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MICHAEL HALL GRAHAM
Associate Professor
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
8272 Moss Landing Road
Moss Landing, Ca. 95039
office: (831) 771-4481
lab: (831) 771-4421
fax: (831) 632-4403
email: mgraham@mlml.calstate.edu
EDUCATION
2000 |
Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography , University of California
San Diego
Supervisor: Dr. Paul K. Dayton |
| 1995 |
Master of Science in Marine Science
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories , San Jose State University
Supervisor: Dr. Michael S. Foster |
| 1992 |
Bachelor of Arts in Aquatic Biology and Geography
University of California Santa Barbara |
EXPERIENCE
| 2007-pres. |
Associate Professor of Marine Ecology, Moss
Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State University |
| 2003-2007 |
Assistant Professor of Marine
Ecology, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San Jose State
University |
| 2003-pres. |
Collaborating investigator, Center for Advanced
Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA) |
| 2001-2002 |
University of California Faculty Fellow
, U.C. Davis. Supervisor: Dr. Richard K. Grosberg |
| 2001-2002 |
National Center for Ecological Analysis
& Synthesis, Working Group: Long-Term Ecological Records
of Marine Environments, Populations and Communities (Leader:
Dr. Jeremy B. C. Jackson) |
| 2001-2002 |
Lecturer, U.C. Davis (Marine Ecology) |
| 2000 |
Lecturer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(Statistical Techniques) |
| 2000 |
Scientific Consultant, Pixar Animation
Studios Finding Nemo(PDF) |
| 1999-2000 |
Statistical Consultant, Cabrillo National
Monument |
| 1997-2000 |
Guest Lecturer, U.C. San Diego/Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (Benthic Ecology, Marine Ecology),
University of San Diego (Oceanography), Hawaii Pacific University
(Ecology) |
| 1995-2000 |
Dissertation, Planktonic patterns and processes
in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (PDF) |
| 1997 |
Teaching Assistant, U.C. San Diego (Marine
Ecology) |
| 1994-1996 |
Research Assistant, Monterey Bay Aquarium
, Life Science Research Division, Population dynamics of giant
kelp |
| 1994-1995 |
Teaching Assistant, Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories (Quantitative Marine Science and Sampling &
Experimental Design) |
| 1992-1995 |
Masters Thesis, Regulation of the shallow
limit of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, at three
sites along the Monterey Peninsula |
| 1991-1992 |
Research Assistant, U.C. Santa Barbara,
Mate selection in Xiphophorus spp. |
| 1991 |
Research Assistant, University of Maine,
Behavioral ecology of American lobster |
GRANTS
| 2008-2012 |
NSF #0752523. Effects of ocean
climate change on recruitment of kelp populations. $571,027
(PI, w/C. Harley) |
| 2008-2011 |
NOAA/ California Sea Grant.
Seaweed strain selection and preservation to optimize harvest
yields for abalone culture. $301,479 (PI) |
| 2006-2008 |
NOAA/ California Sea Grant.
Integrated culture of seaweeds and red abalone in Monterey Harbor.
$239,387 (PI) |
2005 |
NOAA/ California Sea Grant.
Development of rope-culture methods for red seaweed aquaculture
in California. $9,993 (PI) |
| 2004-2006 |
EPA: Development of a regional
monitoring program for central California wetlands. $180,500
(co-PI w/ R. Burton) |
| 2004-2008 |
NSF #0351778.
Collaborative Research: Biodiversity and ecosystem function
in seaweed communities. $266,489 (PI, collaborative
grant w/ J. Stachowicz) |
| 2003-2004 |
NSF #0407937. US-Chile: Planning
visit to incorporate Chilean kelp forests into study of kelp
life history evolution. $5,241 (PI) |
| 2003-2006 |
NSF #0320972. MRI/RUI:
Acquisition of a high-speed digital motion analysis system
for studying multi-scale interactions in a fluid environment.
