutrient paradox. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.180: 131-138.
1998a Aceret, T.L., J.C. Coll, Y. Uchio, and P.W. Sammarco.
Anti-microbial activity of the diterpenes flexibilide and sinulariolide derived from Sinularia
flexibilis Quoy and Gaimard 1833 (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea, Octocorallia). Comp. Biochem.
Physiol., Part C 120: 121-126.
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1998b Snell, T., D.W. Foltz, and P.W. Sammarco.
Morphological and genetic variation in Montastrea cavernosa (Coelenterata, Scleractinia) from the
Flower Garden Banks and the Florida Keys: Preliminary analysis. Gulf Mexico Sci. 1998: 188-
195.
1997a Sammarco, P.W. (sub-editor)
Larval dispersal and recruitment in benthic reef invertebrates. In, H.A. Lessios and I.G. Macintyre
(eds.), Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Panama, 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 1173-1210.
1997b Sammarco, P.W. (sub-editor)
Chemical ecology of benthic reef invertebrates. In, H.A. Lessios and I.G. Macintyre (eds.), Proc.
8th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Panama, 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 1243-1272.
1997c Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Coll.
Secondary metabolites - or Primary? Re-examination of a concept through a marine example. In,
H.A. Lessios and I.G. Macintyre (eds.), Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Panama, 1996, Vol.
2, pp. 1245-1249.
1996a Aceret, T.L., L. Brown, J. Miller, J.C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco
Cardiac and vascular responses of isolated rat tissues treated with diterpenes from Sinularia
flexibilis (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Toxicon 34: 1165-1171.
1996b Sammarco, P.W.
Comments on coral reef regeneration, bioerosion, biogeography, and chemical ecology: Future
directions. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 200: 135-168. (Invited paper, Special 200th Volume).
1995a Aceret, T.L., P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll
Effects of diterpenes derived from the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis on the eggs, sperm and
embryos of the scleractinian corals Montipora digitata and Acropora tenuis. Marine Biology
(Berlin) 122: 317-323.
1995b Aceret, T.L., P.W. Sammarco, and J. C. Coll.
Toxic effects of alcyonacean diterpenes on scleractinian corals. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 188: 63-
78.
1995c Maida, M., P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll
Effects of soft corals on scleractinian coral recruitment. I: Directional allelopathy and inhibition
of settlement. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 121: 191-202.
1995d Maida, M., P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll.
Preliminary evidence for directional allelopathic effects of the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis
(Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) on scleractinian coral recruitment. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56: 303-311.
1995e Risk, M. J., E. Edinger, and P.W. Sammarco.
Internal bioerosion in Acropora across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs
14: 79-86.
1994a Maida M., J. C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco.
Shedding new light on scleractinian coral settlement. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 180: 189-202
1994b Risk, M. J., P.W. Sammarco, and H. P. Schwarcz.
Cross continental shelf trends in 13C in coral on the Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
106: 121-130.
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1994c Sammarco, P.W.
Larval dispersal and recruitment processes in Great Barrier Reef corals: Analysis and synthesis.
In, P.W. Sammarco and M.L. Heron (eds.), The Bio-Physics of Marine Larval Dispersal, Am.
Geophys. Union, Wash., DC, p. 35-72.
1994d Sammarco, P.W.
The multiple-team approach to scientific problem solving: An effective paradigm. In, P.W.
Sammarco and M.L. Heron (eds.), The Bio-Physics of Marine Larval Dispersal, Am. Geophys.
Union, Wash., DC, p. 1-4.
1993a Antonelli, P.L., P.W. Sammarco and J. C. Coll. 1993.
A model of allelochemical interactions between soft and scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier
Reef. J. Biol. Systems 1: 1-17.
1993b Maida, M., J. C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco. 1993.
A simple current direction meter and its applicability to marine ecological studies. J. Exp.
Mar. Biol. Ecol. 174: 115-119.
1992a Alino, P.M., P.W. Sammarco, and J. C. Coll.
Toxic prey discrimination in highly specialized predators: Visual vs. chemical cues as
determinants. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 164: 209-220.
1992b Alino, P.M., P.W. Sammarco, and J. C. Coll.
Competitive strategies in soft corals (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). IV. Induced reversals in
competitive advantage. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 81: 129-145.
1992c Antonelli, P.L.. and P.W. Sammarco .
Allelochemic interactions on Pandora Reef the Great Barrier Reef: Stabilizing weak chaos in
production. Open Systems and Information Dynamics 1: 207-215
1992d Coll, J.C., T. Aceret, M. Maida, and P.W. Sammarco.
Marine chemical ecology: Chemicals speak softly in all languages. In, C. Debitus, P. Amade, D.
Laurent, and J.-P. Cosson (eds.), 3rd
Symp. sur les substances naturelles d'interet biologique de
la region Pacifique-Asie, CNRS/ORSTOM, Noumea, Nouvelle-Caledonie. p. 227-236.
1992e Sammarco, Paul W. and John C. Coll.
Chemical adaptations in the Octocorallia: Evolutionary perspectives. Review, Marine Ecology
Progress Series 88: 93-104.
1991a Risk, M. J. and P.W. Sammarco.
Cross-continental shelf trends in skeletal density of the massive coral Porites lobata from the Great
Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 69: 195-200.
1991b Sammarco, P.W.
Geographically specific recruitment and post-settlement mortality as influences on coral
community structure: The Cross-Shelf Transplant Experiment. Limnology and Oceanography
36: 496-514.
1991c Sammarco, P.W., J. C. Andrews, and M. J. Risk
Coral reef geomorphology as a function of seasonal prevailing currents and larval dispersal.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 88: 1-12.
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1990a Coll, J. C., B.F. Bowden, P.M. Alino, A. Heaton, G. M. Kong, R. DeNys, R. H. Willis, P.W. Sammarco,
and M. Clayton.
Chemically mediated interactions between marine organisms. Chemica Scripta 30.
1990b Sammarco, P.W.
The Resource Assessment Commission, and Major Issues in Environmental Impact Assessment in
Australia. Proceedings of the Environment Institute of Australia and Environmental Law and
Policy Unit Conference, University of Adelaide, 1990 Conference. University of Adelaide, South
Australia. 11 p.
1990c Sammarco, P.W. and John C. Coll.
Lack of predictability in function of soft coral terpenoids: Multifunctionality and integration of
adaptations. J. Chem. Ecol. 16(1): 273-289.
1990d Sammarco, P.W. and M. J. Risk
Large-scale patterns in internal bioerosion of Porites: Cross continental shelf trends on the Great
Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 59: 145-156.
1989a Alino, P.M., P.W. Sammarco, and John C. Coll.
Feeding preference studies on soft corals by Chaetodon melannotus. Proc. 6th Int. Coral Reef
Congress, Vol. 3, p. 31-36.
1989b Andrews, John C., S. Gay, and P.W. Sammarco.
Models of dispersal and recruitment of coral larvae around an isolated reef (Helix Reef) in the
central Great Barrier Reef. Proc. 6th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Vol. 2, p. 469-474.
1989c Coll, John C. and Paul W. Sammarco.
The Chemical Ecology of Marine Invertebrates. A Meeting Ground for Biologists and Chemists.
Proc. 6th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Vol. 1, 167-174.
1989d Dayton, P. K., J. H. Carleton, A. G. Mackley, and P.W. Sammarco.
Patterns of settlement, survival, and growth of oysters across the Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol.
Prog. Ser. 54: 75-90.
1989e La Barre, S. C., D. Laurent, P. Sammarco, W. T. Williams, and J. C. Coll.
Comparative ichthyotoxicity of shallow and deep water sponges of New Caledonia. Proc. 6th Int.
Coral Reef Congress, Vol. 3, p. 55-59.
1989f Risk, M. J., H. P. Schwarcz, P.W. Sammarco, and Y. MacNeil.
Preliminary report of a terrestrial component in the diets of Barrier Reef corals: Implications for
reef destruction and reef management. In, C. L. Baldwin (ed.), Nutrients in the Great Barrier
Reef Region. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Workshop Series No. 10. Townsville,
Qld. pp. 142-152.
1989g Sammarco, Paul W. and John C. Andrews.
The Helix Experiment: Differential Local Recruitment Patterns in Great Barrier Reef Corals.
Limnol. Oceanogr. 34: 898-914.
1988a Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Andrews.
Localized dispersal and recruitment in Great Barrier Reef corals: The Helix Experiment. Science
239: 1422-1424.
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1988b Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Coll.
The chemical ecology of Alcyonarian corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). In, P. J. Scheuer (ed.),
Bio-Organic Marine Chemistry, Vol. 2, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 87-116.
1987a Carleton, J. H. and P.W. Sammarco.
Effects of substratum irregularity on success of coral settlement: Quantification by
geomorphological techniques. Bull. Mar. Sci. 40: 85-98.
1987b Sammarco, P.W.
A comparison of ecological processes on coral reefs of the Caribbean and the Great Barrier Reef.
In, C. Birkeland (ed.), Comparison between Atlantic and Pacific Tropical Marine Coastal
Ecosystems: Community Structure, Ecological Processes, and Productivity. University of the
South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 1986. UNESCO Reports in Marine Science 46: 127-166.
1987c Sammarco, P.W., S. C. La Barre, and J. C. Coll.
Defensive strategies of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Great Barrier Reef. III. The
relationship between toxicity and morphology. Oecologia 74(1): 93-101.
1987d Sammarco, P.W., M.J. Risk, and C. Rose.
Effects of grazing and damselfish territoriality on internal bioerosion of dead corals: Indirect
effects. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 112: 185-199.
1986a Coll, J. C. and P.W. Sammarco.
Soft corals: Chemistry and ecology. Oceanus 29: 33-37.
1986b La Barre, S. C., J. C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco.
Competitive strategies of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). III. Spacing and aggressive
interactions between alcyonaceans. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 28: 147-156.
1986c La Barre, S.C., J.C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco.
Defensive strategies of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Great Barrier Reef. II. The
relationship between toxicity and feeding deterrence. Biol. Bull. 171: 565-576.
1986d Sammarco, P. W.
Coral reproduction, dispersal, and survival. Oceanus 29: 28-29.
1986e Sammarco, P.W., J. H. Carleton, and M. J. Risk.
Grazing, bioerosion of corals, and damselfish territoriality: First-order effects, external bioerosion.
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 98: 1-19.
1985a Sammarco, P.W.
Grazing fish and the Great Barrier Reef. Reeflections (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Publication) 15: 10-11.
