 Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Waterville, ME, USA & NSF International Postdoctoral Fellow Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2009 M.S. University of Oregon, 2003 B.A. Middlebury College, 1998 PUBLICATIONS McClenachan, L., A. Cooper, K. Carpenter, and N. Dulvy. Extinction risk and bottlenecks in the conservation of charismatic species. Conservation Letters. Early View, December 13, 2011. Kittinger, J. N., J. M. Pandolfi, J. H. Blodgett, T. L. Hunt, K. Maly, L. E. McClenachan, J. K. Schultz, and B. A. Wilcox. 2011. Historical reconstruction reveals recovery in Hawaiian coral reefs. PLoS ONE 6(10). McClenachan, L., M. Hardt, J. Jackson, and R. Cooke. 2010. Mounting evidence for historical overfishing and long-term degradation of Caribbean marine ecosystems. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 5(10): 165 — 169. Ward-Paige, C., C. Mora, H.K Lotze, C. Pattengill-Semmens, L. McClenachan L, E. Arias-Castro, R.A. Myers. 2010. Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11968. McClenachan, L. 2009. Documenting loss of large trophy fish from the Florida Keys with historical photographs. Conservation Biology. 23(3):636-643. McClenachan, L. 2009. Historical declines in south Florida, USA goliath grouper populations. Endangered Species Research. 7:175-181. McClenachan, L. and A. Cooper. 2008. Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275(1641): 1351-1358. McClenachan, L. 2008. Social conflict, overfishing and disease in the Florida sponge fishery, 1849-1939. Chapter 3 In: Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations. D. Starkey, Editor. Earthscan Publications Limited, London. McClenachan, L., J.B.C. Jackson, and M.J.H.Newman. 2006. Conservation implications of historic sea turtle nesting beach loss. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4(6): 290-296. Pandolfi, J.M., R.H. Bradbury, E. Sala, T.P. Hughes, K.A. Bjorndal, R.G. Cooke, D. McArdle, L. McClenachan, M.J.H. Newman, G. Paredes, R.R. Warner, and J.B.C. Jackson. 2003. Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems. Science 301:955-958. | RESEARCH INTERESTS My research is motivated by the desire to more effectively conserve and manage marine resources. To this end, I use a variety of historical documents, including photographs, narrative and archival documents, and early survey and fisheries data to establish baselines for marine animal populations, on which recovery targets can be set. I have worked in tropical marine environments in the Caribbean, Florida Keys, and the Hawaiian Islands.POPULAR COVERAGE OF RESEARCH Washington Post, "The Reality of Finding Nemo's Marine Life" by Juliet Eilperin New York Times Green Blog, "Finding Nemo and his Fellow Travelers" by Dylan Walsh Southern Fried Science, "Saving Nemo" by David Shiffman Scientific American, Guilty Planet "Finding Nemo Isn't Easy" by Jennifer Jacquet Wired Science "Transcending Time: Great Long Term Datasets" by Brandon Keim The Walrus, "A 10 Percent World" by James MacKinnon San Diego Union Tribune, "Fish Story" by Scott Lafee Nature, “Oceanography: The Real Sea Change” by Mark Schrope New York Times, “A Comeback Story Proves a Cautionary Tale” by Henry Fountain Natascia Tamburello |
Shifting Baselines Under the Sea: Trophy Fish Caught in Key West in 1958, c1985 & 2007
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