$196,195 (PI, w/ L. Ferry-Graham, J. Geller) |
| 2001-2002 |
NOAA/ California Sea Grant:
Reproductive biology of Undaria pinnatifida , a seaweed
recently introduced to southern California: assessing the
potential for establishment and spread. $9,916
(PI w/ J. Stachowicz, C. Thornber) |
| 2001-2002 |
NSF #0120789: Integrative
approaches to natural history. $10,950 (PI
w/ S. Gilman) |
| 2000-2001 |
NSF #0087359: Natural
history in the 21st century: A student symposium. $9,250
(co-PI w/ P. Dayton) |
| 1998-2000 |
NOAA/California Sea Grant #R/CZ-141:
Effect of spore abundance on recruitment and maintenance of
subtidal kelps. $100,654 (co-PI w/ P. Dayton) |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2008-pres |
California Academy of Sciences, Fellow |
2005 |
Young Investigator of the Year, SJSU Foundation |
| 2001 |
Best Published Paper (2nd out
of 80), MarinAlg Best Paper Competition (for Graham and Mitchell
1999) |
| 2000 |
Best Student Paper, Western Society of
Naturalists Annual Meeting |
| 1999 |
E. W. Fager Award for contributions in
quantitative ecology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| 1995-1997 |
Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California |
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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2003-pres. |
Governing Board member, Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories |
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2003-pres. |
Diving Control Board (chair), Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories |
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1998-2000 |
Diving Control Board, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography |
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1998-1999 |
Editorial and Publications Committee, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
| 2009 |
Local Chair, Western Society of Naturalists |
| 2006-2010 |
Associate Editor, Ecology/Ecological Monographs. |
| 2006-2010 |
Associate Editor, Journal of Phycology. |
| 2006-2010 |
Editorial Board, Botanica Marina. |
| 2006-2009 |
Editorial Board, Journal of Phycology. |
| 2006-2008 |
Associate Editor, Encyclopedia of Ecology (Elsevier). |
2004-2005 |
Local Chair, Western Society of Naturalists |
| 2002-pres. |
Editorial Advisory Staff, Marine
Ecology Progress Series |
| 2000 |
Workshop Coordinator (w/ M. S. Foster):
Variability and scale. 5th Temperate Reef Symposium. Capetown
South Africa. |
| 1999, 2001 |
Nomination Committee, Western Society of
Naturalists |
| 1999 |
Symposium Organizer: Fundamental principles
in ecology. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting.
Monterey, California. |
| Reviewed manuscripts for: |
Reviewed grants for: |
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American Naturalist |
National Science Foundation (USA) |
| Botanica Marina |
National Research Council (Canada) |
| Ecological Applications |
National Research Foundation (South Africa) |
| Ecology |
National Geographic Society |
| Global Change Biology |
California Sea Grant |
| Journal of Applied Phycology |
| Journal of Ecology |
| Journal of Experimental Marine Biology
and Ecology |
| Journal of Phycology |
| Marine Biology |
| Marine Ecology Progress Series |
| Oikos |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Society of Limnologists and Oceanographers |
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Ecological Society of America |
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International Seaweed Association |
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Phycological Society of America |
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Sigma Xi |
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Western Society of Naturalists |
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal/Book Publications
Stachowicz, JJ, RJ
Best, MES Bracken, MH Graham. 2008. Complementarity
in marine biodiversity manipulations: reconciling divergent evidence
from field and mesocosm experiments. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences USA (in press).
Stachowicz, JJ, MH Graham,
MES Bracken, AI Szoboszlai. 2008. Diversity enhances cover and stability
of seaweed assemblages: the importance of environmental heterogeneity
and experimental duration. Ecology (in press).