1985b Sammarco, P.W.
The Great Barrier Reef vs. The Caribbean: Comparisons of grazers, coral recruitment patterns,
and reef recovery. In, C. Gabrie and B. Salvat (eds.), Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congress, Vol.
4, 1985. Antenne Museum-Ephe, Moorea, French Polynesia, pp. 391-397.
1985c Sammarco, P.W., J. C. Coll, and S. LaBarre.
Competitive strategies of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): II. Variable defensive
responses and susceptibility to scleractinian corals. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 91: 199-215
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1985d Wilkinson, C. R., P.W. Sammarco, and L. A. Trott.
Seasonal and fish grazing effects on rates of nitrogen fixation on coral reefs. In, C. Gabrie and B.
Salvat (eds.), Proc. Fifth Int. Coral Reef Congress, Vol. 4, 1985. Antenne Museum-Ephe,
Moorea, French Polynesia, pp. 61-65.
1984a Sammarco, P.W. and H. Crenshaw.
Plankton community dynamics of the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon : Analysis of data from
Ikeda et al. (1980). Mar. Biol. (Berlin) 82: 167-180.
1984b Wilkinson, C. R., D. McB. Williams, P.W. Sammarco, R. Hogg, and L. A. Trott.
Variations in nitrogen fixation and fish grazing on coral reefs across the continental shelf of the
central Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol. (Berlin) 80: 225-262.
1983a Abel, D. J., W. T. Williams, P.W. Sammarco, and J. S. Bunt.
A new numerical model for coral distribution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 12(3): 257-265.
1983b Coll, J. C. and P.W. Sammarco.
Terpenoid toxins of soft corals (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): Their nature, toxicity and ecological
significance. Toxicon, Suppl. 3: 69-72.
1983c Sammarco, P.W.
Coral recruitment across the central Great Barrier Reef: A preliminary report. In, J. T. Baker, R.
Carter, P.W. Sammarco, and K. Starck (eds.), Proc. Great Barrier Reef Conf., James Cook
University, Townsville, Qld., p. 245-251.
1983d Sammarco, P.W.
Effects of fish grazing and damselfish territoriality on coral reef algae. I. Algal community
structure. Marine Ecology Progress Ser. 13(1): 1-14.
1983e Sammarco, P.W., J. C. Coll, S. LaBarre, and B. Willis.
Competitive strategies of soft corals: Allelochemical effects on selected scleractinian corals. Coral
Reefs 1: 173-178.
1983f Wilkinson, C. R. and P.W. Sammarco.
Effects of fish grazing and damselfish territoriality on coral reef algae. II. Nitrogen fixation.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 13(1): 15-19.
1982a Coll, J. C., Stephane La Barre, Paul W. Sammarco, William T. Williams, and Gerald J. Bakus.
Chemical defenses in soft corals (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea) of the Great Barrier Reef: A study of
comparative toxicities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 8: 271-278
1982b Lawrence, John M. and Paul W. Sammarco.
The ecological effects of feeding: Echinoidea. In, M. Jangoux and J. M. Lawrence (eds.),
Echinoderm Nutrition, A. A. Balkema Press, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 499-519.
1982c Risk, M.J. and Paul W. Sammarco.
Bioerosion of corals and the influence of damselfish territoriality: A preliminary study. Oecologia
52: 376-380.
1982d Sammarco, Paul W.
Echinoid grazing as a structuring force in coral communities: Whole reef manipulations. J. Exp.
Mar. Biol. Ecol. 61: 31-55.
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1982e Sammarco, Paul W.
Grazing by Diadema and its effects on algal community structure: Diversity and grazing pressure.
J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 65: 83-105.
1982f Sammarco, Paul W.
"Polyp Bail-Out" in an Indo-Pacific coral: An escape response to environmental stress. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10: 57-65.
1982g Sammarco, P.W. and John H. Carleton.
Damselfish territoriality and coral community structure: Reduced grazing and effects on coral
spat. In, E. D. Gomez, C. E. Birkeland, R. W. Buddemeier, R. E. Johannes, J. A. Marsh Jr., and R.
T. Tsuda (eds.), The Reef and Man, Proc. IVth Int. Coral Reef Symp., University of the
Philippines, Manila, Philippines, Vol. 1, pp. 525-535.
1982h Sammarco, P.W. and A. H. Williams 1982.
Damselfish territoriality: Influence on Diadema distribution and preliminary implications for coral
community structure. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 8: 53-59.
1980 Sammarco, P.W.
Diadema and its relationship to coral spat mortality: Grazing, competition, and biological
disturbance. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 45: 245-272.
1974 Sammarco, Paul W., Jeffrey S. Levinton, and John C. Ogden.
Grazing and control of coral reef community structure by Diadema antillarum Philippi
(Echinodermata: Echinoidea): A preliminary study. J. Mar. Res. 32(1): 47-53.
E. Invited Book Reviews
Published
2009 Tunnell, J.W. Jr., E.A. Chavez, and K. Withers
Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. 2007. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX.
194 p. Quart. Rev. Biol. 84: 112-113.
1990 Sammarco, P.W.
A. R. Longhurst and D. Pauly, 1989. Ecology of Tropical Oceans. Academic Press, New York.
407p. Quart. Rev. Biol. 64: 511-512
1986 Sammarco, P.W.
A. B. Cribb and J. W. Cribb, 1985. Plant Life of the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Shores.
Univ. Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Qld., 294p. Quart. Rev. Biol. 61: 565-566.
1983 Sammarco, P.W.
S. A. Shepherd and I. M. Thomas (eds.), 1982. Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia, Part
I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. D. J. Woolman, Govt. Printer of South
Australia, 491+ p. Quart. Rev. Biol. 58: 456-457.
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F. Reports and Briefs
In Press
Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization – Scientific and Technology Advisory Board
A call for a twenty-first century solution in oil spill response. The Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization, Inc., Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pedigo, S., M. Herndon, and P.W. Sammarco
Bioremediation techniques, category definitions, and mode of action in marine and freshwater environments. In, A call for a twenty-first century solution in oil spill response, Ed. by Science and Technology Advisory Board, Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization (LAEO), Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sammarco, P.W.
Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral
settlement. Final Report and Executive Summary. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management
Service, New Orleans, LA. 175 pp.
Sammarco, P.W.
The geographical extent, maximum depth, and genetic affinities of corals on offshore oil and gas
platforms, northern Gulf of Mexico. Technical Report. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management
Service, New Orleans, LA. 112 pp.
Submitted
Heyman, W. and P.W. Sammarco. Biological impacts of decommissioning oil and gas platforms within the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Artificial Reef Working Group, Report to the Strategic Advisory Committee, NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Galveston, TX. 20 pp.
Published/Recorded
2011a Hoffman, J. and P.W. Sammarco
Recommendation for delays in decommissioning oil/gas Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Subm.
to Sen. David Vitter (LA), Rep. Jeffrey Landry (LA), and Rep. John Fleming (LA), Chairperson,
House Committee on Natural Resources, Wash., D.C. 2011b Sammarco, P.W. Report and Review on Tsao, D., R.J. Portier, and L.M. Basirico on Laboratory Screening of
Commercial Bioremediation Agents for the Deepwater Horizon Spill Response, submitted to the House Science, Space, and Technology Sub-Committee on Investigation and Oversight, Washington, D.C.
2011c Sammarco, P.W.
New invasive marine species colonizing oil/gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico:
Verification and Examination of Spread. US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), Environmental Science Section, New
Orleans, LA, Ann. Report, 13 pp.
2011d Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, G.S. Boland, J. Sinclair, A. Lirette, and F. Tung
Distribution, Abundance, Recruitment, and Genetic Affinities of Corals on Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Executive Summary. Information Transfer Meeting, February 2011, New Orleans, US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New Orleans, LA. 7 pp.
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2011e Sammarco, P.W., S. Kolian, R.A.F. Warby, J. Bouldin, W. Subra, S. Joye, and S.A. Porter
Petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations in the N. Gulf of Mexico following the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Commercial seafood, human blood samples, biota, sediment, and water. Subm. to representatives of the House Government Affairs Committee.
2011f Sammarco, P.W., S.A. Porter, J. Sinclair, and M. Genazzio
Invasion of a new Indo-Pacific Coral – Tubastraea micranthus - in the Gulf of Mexico via oil/gas platforms: First results. Executive Summary. Information Transfer Meeting, February 2011, New Orleans, US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, New Orleans, LA. 6 pp.
2010a Sammarco, P.W. Petroleum hydrocarbons in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana after the BP-DeepHorizon spill: Sampling using new adsorbent technology. Technical Report to Dynamic Technology, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 45 pp. www.dynamicadsorbents.com/spill.pdf
2010b Sammarco, P.W.
The need for a new peer review system in coral reef science: Time for a change? Reef
Encounters 38: 10-11.
2009a Sammarco, P.W. Determining the geographical distribution, max. depth, and genetic affinities of corals on offshore platforms, northern Gulf of Mexico/deep-water coral distribution and abundance on active
offshore oil and gas platforms vs. decommissioned “Rigs-to-Reefs” platforms. US Dept.
Interior, Minerals Management Service, Environmental Section, New Orleans, LA, Annual Report, 2009.
2009b Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, G.S. Boland, and A. Lirette.
Coral Distribution, Abundance, and Genetics in the N. Gulf of Mexico: Role of the Flower Garden
Banks and Oil/Gas Platforms. Proc. US-DOI Minerals Management Service Information
Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2009.
2009c Sammarco, P.W., G.S. Boland, J. Sinclair, A. Lirette, and Y.H. Tung. Rigs-to-Reefs Structures and Coral Community Development in the N. Gulf of Mexico: A First
View. Proc. US-DOI Minerals Management Service Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2009.
2008 Sammarco, P.W. Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral recruitment/Determining the Geographical Distribution, Max. Depth, and Genetic Affinities of
Corals on Offshore Platforms, Northern Gulf of Mexico US Dept. Interior, Minerals
Management Service, Environmental Section New Orleans, LA, Annual Report.
2006a Atchison, A.D., P.W. Sammarco, and D.A. Brazeau.
Genetic affinities between corals on the Flower Garden Banks vs. oil/gas platforms in the northern
Gulf of Mexico: Implications for dispersal. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service
Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2005.
2006b Sammarco, P.W.
Comments to MMS on New Regulations for Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms.
2006c Sammarco, P.W.
