Alumni are graduate
students who have
successfully completed their master's or doctoral degrees and
technicians who have made significant contributions to the Fish Ecology Lab.
Graduate Students
Kelly
Andrews (2000-03)
B.S.
Biology, Western
Washington University, 1996
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2003
Thesis:
Habitat-dependent recruitment of two
temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales
Publication:
Andrews, K.S., and T.W. Anderson.
2004. Habitat-dependent recruitment of two
temperate reef fishes at multiple spatial scales. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 277:231-244.
Miscellaneous:
California Sea Grant trainee; best student paper award at 2003
meeting of the Southern California Academy of
Sciences, California State University, Northridge
Current whereabouts:
Research Scientist
NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington
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Andrew Davenport (2003-06)
B.S.
Biology, San Diego State University, 2002
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2006
Thesis:
Positive indirect effects of reef fishes on giant kelp performance: the
importance of mesoherbivores in a kelp forest ecosystem
Publication:
Davenport, A.C., and T.W. Anderson.
2007. Positive indirect effects of reef fishes on kelp performance: the importance of mesograzers. Ecology
88:1548-1561.
Miscellaneous:
Best student paper award at 2005 meeting of the Southern California Academy of
Sciences, Loyola Marymount University
Current whereabouts:
Marine Biologist
City of San Diego,
San Diego, California
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Andres Deza (2005-08)
B.S.
Biology, San Diego State University, 2005
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2008
Thesis:
Habitat fragmentation, patch size, and the recruitment and abundance
of kelp forest fishes
Current whereabouts:
San Diego, California
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Emily Floyd (2001-07)
B.A. Biological Sciences, Smith
College, 1999
Ph.D. Biology, San Diego State University and the University of
California, Davis, 2007
Dissertation:
Ecological implications of physiological condition and individual performance in temperate fishes
Publications:
Floyd, E.Y.
In review. Relationships between nutritional condition, burst swimming
performance, and survival in the blackeye goby (Rhinogobiops nicholsii).
Floyd, E.Y., and T.W. Anderson. In review. Relative
importance of nutritional condition and refuge availability for survival of a
temperate reef goby.
Floyd, E.Y., R. Churchwell, and J.J. Cech,
Jr. 2007. Effects of water velocity and trash rack architecture on fish passage
and interactions: a simulation. Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society 136:1177-1186.
Floyd, E.Y., J.P. Geist, and I. Werner. 2008. Acute, sublethal exposure to a pyrethroid
insecticide alters behavior, growth, and predation risk in larvae of the fathead
minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
27:1780-1787.
Miscellaneous:
Best student paper award at 2006
meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, Washington;
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists scholarship; Wrigley Institute for
Environmental Studies Internship
Current whereabouts:
Project Scientist
Environmental and Natural Resource
Management Consultants, Inc.,
Concord, California
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Carey Galst (2004-07)
B.S.
Aquatic Biology / Zoology, University of California, Santa
Barbara, 2001
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2007
Thesis:
Fish-habitat associations and the role of disturbance in surfgrass beds
Publication:
Galst,
C.A., and T.W. Anderson. 2008. Fish-habitat associations and the role of
disturbance in surfgrass beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series
365:177-186.
Miscellaneous:
Graduate Internship in Environmental Science, Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation; Anchor Environmental scholarship;
Fulbright Scholar,
Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Santa Catarina,
Brazil (2007-08)
Current whereabouts:
San Diego, California
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Christine Gregor (2001-05)
B.S. Zoology, Brigham Young University, 1998
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2005
Thesis:
Relative importance of habitat attributes to predation risk in a temperate reef
fish
Miscellaneous:
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists scholarship
Current whereabouts:
St. George, Bermuda
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Eric Lewallen (2003-06)
B.S. Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2006
Thesis:
The genetic structure and isolation of leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) populations
in California waters:
implications for management
Publication:
Lewallen, E.A., T.W. Anderson, and A.J. Bohonak. 2007. Genetic structure of leopard
shark (Triakis semifasciata) populations in California waters. Marine
Biology 152:599-609.
Miscellaneous:
PADI A.W.A.R.E. grant
Current whereabouts:
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Danielle Lipski (2001-05)
B.S. Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1997
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2005
Thesis:
Larval supply, settlement, and recruitment of fishes in seagrass beds in a southern
California embayment
Miscellaneous:
PADI Foundation grant; Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, American Museum
of Natural History
Current whereabouts:
Research Assistant
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara, California
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Kevin O'Connor (2005-07)
B.S. Environmental Studies / Biology, University of
California, Santa Cruz, 2004
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2007
Thesis:
Consequences of
habitat disturbance and recovery to recruitment and the abundance of kelp forest
fishes
Current whereabouts:
Central Coast Wetland Working Group Coordinator
Habitat Restoration Group,
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California
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Shana Sharfi (2002-05)
B.S. Marine Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2002
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2005
Thesis:
Fish production and habitat structure on a large-scale experimental artificial
reef
Miscellaneous:
California Sea Grant trainee
Current whereabouts:
Teacher
Woodrow Wilson High School
Los Angeles, California
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Seung Suk (2004-08)
B.S.
Marine
and Freshwater Biology, University of New Hampshire, 2000
M.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 2008
Thesis:
Trophic ecology of the common thresher, Alopias
vulpinus, and shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Northeast
Pacific
Current whereabouts:
San Diego, CA
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Technicians
Dane Bowker (2001-04)
B.S. Ecology and Evolution / B.S. Political Science, University
of California, San Diego, 1998
M.A. Global Environmental Policy, American University, 2006
Current whereabouts:
Facilities Engineer -- Natural Resources
Specialist
United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
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