Comments to House Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Energy on Bill regarding Royalty-
Sharing, an Agency Name-Change, Alternate Uses of Offshore Platforms, and Liability Reduction
for New Users
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2006d Sammarco, P.W.
Comments to NOAA on the National Offshore Mariculture Bill.
2006e Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, and G.S. Boland.
Distribution of corals colonizing oil and gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: A
preliminary report. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service Information Transfer
Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2005.
2006f Sammarco, P.W. Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral recruitment/Determining the Geographical Distribution, Max. Depth, and Genetic Affinities of
Corals on Offshore Platforms, Northern Gulf of Mexico US Dept. Interior, Minerals
Management Service, Environmental Section New Orleans, LA, Annual Report.
2006g Sammarco, P.W. and S. Kolian.
“HR-4761, ‘Rigs-to-Reefs Act’, White Paper”, Brief submitted as part of testimony to Louisiana
Recovery Authority; recommendations on congressional legislation under review, regarding
expansion of industry and employment in Louisiana in the post-Huricanes Katrina and Rita
economic environment, Nov. 2006.
2005a Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Platforms for Mariculture Task Force Report, LA State Department of Natural Resources, Baton
Rouge, LA. Submitted to the Louisiana State House of Representatives. 109 pp., incl.
appendices. (Contributing author).
2005b Sammarco, P.W. Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral recruitment/Determining the Geographical Distribution, Max. Depth, and Genetic Affinities of
Corals on Offshore Platforms, Northern Gulf of Mexico US Dept. Interior, Minerals
Management Service, Environmental Section New Orleans, LA, Annual Report.
2004a Sammarco, P.W.
Comments on the “Scoping Document for a Generic Amendment to Coral and Coral Reef FMP, to
Provide for regulation of Offshore Marine Aquaculture of Selected Fish”, Gulf Fisheries
Management Council, February 2004.
2003a Sammarco, P.W.
Coral Reef Communities on Oil and Gas Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico: Where Nature and
Industry Meet. Submission to the House Sub-Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
Washington, DC, Sept. 17, 2003.
2003b Sammarco, P.W.
Coral Reef Communities on Oil and Gas Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico: Where Nature and
Industry Meet - Addendum. Submission to the House Sub-Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2003.
2003e Sammarco, P.W.
Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral
recruitment: Annual Report. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Environmental
Section New Orleans, LA, (internal).
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2002a Sammarco, P.W.
Coral Communities on Drilling Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Submission to the National
Commission on Ocean Policy, Public Hearing, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 7-8, 2002.
2002b Sammarco, P.W.
Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral
recruitment: Annual Report. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Environmental
Section New Orleans, LA, (internal).
2002c Sammarco, P.W.
New Finding - Coral Communities on Drilling Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Submission to the
Pew Commission on Oceans, Public Hearing, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 15, 2002.
2001 Sammarco, P.W.
Gulf drilling platforms as an environmental asset: Long-term artificial reefs and sites for coral
recruitment: Annual Report. US Dept. Interior, Minerals Management Service, Environmental
Section New Orleans, LA, (internal).
2000 Sammarco, P.W.
McMaster University - Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) University Partnerships in Cooperation
and Development (UPCD) Tier 2 Project 025 - Research and Training in Coastal Eco-
Development (Marine Science and Environmental Quality Project): Mid-Term Evaluation Report.
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA, USA. 63 pp.
2000 Sammarco, P.W.
McMaster University - Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) University Partnerships in Cooperation
and Development (UPCD) Tier 2 Project 025 - Research and Training in Coastal Eco-
Development (Marine Science and Environmental Quality Project): Mid-Term Evaluation Report.
Supplement (Confidential). Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA, USA. 5 pp.
1998 Sammarco, P.W.
The LUMCON/LAMP Program: Opportunities in Coastal, Estuarine, and Marine Science. LAMP
Journal 1: 3.
1997 Sammarco, Paul W.
Effects of Natural Gas Pipeline Condensate and Crude Oil spills, and Comments on Remediation,
with emphasis on South Louisiana Salt Marshes / Effects of a Natural Gas Pipeline Condensate
Spill: Review. El Paso Energy, Houston, Texas, 111+ pp.
1995 Sammarco, P. W. (ed)
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Annual Report, 1994. LUMCON, Chauvin, Louisiana.
1994a Sammarco, P.W. (ed.)
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Annual Report, 1993. LUMCON, Chauvin, La. 81p.
1994b Sammarco, P.W.
Report to the White House Task Force on Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Federal/State programs.
Louisiana State Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, August 1994. 5p.
1993a Sammarco, P.W. (ed.)
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) Annual Report, 1992. LUMCON,
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Chauvin, La. 101p.
1993b Sammarco, P.W.
Report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Louisiana Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Planning Grant. Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium (LUMCON) Office of Special Programs, Baton Rouge, La. 156 p.
1993c Sammarco, P.W.
Testimony, presented to the U.S. House of Representatives Sub-Committee on Oceanography, the
Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf, Corpus Christi, Texas, April 1993. LUMCON,
Chauvin, La. 7p.
1992a Sammarco, P.W. (ed.)
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Annual Report, 1991. LUMCON, Chauvin, Louisiana,
86 p.
1992b Sammarco, P.W., R. Dugas, and K. Hemphill.
Louisiana Oyster Fisheries: An efficient system for assessing sites for harvestability. Report to the
Louisiana State House of Representatives, LUMCON, Chauvin, LA. 9 p.
1991a Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: New South Wales. Report, Coastal Zone Inquiry,
Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991b Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: Northern Territory. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry,
Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991c Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: Queensland. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991d Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: South Australia. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991e Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: Tasmania. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991f Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: Victoria. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991g Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Policy: Western Australia. Brief, Coastal Zone Inquiry,
Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991h Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Coastal Management Responsibilities: Australian Capital Territory. Brief, Coastal
Zone Inquiry, Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1991i Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Sorensen and McCreary (1990): Comments on US Coastal Zone Management.
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Report, Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource Assessment Commission. (Internal)
1991j Sammarco, P.W.
Projected information needs of the Coastal Zone Inquiry: Preliminary recommendations. Brief,
Coastal Zone Inquiry, Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal).
1991k Sammarco, P.W. and C. Scarlett.
Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: Some Major Issues. Discussion Paper. Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra, A.C.T. (Internal)
1991l Sammarco, P.W. and C. Scarlett.
Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia: A Compendium of Procedures at Three Levels of
Government. Discussion Paper. Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra, A.C.T. (Internal)
1990a Palmer, D. and P.W. Sammarco
Coastal Zone Issues. Brief to the Prime Minister, via Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
(Internal)
1990b Resource Assessment Commission (contributing author)
An Introduction to Methods of Analysis in RAC Inquiries. Occasional Paper, Resource
Assessment Commission, Research Branch, Canberra, A.C.T. (Internal)
1990c Sammarco, P.W.
Environmental Scientific Research Methodology: Defining Problems within a Reference, and
Research Techniques. Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1990d Sammarco, P.W.
Overview of Past and Present Inquiries relating to the Coastal Zone: Common Issues. Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal).
1990e Sammarco, P.W.
Previous Government Reports Relevant to the Coastal Zone: Background Information. Resource
Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal).
1989 Sammarco, P.W.
The Forests and Timber Reference. Brief I: Scientific Background, Issues and Approach.
Resource Assessment Commission, Canberra. (Internal)
1985 Sammarco, P.W. (editor)
The Shelf Seas Research Program: Triennium Report. Australian Institute of Marine Science,
Townsville, Qld. ~150 p. (Internal)
1972 Sammarco, P.W.
Some aspects of the ecology of Diadema antillarum Philippi: Food preference and effect of
grazing. Special Problems Report, West Indies Laboratory Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I., 47 p.
G. Abstracts
Published
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2012 Sammarco, P.W.
Corals on offshore platforms: 12 years of LSU-CMI offshore research. Louisiana State
University/Bureau of Ocean Energy (BOEM) Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) 20th
Anniv. Conf., Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, Dept. Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, Abstract.
2012 Sammarco, P.W., S.A. Porter, M. Genazzio, and J. Sinclair A new invasive coral - Tubastraea micranthus - in the Western Atlantic: A potential threat.
Austral. Mar. Sci. Assn. – New Zealand Mar. Sci. Soc. Joint Conf., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Abstract. p. 169.
2012 Sammarco, P.W., S.A. Porter, M. Genazzio, and J. Sinclair
Successful invasion of Tubastraea micranthus into the western Atlantic. Abstracts of Int. Coral
Reef Symp., Cairns, Qld., Australia, July 2012, Abstract.
2011a Kolian, S., P.W. Sammarco, and D. Peters.
Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on coral reef communities inhabiting offshore oil and
gas platforms. Spec. Session, Documenting the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on
Aquaculture Operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Aquaculture America Conference, World
Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, Feb. 2011
2011b Risk, M.J. and P.W. Sammarco
Biological blindness: The two-edged sword of bioerosion looms, yet few are watching. In, M.
Carreiro-Silva and S.P. Avila (eds.), 7th
Int. Bioerosion Workshop, Faial, Azores, 18-23 Sept.,
2011, IMAR – Dept. Oceaongraphy and Fisheries, Univ. Azores, Abstract, p. 10.
2010a Sammarco, P.W.
The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC): A Source of Scientific Data,
Information, and Resources for the Greater Caribbean. Conference for Operationalization of the
Caribbean Sea Commission (CSC), Center for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Univ. West Indies, Barbados.
2010b Sammarco, P.W. and K.B. Strychar
Broad-scale phyletic adaptation/exaptation to thermal stress in host corals: Expansion to
alcyonacean corals. Proc. 18th
Int. Conf on Envtl. Indicators, Hefei, Anhui Prov., China, Univ.
Sci. Technol. of China, p. 22.
2010c Strychar, K.B. and P.W. Sammarco
Zooxanthellate vs. azooxanthellate corals: Insights into susceptibility to disease and efficacy of
immune systems. Conference of the Int. Soc. Envtl. Indicators, University of Science and
Technology, Hefei, Anhui Province, China, 2010
2009a Strychar, K.B. and P.W. Sammarco.
Effects of climate change on Indo-Pacific corals: Adaptation/exaptation in scleractinian corals and
evolution in zooxanthellae. Proc. Australian Coral Reef Society, Darwin, NT, Australia, September 2009. Abstract.
2009b Ogden, J.C. and P.W. Sammarco
Science and policy considerations for Caribbean Ocean Governance. Proc. Assoc. Marine
Laboratories of the Caribbean, p. 16. Abstract.
2009c Sammarco, P.W., J. Sinclair, G.S. Boland, A. Lirette, and Y.H. Tung.
Effectiveness of oil/gas platforms vs. Rigs-to-Reefs Structures on promoting coral development in
the N. Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Assoc. Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, p. 22. Abstract.
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2008a Brazeau, D.A., P.W. Sammarco, and A.D. Atchison.
Genetic Structure in Coral Recruitment: Evidence of Extreme Patchiness in Settlement. Proc. 11th
Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 2008. Abstract. 2008b Lentz, J., A. Curtis, P. Sammarco, and P. Mayor
Applying medical geography to identify spatial hotspots of coral diseases. Proc. 11th
Int. Coral
Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 2008. Abstract.
2008c Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, G.S. Boland, S.B. Hartley, and A Lirette. Distribution, abundance, and genetics of corals throughout the N. Gulf of Mexico: The world’s
largest coral settlement experiment. Proc. 11th
Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 2008. Abstract.
2008d Strychar, K.B. and
P.W. Sammarco
Coral mortality from bleaching: Pre-adaptation of host corals to increased seawater temperatures
with dependence upon rapidly adapting zooxanthellae. Proc. 11th
Int. Coral Reef Symposium,
Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 2008. Abstract.
2007a Lentz, J., A. Curtis, P.W. Sammarco, and P. Mayor.
Using GIS to identify spatial hotspots of white-band disease. Abstracts of the Association of
Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC) Meeting, St. Thomas, USVI, June 2007.
2007b Sammarco, P.W. Environmental bioindicators in the coral reef environment: Aligning research, monitoring, and
regulation. Abstracts of the International Society of Environmental BioIndicators Conference, Linthicum, MD, April 2006. Abstract.
2007c Sammarco, P.W.
Invasive species on oil and gas platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Invasive Species
Conference, Harte Research Inst., Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 2007, abstract.
2007e Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, G.S. Boland, and A Lirette.
Distribution, abundance, and genetic affinities of scleractinian corals throughout the northern Gulf
of Mexico: The big picture. Abstracts of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the
Caribbean (AMLC) Meeting, St. Thomas, USVI, June 2007.
2007f Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, G.S. Boland, and A Lirette Expansion of scleractinian corals across the N. Gulf of Mexico: A bird’s eye view of large-scale
patterns and genetic affinities. Proc. Australian Marine Science Association (AMSA), Melbourne, Vic., Australia. Abstract.
2007g Sammarco, P.W. and K.B. Strychar
Adaptation of corals and their symbiotic zooxanthellae to global climate change: Who's doing the
lion's share of the work? Proc. 15th
Int. Conf. on Environmental BioIndicators, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
2006a Sammarco, P.W.
Coral distribution, abundance, recruitment, and genetic affinities in the northern Gulf of Mexico:
Implications for reef conservation and management. Abstracts of the Coral Reef Conservation
and Management Conference, Miami, FL, Nov., 2006.
2006b Sammarco, P.W.
The search for, and potential mariculture of, pharmaceutically valuable organism on offshore
platforms: Where industry meets nature. In, J. Grimes, Connecting the Gulf of Mexico and
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Human Health, Workshop, Univ. So. Miss. And Miss./Ala. Sea Grant Consortium, Long Beach,
MS, May 2005, p. 5
2005a Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, and G.S. Boland.
Coral populations on the Flower Garden Banks, surrounding oil/gas platforms, and the western
Gulf of Mexico: Genetic affinities and further expansion. Abstracts of the 32nd
Assoc. Mar. Labs.
Caribb. Conf., Bapor Kibra, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
2004a Atchison, A.D., P.W. Sammarco, and D.A. Brazeau.
Coral communities on the Flower Garden Banks vs. drilling platforms in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Abstracts of the 10th
Intl. Coral Reef Symp., Okinawa, Japan, 2004, p. 309.
2004b Sammarco, P.W., A.D. Atchison, D.A. Brazeau, and G.S. Boland.
Geographic expansion of corals in the Gulf of Mexico via offshore platforms: Community
characteristics, recruitment, and genetic affinities. Abstracts of the 10th
Intl. Coral Reef Symp.,
Okinawa, Japan, 2004, p. 216.
2003a Sammarco, P.W.
Factors Influencing Coral Reefs: Threats, Questions, and the Future. 5th
Int. Conf. Envtl. Future,
Zurich, Switzerland. Summaries and Abstracts, Abstract, p. 24.
2003b Hill-House, D., P.W. Sammarco, and A.D. Atchison.
Corals and other benthic organisms on Gulf of Mexico drilling platforms: Species diversity and
equitability. Assoc. Mar. Labs. Caribb. Conf., Port of Spain, Trinidad, Abstract, p. 102.
2003c Sammarco, P.W. and A.D. Atchison.
The development of coral communities on Gulf of Mexico Drilling Platforms: A regional
stabilizing force. Assoc. Mar. Labs. Caribb. Conf., Port of Spain, Trinidad, Abstract, p. 48.
2002 Sammarco, P.W.
The complexity and importance of coral reefs: Their value and need for protection. First
Egyptian Int. Conf. on Protected Areas and Sustainable Development, Egypt, Ministry of State
for Environmental Affairs, and Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Sharm El-Sheikh, Oct.
23-26, 2002. Abstract.
2001a Sammarco, P.W. and D.A. Brazeau
Genetic affinity between corals, including spat, at three tropical W. Atlantic sites: Where do the
larvae go? Proc. 30th
Sci. Meeting Assn. Mar. Labs. Caribb. (AMLC), La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
p. 31.
2001b Sammarco, P.W., J.H. Carleton, and T. Ryder.
Time-lapse cinematography of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L.;
Echinodermata, Asteroidea): Nocturnal activity, social interaction, and homing. Proc. 30th
Sci.
Meeting Assn. Mar. Labs. Caribb. (AMLC), La Parguera, Puerto Rico. p. 53.
2000a Acosta, A. and P.W. Sammarco.
The role of fission and fragmentation in population dynamics of Palythoa caribaeorum. Proc. 9th
Int. Coral Reef Symp., Abstracts, Bali, Indonesia, p. 144.
2000b Acosta, A. and P.W. Sammarco.
Modes of asexual reproduction in the zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum. Proc. 9th
Int. Coral Reef
Symp., Abstracts, Bali, Indonesia. p. 144.
2000c Strychar, K.B., P.T. Scott, M.L. Coates, and P.W. Sammarco.
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Symbiont zooxanthellae diversity of alcyonacean corals from the Keppel Islands, Great Barrier
Reef, Australia: How does it compare with scleractinian corals? Proc. 9th
Int. Coral Reef Congr,
Bali, Indonesia.
2000d Strychar, K.B., M. Coates, P. Scott, and P.W. Sammarco.
Soft coral symbiont zooxanthellae: How does it compare with scleractinian corals? Proc. 9th
Int.
Coral Reef Symp., Abstracts, Bali, Indonesia.
1999a Sammarco, P.W., D.A. Brazeau, and T.N. Lee Enhancement of reef regeneration processes: Supplementing coral recruitment processes through
larval seeding. Proc. Int. Conf. on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring,
and Restoration, National Coral Reef Institute, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Abstract.
1999b Sammarco, P.W. and M.J. Risk
Cross-shelf factors influencing coral bioerosion, 13
C, and 15
N across the Great Barrier Reef.
Proc. of the Benthic Meetings, 1999, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Abstract.
1998a Acosta, A., L.F. Duarte, and P.W. Sammarco
The role of asexual reproduction in the population dynamics of Palythoa caribaeorum (Cnidaria,
Zoanthidea). XIII Simposio de Biolgia Marinha, Centro de Biologia Marinha (CEBIMar),
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil, p. 8.
1998b Acosta, A., L.F. Duarte, and P.W. Sammarco
The role of asexual reproduction in the population dynamics of Palythoa caribaeorum (Cnidaria,
Zoanthidea). 83rd Meeting of Ecol. Soc. America/49th Ann. Meeting of Amer. Inst. Biol. Sci.,
Baltimore, MD. Abstract.
1998c Bassim, K.M. and P.W. Sammarco
Effects of increased temperature and ammonium on coral planulae: Implications for global
warming, nutrient enrichment, and larval dispersal. Proc. Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology/Int. Coral Reef Society Conference, Boston, MA, USA, 1998. Abstract.
1998d Sammarco, P.W. and M.J. Risk
Factors influencing coral bioerosion on the Great Barrier Reef. Proc. Second Int. Bioerosion
Workshop, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst., Florida, USA. Abstract.
1997 Acosta, A., L.F. Duarte, and P.W. Sammarco
O papel da reproducao assexuada na dinamica de populacoes de Palythoa caribaeorum. XII
Simposio de Biologia Marina, CEBIMar, 10-12 de Novembro, 1997. Sao Sebastiao, SP, Brasil.
Abstract.
1996a Sammarco, P.W. and J.C. Andrews.
Horizontal vs. vertical distribution of coral spat, and larval transport processes. Abstracts of the
8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, p. 174.
1996b Sammarco, P.W. and J.C. Coll.
Secondary metabolites in soft corals - or primary? Re-examination of a concept. Abstracts of the
8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, p. 174.
1995a Sammarco, P.W.
Deep-water results of the Helix Experiment: Deep Thoughts. Second Biennial Larval Biology
Meetings, 1995. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL., p.32
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1995b Sammarco, P.W.
Horizontal and vertical distributions of coral spat on the Great Barrier Reef: Transport processes
and post-settlement mortality. Proc. Int. Soc. Reef Studies, Europaean Branch, and the British
Ecol. Soc., Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Tropical Mar. Sci. Center, Univ. Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, U.K., Sept. 1995.
1995c Sammarco, P.W.
The Southern Association of Marine Laboratories (SAML) Minority Participation in Marine
Science Programs: Louisiana's Role. NSF Quality in Education for Minorities (QEM)
Conference, Abstracts, New Orleans, LA. NSF-QEM, Washington, D.C.
1994 Sammarco, P.W.
Environmental research in Louisiana's coastal waters: A cross-section. Proc. Nat. Assn. Envtl.
Profs., 1994, New Orleans, LA.
1993 Risk, M. J., P.W. Sammarco, and H. P. Schwarcz
Cross-continental shelf trends in 13C in coral tissue on the Great Barrier Reef: Darwin's question
answered again. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp., Mangilao, Guam, 1993. Abstract.
1992 Maida, M., T. Aceret, P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll
Effects of octocorals and their secondary metabolites on scleractinian corals: Field and laboratory
experimentation. Proc. 7th Int. Coral Reef Symp., Mangilao, Guam. Abstract.
1991 Aceret, T.L., P.W. Sammarco, and J.C. Coll.
Effects of sub-lethal doses of soft coral derived toxins on hard corals. In, J. Greenwood and P.
Rothlisberg (eds.), Proc. Austral. Mar. Sci. Assn. Conf., Brisbane, Qld. p. 1.
1990 Sammarco, P.W.
Larval Dispersal and Recruitment Processes in Great Barrier Reef Corals: An Overview.
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Larval Dispersal and Recruitment Processes in the Marine
Environment, Collected Abstracts. The Boden Research Conference, Austral. Acad. of
Sci./Austral. Mar. Sci. Assoc., Thredbo, N.S.W., 5-7 Feb., 1990. p. 11.
1989 Risk, M.J., P.W. Sammarco, O. Naim, and H.P. Schwarcz.
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in environmental studies on reefs: Some preliminary results
from Australia and Reunion. Ann. Meeting, Int. Soc. for Reef Studies, Marseilles, France.
Abstract.
1988a Alino, P.M., J. C. Coll, and P.W. Sammarco.
Feeding preferences of Chaetodon melannotus - The relationship between taste and visual stimuli.
Abstracts, 1988 Australian Marine Sciences Assoc. Jubilee Conf., Sydney. p. 89.
1988b Coll, J.C., P.M. Alino, and P.W. Sammarco.
The importance of competitive interactions in the dominance of octocorals at Pandora Reef, North
Queensland. Abstracts, 1988 Australian Marine Sciences Assoc. Jubilee Conf., Sydney. p. 35.
1988c Sammarco, P.W
The multiple functions of secondary metabolites in soft corals and their integration with
functionally related adaptations. Annual Conference of International Society of Chemical
Ecology, Abstracts. University of Georgia at Athens, Athens, Georgia.
1988d Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Andrews.
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Differential localized dispersal and recruitment of corals on the Great Barrier Reef: Second
Results of the Helix Experiment. Proc. 6th Int. Coral Reef Congress, Abstracts.
1987a Sammarco, P.W.
Chemical ecology in soft corals: Multiple roles of secondary compounds and integration of
adaptions. In, H. Marsh and M Heron (eds.), Abstracts of the Australian Marine Sciences
Association and Australian Physical Oceanography joint Conference, Vol. 1, Townsville, May
1987, James Cook Univ. of North Queensland, Austral. Marine Sciences Assoc. p. 56 (Abstract).
1987b Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Andrews
Introductory remarks. In, H. Marsh and M. Heron (eds.), Abstracts of the Australian Marine
Sciences Association and Australian Physical Oceanography joint Conference, Vols. I and II.,
Townsville, May 1987, James Cook University of North Queensland, Austral. Mar. Sciences
Assoc., Canberra. pp. ii-iii (in each vol.).
1986a Sammarco, P.W
Larval dispersal patterns in corals: The Helix Experiment. Abstracts of the American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography and Phycological Society of America, 1986, University of Rhode
Island, Kingston. p. 112.
1986b Sammarco, P.W.
Recruitment and dispersal of corals on the Great Barrier Reef: Implications for Management.
Marine Science in the Western Pacific: The Indo Pacific Convergence. Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Program for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) Symposium,
Townsville, Qld., Symposium Abstracts 60p.
1986c Sammarco, P.W
The complex nature of chemical ecology in soft corals of the Great Barrier Reef. 1986 Western
Society of Naturalists, Conference Abstracts, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii. p41.
1986d Sammarco, P.W
The Helix Experiment: Determination of Larval Dispersal Patterns in Corals. 1986 Australian
Marine Sciences Association Conference Abstracts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, p. 36.
1986e Sammarco, P.W. and J. C. Andrews
Larval dispersal and recruitment in corals: Implications of the Helix Experiment. Interfaces in
the Ocean: A Preliminary View, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
Symposium, CSIRO Marine Lab., Hobart, Tasmania, Conference Abstracts 9p.
1983a Sammarco, P.W
Coral recruitment across the central Great Barrier Reef and factors influencing survival. Austral.
Mar. Sci. Bull. 83: 26.
1983b Wilkinson, C. R., D. M. Williams, P.W. Sammarco, R. W. Hogg, and L. A. Trott
Relationships between fish grazing and nitrogen fixation rates on reefs across the central Great
Barrier Reef. In, J. T. Baker, R. Carter, P.W. Sammarco, and K. Stark (eds.), Proc. Great Barrier
Reef Conf., Townsville, Qld., 1983, James Cook University Press, Townsville. p 375.
1982a Coll, J. C. and P.W. Sammarco
Terpenoid toxins of soft corals (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): Their nature, toxicity and ecological
significance. Toxicon 20 (Suppl. 1): 10
1982b Sammarco, Paul W
Escape response and dispersal in an Indo-Pacific coral under stress: "Polyp Bail-Out". In, E. D.
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Gomez, C. E. Birkeland, R. W. Buddemeier, R. E. Johannes, J. A. Marsh, Jr., and R. T. Tsuda
(eds.), The Reef and Man, Proc. IVth Int. Coral Reef Symp., University of the Philippines,
Manila, Philippines 194p.
1982c Sammarco, P.W., J. C. Coll, S. LaBarre, and B. Willis
Competition between soft corals (Octocorallia) and scleractinian corals: Species-specific
allelopathy. Austral. Mar. Sci. Bull. 79: 21.
1982d Wilkinson, Clive R. and Paul W. Sammarco
Nitrogen fixation on a coral reef: Effects of damselfish territoriality and fish grazing. In, E. D.
Gomez, C. E Birkeland, R. W. Buddemeier, R. E. Johannes, J. A. Marsh, Jr., and R. T. Tsuda
(eds.), The Reef and Man, Proc. IVth Int Coral Reef Symp., Vol 1, University of the Philippines,
Manila, Philippines. p. 589.
1981a Sammarco, P.W
A new mode of reproduction in corals under stress: Is there life after death in Seriatopora?
Austral. Mar. Sci. Bull. 75: 20.
1981b Sammarco, P.W. (Keynote address).
The role of predation and related processes on coral reefs. Austral. Mar. Sci. Bull. 75: 20.
1980 Sammarco, P.W.
The effects of damselfish territoriality on coral diversity and reef community structure. Austral.
Mar. Sci. Bull. 71: 22-23. (Abstract)
1978 Sammarco, P.W.
Benthic algal diversity: Pickin' up the pieces. Abstracts, 17th Northeast Algal Symposium,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. April 1978.
1977 Sammarco, P.W.
Regulation of competition and disturbance in a reef community by Diadema antillarum. IV
Symposium International de Ecologia Tropical, Panama.
1975 Sammarco, Paul W.
Grazing by Diadema antillarum Philippi (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): Density-dependent
effects on coral and algal community structure. Assoc. Isl. Mar. Labs. Caribb., Abstracts.
Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I. Vol. 11: 19.
12. Referee for:
Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Australian Marine Science and Technology Advisory Committee
Australian National Research Fellowships Scheme
Biological Bulletin
Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Brazilian Publication Office
Bulletin of Marine Science
California Sea Grant
Chemical Ecology
Contributions in Marine Science
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Coral Reefs
Ecology (USA)
Evolutionary Ecology
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Invertebrate Biology
Journal of Chemical Ecology
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Journal of Fish Biology
Limnology and Oceanography
Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program
Marine Biology (Berlin)
Marine Ecology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
National Environment Research Council, UK
National Geographic Society
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Global Climate Change Program
NOAA, Wash., D.C.
NOAA, Florida Sea Grant Program
NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program
National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography, Wash., D.C.
National Underseas Research Program (NURP), Wilmington, Del.
Nature (London)
NSERC (Canada)
Oecologia
Oceanologica Acta
Pacific Science
Population Biology
Proc. 5th International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, 1985
Proc. 6th International Coral Reef Congress, Townsville, 1988
Quarterly Review of Biology
Scar VI Biology Symposium Sunbelt Caucus (Legislation)
U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. House of Representatives (legislation)
U.S. Senate (legislation)
University of Cambridge Press
and others
13. Additional Presentations, Seminars, Meetings, and Public Relations Exercises
2012 Featured speaker, Rotary Club of Houma, LA, “Aspects of Current Research:
Invasive Species, Off-Shelf Reconnaissance, and Effects of the BP Oil Spill.”
Present plenary talk aside Dr. Sylvia Earle, “Platforms, Corals, and the Gulf of
Mexico: A New Beginning”, at the “Save the Blue Gala”, Aquarium of the
Americas, New Orleans, sponsored by Black Elk Energy, Houston, TX.
Presentation to the NOAA-FGBNMS Advisory Council, “Distribution,
Abundance, Recruitment, and Genetic Affinities of Corals on Platforms in the
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Gulf of Mexico”, Galveston, TX.
LSU-BOEM-CMI Conference, Celebration of 15 yrs of research, “Corals on
Offshore Platforms: 12 Years of LSU-CMI Offshore Research”, P.W.
Sammarco, poster.
Houma Library, “Invasion of a new Indo-Pacific Coral – Tubastraea micranthus –
in the Gulf of Mexico via oil/gas platforms”, sponsored talk, presentation open
to public.
2011-2012 Interviews with media representatives - radio, TV, newspapers, magazines -
scientific and non-scientific – national and international, - regarding -
- the BP oil spill
- my results relating to oil concentrations in Terrebonne Bay and potential
problems with federal agency data and estimations of contamination levels
in the Gulf of Mexico
- my results regarding a new invasive species of coral in the western Atlantic,
having colonized one of the platforms in the Grand Isle sector, south of the
Mississippi River.
2011 Rotary Club, Houma, LA, “Impact of Oil/Gas Platforms on Expansion of Corals
in the northern Gulf of Mexico”.
Overview of the BP/DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill, Ithaca College, at LUMCON
Overview (of same), Nat. Sci. Foundation Media Workshop, Metcalf Inst., Univ.
Rhode Island
US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
“Distribution, abundance, recruitment, and genetic affinities of corals on
platforms in the Gulf of Mexico”
US Dept. Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
“Invasion of a new Indo-Pacific coral – Tubastraea micranthus – in the Gulf
of Mexico via oil/gas platforms: First results”. (Sammarco, P.W.,
Nicholls State University, Dept. Biology, research orientation for Graduate
Students, at LUMCON
2010-2011 Numerous interviews with media representatives regarding the oil spill – radio,
TV, newspapers, magazines - scientific and non-scientific
2010 Interview, Film Production, Oceanvision, Inc., Spread of corals throughout the
Gulf of Mexico, and offshore platforms as artificial islands for Gulf fauna and
flora
Present testimony, LA State Joint House/Senate Government Affairs Committee,
LA State Legislature, Baton Rouge, LA, for SLWDC
Asst. Secretary, LA Dept. Education, Baton Rouge, LA, for SLWDC
BESE Board, LA Dept. Education, Houma, LA, for SLWDC
Emergency Task Force Meeting – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Crisis, Terrebonne
Parish Emergency Response Team, LA State legislators, TPCG members,
shrimpers, seafood producers, distributors, etc., to consider action for the spill
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Interview, Nature, Deep oil spill issues
Interview, CNN, Oil spill issues and remediation
Interview, Washington Post, Oil spill issues
Interview, Associated Press, New invasive species of coral in the Gulf of Mexico
Interview, Times-Picayune, New invasive species of coral in the Gulf of Mexico
Interview, Greenwire, Oil spill and remediation issues
Inducted into Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Honorary Member, Omicron Beta
Chapter, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
2009 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Dept. Life Sciences/Harte Research
Center, “Climate change/global warming and coral reefs:
Adaptation/exaptation in corals vs. zoxanthellae, and biogeographic shifts”.
Nicholls State University, Dept. Biology, research orientation and “Calypseaux
Cruise”, for Graduate Students, at LUMCON
Secretary, LA Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, LA, for South
Louisiana Wildlife Discovery Center (SLWDC)
Secretary of State, LA Dept. State, Baton Rouge, LA, for SLWDC
Director, LA Governor’s Office of Coastal Affairs, Baton Rouge, LA, for
SLWDC
2008 NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Program,
Environmental Monitoring Workshop, NOAA FGBNMS Offices, Galveston,
TX
NOAA Gulf of Mexico Research Planning Workshop, “Islands in the Stream” –
Connecting Banks and Reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico”, Mote Marine
Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
2007 Presentation, “Diadema antillarum: Ecological Role, History, and the Future”,
Workshop, Diadema Restoration in the Caribbean, NOAA Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary & Mote Marine Laboratory, Key West, FL
Organizing Committee, 2nd
Annual Conference, Int. Society of Environmental
BioIndicators, Hong Kong.
Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX.
Presentation, “New scientific findings on our offshore oil/gas platforms:
environmental and economic relevance”, Snr. Seminar & Environmental
Biotechnology classes, Southern Univ. at New Orleans (SUNO), New
Orleans, LA.
Nicholls State University, Dept. Biology, Graduate Student Orientation, at
LUMCON
2006 NOAA Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Management Planning
Meeting, New Orleans, LA
“Reproduction, larval dispersal, and recruitment in corals: An overview.”
Barbados Dept. of the Environment, Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I.
Live interview, WWL Radio, New Orleans, from remote site, on corals and
offshore platforms
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Testimony, Louisiana Recovery Authority, on value of offshore platforms as bases
of new industries and employment opportunities for Louisiana and the Gulf
coast in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Chairman and Organizer, Environmental Bio-Indicators - Coral Reef Roundtable.
14th
Int. Conf. on Envtl. Bioindicators, Conf. Organizers: E. Zillioux and J.
Newman, April 2006, Maritime Institute, Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
US-PBS Special on Platform-Coral Research (in prep.)
Discovery Channel Special on Platform-Coral Research (with Manny Pugis,
“Manny the Sharkman”) (in prep; two episodes; local educational
presentations and for broadcast)
Several front page articles on Platform-Coral Research, The Courier, Houma, LA;
syndicated nationally.
Feature article, The Comet, Thibodaux, LA
Article, Maclean’s Magazine, Canada, Platform-Coral Research
ADR German Public Television, Feature Presentation, “Rigs to Reefs”, aired in
Europe
Present testimony before the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA), Baton Rouge,
LA
Present seminar to Rotary Club, Houma, LA on Platform-Coral Project and
Future Alternate Uses of Offshore Platforms
2004-2005 Invited Speaker, La Festivale Internationale, Lafayette Consolidated Government,
Lafayette, LA
Invited Speaker, Mississippi/Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, “Connecting the
Gulf of Mexico and Human Health", Symposium.
Hosted visiting Chilean Rotary Members; provided an orientation regarding
LUMCON and its research and educational activities.
Invited Speaker, LA Environmental State of the State Conference, University of
New Orleans, LA
Invited Speaker, Lafayette Consolidated Government and Chamber of Commerce,
Lafayette, LA
Invited Speaker, Dept. Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.,
Canada.
Invited speaker, “Building Sustainable Oceans Workshop”, Expo Acadie 2004,
Halifax, N.S., Canada
Invited Speaker, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
MMS Ocean Science, Cover Article, Inaugural Issue, “The Past, Present, &
Future: Protecting America’s Mineral & Human Resources”, regarding the
environmental value of offshore platforms and my studies on coral recruitment
on the platforms. 6 pp.
The Times-Picayune, Capital News, “Offshore fish-farm lease plan could spawn
jobs, aid economy”, 2004, Aaron Kuriloff \
The Washington Post, “Marine life complicates removal of old oil rigs”, 2005,
Cheryl Lyn Dybas.
“60 Minutes”, German Public Television
Growfish, “Anglers have always known that offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of
Mexico are fertile fishing grounds”, 2005.
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The Courier, “Local scientist hopes oil rigs will soon play host to fish farms”,
2005, Laura McKnight.
Sea Technology, Cover Story, “Louisiana losing critical reef habitat and job
opportunities”, coverage of issues and my research, 2004
Geotimes, Energy and Resources feature section, Oil platforms fuel fish farms,
2005
Paul Harvey, national syndicated radio show, coverage of issues and my research,
2005
Rush Limbaugh, national syndicated radio show, coverage of issues and my
research, 2005
National Public Radio (NPR), coverage of issues and my research, 2005
Institute for Humane Studies, international syndicated web-broadcast, coverage
of issues and my research, 2005
Our Ocean World, national syndicated radio show, in conjunction with NOAA,
coverage of issues and my research, 2005
Earthwatch Radio, national syndicated radio show, coverage of issues and my
research, 2005
Chairman, Board of Directors, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
Chairperson, Policy and Strategic Planning Committee, YMCA, Houma, LA
2003 Invited Speaker, 5th
Intl. Conf. for the Future of the Environment, EAWAG,
Zurich, Switzerland. March 2003.
Rotary Club, Alexandria, LA. “LUMCON, and Offshore Drilling Platforms as
Environmental Assets in the Gulf of Mexico.”
Rotary Club, Houma, LA. (ibid.)
Kiwanis Club, Houma, LA (ibid.)
2002 Dixie Divers Club, Houma, LA. “Offshore Drilling Platforms as Environmental
Assets: An Update”.
2001 Dixie Divers Club, Houma, LA. “Offshore Drilling Platforms as Environmental
Assets: Hosts of Coral Communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico”
2000 Depts. Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, Southern University of New Orleans,
“About LUMCON, and Advantages of the LUMCON/LS-LAMP Marine
Scholar Program” (3)
2000 DOE/EPSCoR - LS-LAMP Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
Dodson Elementary School, New Iberia, LA
1999 Department of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada
1998 CEBIMar Marine Laboratory, Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil
1996 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.
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1995 Dept. Oceanography and Coastal Science, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, La.
Dept. Biology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
School of Marine Science, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware
1994 KTIB, featured radio interview, Thibodaux, La.
National Association of Environmental Professionals, Thibodaux, La.
Rotary Club, Thibodaux
Town and Country Real Estate, Inc., Houma, La.
1993 First United Methodist Church, Houma, La.
HTV, Houma, La., 1/2 hr. television interview regarding the EPA Gulf of Mexico
Program's America's Sea Project
Leadership Terrebonne, Houma, La.
MMS Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, La.
NASA, Workshop on Land-Sea Interactions, John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss.
Rotary Club, Houma, La.
University of Texas Biomedical Institute, Galveston, Texas
1992 Chamber of Commerce, Houma-Terrebonne, Houma, La.
Department of Biology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, La.
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, La.
Department of Zoology and Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
La.
French Television Series
Marine Sciences Environmental Consortium, Dauphin Island, Alabama
MMS Scientific Advisory Committee Review, New Orleans, La.
Rotary Club B, Houma, La.
1991 Council for a Better Louisiana
Garrett News Service
MMS Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, La.
1990 Division of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld.
1989 Department of Oceanography and Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii at
Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla.
Department of Biological Sciences and Hancock Marine Science Institute,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal., USA
Department of Biology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii,
USA
1988 Marine Sciences Institute and Department of Biology, University of California at
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Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Cal. Invited.
Moody College of Marine Technology, Texas A & M University at Galveston,
Galveston, Texas.
Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University at College Station,
College Station, Texas.
1987 CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia.
Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld.
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Biology, University of South Florida at Tampa, Tampa, Florida.
Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association, Boca Grande,
Florida.
Department of Biology, University of South Florida at Fort Myers, Fort Myers,
Florida.
Sanibel/Captiva Shell Club, Sanibel, Florida.
1986 Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, USA.
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
California, USA.
National Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)/Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California at San
Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
1984 Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, New York.
Ecological Society of Australia, Symposium: "Are Australian Ecosystems
Different?", Sydney, N.S.W.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Qld.
1983 ANZAAS/Australian Marine Science Association, University of Western
Australia, Perth, W.A.
1982 Australian Coral Reef Society, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld.; Invited
Keynote Speaker.
Department of Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire,
USA.
Department of Biology, Orange County Community College, New York.
Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony
Brook, Stony Brook, New York.
Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Seventh World Congress on Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins, University of
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Queensland, Brisbane, Qld.
Australian Marine Science Association, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W.
Additional Meetings Attended
2009 Seminar on State of Louisiana Open Meetings, Public Records, and Executive
Sessions, Joe Waitz, Terrebonne Parish District Attorney & Jimmy Dagate,
Asst. Distr. Atty., for South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center
2005 US-DOI, Minerals Management Service, Workshop on Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic
Communities, Hilton Hotel, New Orleans, LA.
1999 Dept. Energy (DoE) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR) / Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LAMP) Conference,
Baton Rouge, LA
1998 DoE-EPSCoR / LAMP Conf., Baton Rouge, LA
Soc. Comparative and Integrative Biology, Boston, MA
1996, 1997 DoE-EPSCoR / LAMP Conf., Baton Rouge, LA
1994 Chamber of Commerce, Houma, LA (numerous meetings)
CWPPRA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans, LA
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program, New Orleans, La.
LaSER Conference, Baton Rouge, La.
MMS-OCS Scientific Committee, New Orleans, LA
MMS-NE Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Conference, Tallahassee, Fl.
National Association of Marine Labs (NAML), Washington, D.C.
NOAA-NURC, Gulf of Mexico Workshop, New Orleans, LA
NOAA Marine Sanctuary Flower Garden Reefs Research Planning Workshop,
Houston, Tx.
NOAA - "University Partnerships Conference", Arlington, VA.
Southern Association of Marine Laboratories, various Southeast cities, including
Washington, D.C.
1991-1994 Board of Regents Meetings with heads of universities and systems
U.S. Congressional delegates and staff
U.S. Senators and staff
1993 Chamber of Commerce, Houma, LA (numerous )
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
Governor Arthur Defenso, Governor of Iloilo, Phillipines
MMS-Information Transfer Meeting, New Orleans, LA
National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML), Portland, Oregon;
Washington, D.C. (numerous)
1992 EPA Gulf of Mexico Program, New Orleans, La., Pennsacola, Fl.
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Florida Institute of Oceanography, West Florida Shelf Workshop, University of
South Florida at St. Petersburg; Key Largo, Fl.
Gulf of Mexico Citizens Workshop, Lafayette, La. Southern Association of
Marine Laboratories, various Southeast cities
LaSER Conference, Baton Rouge, La.
MMS/LUMCON Socioeconomic Workshop, New Orleans, La.
Water Environment Federation Meeting, New Orleans, La.
1991 EPA Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP), Nicholls State
University, Thibodaux, La.
Southern Association of Marine Laboratories, various Southeast cities
Additional Conferences Attended (Representing the Resource Assessment Commission)
1991 Bioaccumulation Workshop, Sydney Water Board/Australian Marine Sciences
Association, Sydney, NSW.
Queensland Environmental Law Assn., Maroochydore, Qld.
1990 Accounting for the Environment, Center for Resource and Environmental Studies,
Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T.
Building Bridges, Business Review Weekly, Sydney, N.S.W.
Land Management Conference, Int. Business Communications, Sydney.
National Environmental Law Association, Gold Coast, Qld.
1989 Coastal Zone Management Issues, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld.
Sustainable Policies and Making Them Work, University of New South Wales,
Kensington, N.S.W.
14. Additional Activities, Committees, Panels, Etc.
2012 In production - composer, arranger, producer, and performer; Paul and Friends,
music CD, P&J-CD-1005, working title “You’re Not from Around Here, Are
Ya?”, Secular, Christian, originals, and covers.
2011- Member, Praise Band, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
2011 Testify before a Congressional Committee regarding the decommissioning of
platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and the need for retention for purposes of
their environmental value.
Listed as an expert witness on the BP/DeepWater Horizon oil spill by Westlaw
Roundtable Group and Thomas Reuters
Liaison with French industrial group, requested by the French Embassy,
Washington, DC, to discuss the use of offshore platforms for mariculture and
also the development of petroleum hydrocarbon adsorbent cloth for offshore
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spill remediation.
Present lecture to NSF media oil spill liaison workshop, at LUMCON
Meetings w. District Attorney Joe Waitz regarding acquisition of property for the
South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center, Houma, LA
Participation in LUMCON Open Day
Preparations for initiating workshops on the Caribbean Oceans Governance
Initiative, w. J.C. Ogden (USF) and J. Cortes (Univ. Costa Rica), for the 2011
Assoc. Mar. Labs. Conf. in Costa Rica; arrange for plenary speaker, Dr Robin
Mahon, CERMES, Univ. West Indies at Barbados
Presentation of overview seminar on my northern Gulf of Mexico platform work
to BOEMRE, 2011 Information Transfer Meeting (ITM), New Orleans
Presentation of seminar updating BOEMRE on my invasive coral species work in
the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2011 ITM, New Orleans
Present talk on oil spill issues to Environmental Sciences students, from Ithaca
College
Participate in inshore field trip on the R/V Acadiana, LUMCON Changes in
Coastal Oceans cruise.
Worked extensively with Black Elk Energy in preparing their “Save the Blue”
initiative, a program promoting retention of retired oil and gas platforms in the
Gulf of Mexico; based on the results of my research; attended meetings in
Houston, TX and Houma to pursue this.
2010 Extensive meetings with the Louisiana Economic Development Foundation and
Eco-Rigs regarding petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in the Gulf of
Mexico, in preparation for a major multi-authored review compiled for
publication.
Consult with Dr. Valerie Olson, anthropologist, Rice University, on sociological
and anthropological aspects of the BP oil spill
Attend meeting in Miami, plan for participation of the AMLC with Centre for
Resource Management and Environmental Science (CERMES), University of
the West Indies at Barbados, the Caribbean Sea Commission (CSC), operating
under the Finnish Embassy, and the Association of Marine Laboratories of the
Caribbean (AMLC) with respect to the Caribbean Ocean Governance
Initiative (COGI).
Inducted into Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity, Honorary Member, Omicron Beta
Chapter, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Chair, Board Meeting, Assoc. Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC),
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Bocas del Toro, Panama
Dale Carnegie Management Training Workshop, Houma, LA
Career presentation for students, Oaklawn Jr. High School, Houma, LA, regarding
marine science and the entertainment business
Emergency Task Force Meeting – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Crisis, Terrebonne
Parish Emergency Response Team, LA State legislators, TPCG members,
shrimpers, seafood producers, distributors, etc., to consider action for the spill
2009-2010 Chairperson, Church Council, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
Member, Finance Committee, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
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2009-2010 Organizing Committee, 17th
Ann. Conf., Int. Society of Environmental
Bioindicators, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Advisory Panel (representing academia), NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Program, Performance Measures Working Group.
Vice Chair, Church Council, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
Member, Finance Committee, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
2009 Participant, Workshop on Restoration of Diadema antillarum in the Florida Keys
- II, Mote Marine Laboratory/NOAA, Sarasota, FL
Producer, “Here I Am, Lord”, music CD, Donna Sammarco, P&J Records (LLC),
intl. release.
2008 Attend CARICOMP Meeting - Regional Marine Science Needs for Ocean
Governance in the Caribbean, Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale,
FL
Organizing Committee, 16th
Ann. Conf., Int. Society of Environmental
BioIndicators, Orlando, FL
Participant, Workshop on Restoration of Diadema antillarum in the Florida Keys
- I, Mote Marine Laboratory/NOAA Nat. Mar. Sanctuaries, Key West, FL
Judge, Gulf of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium, Oral presentations,
LUMCON.
Louisiana Coordinator, EPA/FL Inst. Oceanography/Univ. S. FL/ Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gulf
Alliance for Research, Geospatial Assessment of Marine Ecosystems
(GAME), GIS Coordination Workshop, LSU Oceanography and Coastal
Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA.
2007 Panelist and Presenter, Diadema antillarum Restoration Program Workshop for
the Caribbean, NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Office.
2006 Invited panelist, NOAA-CRES, Review Panel (declined; conflict of interest)
Producer and Executive Producer, “Smooth Sailing” by Paul and Friends, P&J
Records, audio CD, 22 musicians, recorded in Australia and New Orleans,
LA, USA, intl. release.
2005-pres. Member, First United Methodist Church Council, Houma, LA (main steering
committee)
2005 Invited panelist, Florida Sea Grant, Review Panel (declined)
2004 Chairman, Board of Directors, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
Producer, “On Eagles Wings” by Donna Sammarco, Audio CD, P&J Records;
currently receiving airplay and downloads in 7 countries; all tunes play-listed.
2003-2004 NOAA Special Task Force on Endangered and Threatened Species, Coral Reefs
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(CITES; high security)
2003 Panelist, NOAA Florida Sea Grant College Program, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL.
Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
2002 - pres. Ecumenical Director, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA.
2002 Plenary Speaker, First Int. Conf. on Protected Areas and Sustainable
Development, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Session Chair, Current Trends and Issues in Biodiversity Conservation, First Int.
Conf. on Protected Areas and Sustainable Development, Sharm El-Sheikh,
Egypt
Chairperson, CEO Search Committee, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
2001 Session Chair, Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances, 30th
Meeting of the
Assn. Mar. Labs. of the Caribb., La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
Secretary, Board of Directors, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
2000-pres. President, P&J Records (LLC), Houma, LA
President, Endless Shores Music Publishing (ASCAP), Houma, LA
Composer, Arranger, Producer, and Performer - “Hang On To Your
Dreams”(2000) and “Smooth Sailing (2007) by Paul and Friends, P&J
Records, music CD, released internationally.
2000 Panelist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/ National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) Environmental Indicators in the Estuarine
Environment Research Program 2000, Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Program (aka Coastal Indicators)
Panelist, Science Conservation Panel, Sustainable Ecosystems Institute (SEI)
Panelist, Rewards of Undergraduate Research Experiences Session, DOE-
EPSCoR/LS-LAMP Conf., Baton Rouge
Chairman, Computer Science and Mathematics Session, DOE-EPSCoR/LS-
LAMP Conference, Baton Rouge, LA
Chairman, Social and Behavioral Sciences Session, DOE-EPSCoR/LS-LAMP
Conf., Baton Rouge
1998-2008 Advisory Council Member, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
1998-1999 Vice-Pres., Houma-Terrebonne Council for Humanities and the Arts, Houma, LA
1997-2003 Board of Directors, Bayouland YMCA, Houma, LA
1997-1999 Board of Directors, Houma-Terrebonne Council for Humanities/Arts, Houma, LA
1997 Chairman, Parish Planning and Development Committee, Houma-Terrebonne
Chamber of Commerce, Houma, LA
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1997-1999 Finance Board, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA
2001
1992-1996, Member, NIH Regional Centers for Minority Institutions Steering
1997-2000 Committee, Southern University A&M College, Baton Rouge, La.
1997 Panel Member, NOAA Florida Sea Grant College Program, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL.
1996 - Council Member, International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS)
1995 - 1998 Board of Directors, Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, Houma, La.
1995 Symposium Organizer, Larval Dispersal and Recruitment - Meso-Scale Processes,
Second Biennial Larval Biology Conference, Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Inst., Fort Pierce, FL.
Symposium Organizer, Ecological Assessment and Classification, Int. Soc. for Reef
Studies (ISRS) and British Ecol. Soc. (BES) Conference, Univ. Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, UK
Symposium Organizer, Biogeography and Biodiversity, ISRS and BES, Univ.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Statewide Steering Committee for Louisiana, National Science Foundation
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
1993 -1994 Member, Executive Board, Southern Association of Marine Laboratories (SAML)
Member, Executive Board, Nat. Assn. Marine Laboratories (NAML)
Member, Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee, LEQSF
Member, NOAA-National Underseas Research Program (NURP) Review Board
1992 – 1998 Member, NOAA Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuaries Research Group.
Member representing Louisiana, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Regional Marine
Research Board (RMRB).
Member, Flower Gardens Organizational Research Program (FGORP)
1992-1995 Member, LA Dept. Environmental Quality Universities Task Force, Baton Rouge
1991-present Member, Chancel Choir, First United Methodist Church, Houma, LA; also
resident musical composer and arranger (occasional)
1991- 1995 Program Manager, Dept. of the Interior/Minerals Management Service/LUMCON
Universities Research Initiative Program
Committee Member, LA Stimulus for Excellence in Research (LaSER)
Member, University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)
Representative for LUMCON, Southern Association of Marine Laboratories
(SAML) and National Assn. Mar. Labs (NAML)
Member, Planning Committee, Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund
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(LEQSF)
1991-1994 Program Manager, NOAA/NMFS National Shellfish Indicator Study (NIS) and
member of the NIS Committee
Member, Technical Steering Committee, US-EPA Gulf of Mexico Program, John
C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
1991-1993 Member, Research Advisory Committee, Aquarium of the Americas, New
Orleans, LA
1990-1991 Member, Council for Marine Industry, Science, and Technology (CMIST),
DITAC (Commonwealth Department of Industry, Technology, and Commerce)
1989-1990 Chairman and Co-Organizer, 1990 Australian Academy of Science/Australian
Marine Sciences Assoc. Boden Research Conference, Thredbo, N.S.W. 30
delegates.
1986-1987 Chairman and Organizer, 1987 Australian Marine Sciences
Association/Australian Physical Oceanography Joint Conference, Townsville,
Qld., May 1987. 400 delegates. Organizing Committee: 45.
1986 Participant, U.S. National Science Foundation Workshop on Dispersal and
Recruitment Processes. Projected Directions in Large-Scale Interdisciplinary
Research. University of Rhode Island at Kingston.
Assistant Registrar and Membership Database Manager, Australian Marine
Sciences Association.
1984-1989 Councilor, Australian Marine Science Association.
1983 Session Chairman, Reef Ecology, Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference,
Townsville, Qld.
Invited Participant, Great Barrier Reef Conf. Workshop, identifying research
priorities on the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Institute of Marine Science.
1982-1984 North Australian Film Corporation, AIMS Consultant on documentaries
concerning coral reefs (e.g. The Greatest Reef Series - 1983/1984).
1977-1979 Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley, Founder and Coordinator of the
Inter-University Biological Research Seminar Series, incorporating Clarkson
University, St. Lawrence University, State University of New York at Potsdam,
and the State University College of New York at Canton.
15. Supervision of Graduate and Undergraduate Students
2012- B.Sc. McKoin, Meredith, Dept. Biology, Nicholls State University,
Thibodaux, LA, Undergraduate Honors Research, Intern
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Troeger, Victoria, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane
University, Honors Research Project.
2012 Ph.D. Chieh, Ywee, Dept. Biological Sciences, National University of
Singapore, External Examiner.
2011 M.Sc. Hart, Justin R., Oceanographic Research Institute, School of
Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of
KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, External Examiner
B.Sc. Hennessey, Shannon, Department of Biology, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA; REU Summer Research Intern.
Curray, Lucas, Dept. Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2010- Ph.D. Haslun, Joshua, Dept. Life Sciences and Harte Research Institute,
2007-2009 M.Sc. Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (Committee
Member);
2012 Western Michigan University
2006-2009 M.Sc. Dunn, Jeremy, Dept. Biology, Nicholls State University,
Thibodaux, LA (Supervisor)
2005-2008 Ph.D. Lentz, Jennifer, Dept. Oceanography and Coastal Science,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Supervisor)
2004-2005 M.Sc. Fontenot, Jacques, Dept. Biology, Nicholls State University,
Thibodaux, LA (Supervisor)
2003-2006 M.Sc. Harris, Roger, Dept. Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Louisiana (Supervisor)
2003-2007 Ph.D. Stake, Joel, Dept. Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
LA (Committee member)
2001-2005 M.Sc. Atchison, Amy, Department of Oceanography and Coastal
Sciences, Louisiana State University A&M College, Baton
Rouge (Supervisor)
2000-2004 Ph.D. Vavrinec, John, Department of Biology, Darling Marine Center,
University of Maine at Orono, Maine (Committee Member)
1999-2002 Ph.D. Gavio, Brigitte, Dept. Biology, University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, Louisiana (Committee Member)
1999-2000 M.Sc. Gustafson, Kelly Jo, (ibid.) (supervisor)
M.Sc. Gustafson, Tom H., (ibid.) (supervisor)
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1998 Ph.D. Edinger, Evan - Dept. Geography and Geology, McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1998-2002 M.Sc. Stake, Joel, (ibid.) (supervisor)
Ph.D. Strychar, Kevin, Department of Biology, Central Queensland
University, Rockhampton, Qld., Australia (co-supervisor)
1997-1999 Ph.D. Acosta, Alberto, Department of Biology, University of Campinas,
Sao Paolo, Brasil (co-supervisor)
Ph.D. Fleury, Biatrice G., Department of Natural Products Chemistry,
Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (co-supervisor)
1995-2003 B.Sc. Numerous undergraduate research interns annually – summer,
NSF-Louis Stokes- Louisiana Alliance for Minority
Participation Program
1995-1997 M.Sc. Bassim, Khaled, Dept. Biology, University of Southwestern
Louisiana, Lafayette, La. (supervisor)
1994-1997 M.Sc. Snell, Tonya, Dept. Zoology and Physiology, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge (co-supervisor).
1993-1999 Ph.D. Edgeworth, Catherine, Department of Geography, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, La. (Committee Member).
1992-1999 Ph.D. Schaefer, Terry, Dept. Oceanography and Coastal Science,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (committee member).
1989-1995 Ph.D. Aceret, Teresita - James Cook University of North Queensland,
Townsville, Queensland, Australia (co-supervisor)
1989-1993 M.Sc./Ph.D. Maida, Mauro (same department as above) (co-supervisor)
1985-1989 Ph.D. Alino, Porfirio M. (same department) (co-supervisor)
1985 Ph.D. Bothwell, Ann - Dept. Zoology, University of Queensland, St.
Lucia, Qld., Australia
1980-1984 Ph.D. LaBarre, Stephane C. (same department) (co-supervisor)
Supervision of graduate students performed by special arrangement with universities.
Neither AIMS nor LUMCON are degree-granting institutions. All Australian students
except Strychar co-supervised with Dr. J.C. Coll, Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, James Cook University of North Queensland. Acosta co-supervised with L.
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Duarte; Strychar co-supervised with T. Tentori/P. Scott/M. Coates; Fleury also co-
supervised with A. Pinto.
16. Activities and Committees.
2002-pres. LUMCON Dive Safety Board
1995-pres. LUMCON Library Committee
2004-2008 LUMCON Seminar Series Coordinator
1995-2002 Dive Safety Officer (DSO), LUMCON
1979-1984 Founder/Coordinator of AIMS Research Seminar Series
1982 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee.
1982-1985 Computer Capital and Planning Committee
1985-1986 Research Coordinator, AIMS Shelf Seas Program/Oceanography Program.
17. Courses Taught
Barbados Dept. of the Environment, and Baird and Associates, Bridgetown, Barbados, WI
2006 Identification of Caribbean Coral Spat: A Workshop
Universidade de Campinas, Brasil, and
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brasil
1998 Aspects of Coral Reef Ecology (two courses, two different locations)
LUMCON
1999-pres. Changes in Coastal Oceans (Distance Learning course, video-conference)
Coral Reef Ecology (summer course; lecture, lab, and field); (taught at LUMCON,
Cocodrie, LA; Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, FL; and
Center for Tropical Research – Mote Marine Lab, Summerland Key, FL)
1992-2008 Coral Reef Ecology (tutorials)
Evolutionary Biology (tutorial)
GIS and Coral Reefs (tutorial)
Sclerochronology and Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Soft Coral Skeletons
(tutorials and research internships)
Chemical Ecology (tutorials)
State University College at Potsdam, N.Y. (Visiting Professor, 1979).
1200-BIO-498 Independent Studies in Tropical Ecology (4 credits). (In Potsdam, N.Y.
and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Clarkson University, Potsdam, N. Y. (Assistant Professor, 1977-1979)
BY-100 General Biology I (3 credits).
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BY-102 Biology of Cells, Laboratory I (2 credits).
BY-103 Biology of Organisms, Laboratory II (2 credits).
BY-225 Man and the Environment (3 credits).
BY-301 Introduction to Oceanography (3 credits).
BY-320 General Ecology (3 credits).
BY-400 Biometrics (3 credits).
BY-422 Seminar in Biology (2 credits).
BY-480 Independent Study in Biology (variable credit). (Scanning Electron Microscopy).
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N. Y. (Teaching Assistant, 1971-
1977)
BIO-152 Adaptation and Evolution (3 credits; lecture).
BIO-237 Invertebrate Zoology (4 credits; lecture and laboratory).
BIO-238 Chordate Zoology (4 credits; lecture and laboratory).
BIO-331 Oceanography for Biologists (1 credit; lecture).
BIO-334 Marine Vertebrate Zoology (2 credits; lecture).
BIO-340 Marine Biology Laboratory (2 credits; lecture, laboratory, and field work).
BIO-382 Principles of Behavior (3 credits; lecture).
CEB-560/561 Workshop in Environmental Curriculum (6 credits; lecture, laboratory, and
field work).
Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Jamaica, W.I. (SUNY at Stony Brook;
Teaching Assistant; 1974).
FSY-297: Tropical Marine Science. (15-18 credits; lecture, laboratory, and field
work)
Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. (Teaching Assistant, 1970-1971)
BIO-121/123 General Biology (4 credits; lecture, laboratory, and recitation.) cvlarge1.doc