Graham MH, BS Halpern,
MH Carr. 2008. Diversity and dynamics of Californian subtidal kelp
forests. Pp. 103-134 in McClanahan, TR and GR Branch (eds), Food
Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Benthic Ecosystems, Oxford University
Press. (PDF)
Rick, TC, JM Erlandson, TJ Barje, JA
Estes, MH Graham, RL Vellanoweth. 2008. Historical
ecology and human impacts on coastal ecosystems of the Santa Barbara
Channel region, California. Pp. 77-102 in, Rick, TC and JM Erlandson
(eds), Human impacts on ancient marine ecosystems: a global perspective,
University of California Press.
Graham, MH. 2007.
Sea-level change, effects on coastlines. Deny, MW and SD Gaines
(eds), Encyclopedia of Tidepools, University of California Press,
pp. 497-498.
Erlandson, JM, MH Graham,
RS Steneck, JA Estes, BJ Bourque, and D Corbett. 2007. Peopling
the Americas via a kelp highway. Journal of Island and Coastal Archeology
161-174. (PDF)
Graham, MH, BP Kinlan,
LD Druehl, LE Garske and S Banks. 2007. Deep-water kelp refugia
as potential hotspots of tropical marine diversity and productivity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104:16576-16580
(PDF available from
authors; click
here to listen to NPR report).
Graham, MH, JA Vasquez
and AH Buschmann. 2007. Global ecology of the giant kelp Macrocystis:
from ecotypes to ecosystems. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an
Annual Review 45:39-88 (PDF
available from authors).
Hernandez-Carmona, G, B Hughes, and
MH Graham. 2006. Reproductive longevity of drifting
kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae) in Monterey Bay,
USA. Journal of Phycology 42:1199-1207 (PDF).
Kinlan BP, MH Graham,
JM Erlandson. 2005. Late Quaternary changes in the size and shape
of the California Channel Islands: implications for marine subsidies
to terrestrial communities. Proceedings of the California Islands
Symposium (PDF).
Erlandson, JM, TC Rick, JA Estes,
MH Graham, TJ Braje, RL Vellanoweth. 2005. Sea
otters, shellfish, and humans: a 10,000 year record from San Miguel
island, California. Proceedings of the California Islands Symposium
(PDF).
Munoz, V, MC Hernandez-Gonzalez, AH
Buschmann, MH Graham, and JA Vasquez. 2004. Variability
in per capita oogonia and sporophyte production from giant kelp
gametophytes (Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae). Revista
Chilena De Historia Natural 77: 639-647 (PDF)
Graham, MH. 2004.
Effects of local deforestation of the diversity and structure of
southern California giant kelp forest food webs. Ecosystems 7:341-357
(PDF)
Thornber, CS, BP Kinlan, MH
Graham, and JJ Stachowicz. 2004. Population ecology of
the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in California: environmental
and biological controls on demography. Marine Ecology Progress Series
268:69-80 (PDF)
Graham, MH.
2003. Confronting multicollinearity in ecological multiple regression.
Ecology 84:2809-2815 (PDF).
Graham, MH.
2003. Coupling propagule output to supply at the edge and interior
of a giant kelp forest. Ecology 85:1250-1264 (PDF).
Kinlan, BP, MH Graham,
E Sala, and PK Dayton. 2003. Arrested development of giant kelp
(Macrocystis pyrifera, Phaeophyceae) embryonic sporophytes:
a mechanism for delayed recruitment in perennial kelps? Journal
of Phycology 39:1-12 (PDF).
Graham, MH,
PK Dayton, and JM Erlandson. 2003. Ice-ages and ecological transitions
on temperate coasts. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:33-40 (PDF).
Steneck, RS, MH Graham,
BJ Bourque, D Corbett, JM Erlandson, JA Estes, and MJ Tegner. 2002.
Kelp forest ecosystems: biodiversity, stability, resilience and
their future. Environmental Conservation 29:436-459 (PDF).
Graham, MH, PK Dayton,
and MA Hixon (editors). 2002. Paradigms in Ecology: Past, Present,
and Future. Special Feature in Ecology 83:1479-1480 (PDF).
Graham, MH and PK
Dayton. 2002. On the evolution of ecological ideas: paradigms and
scientific progress. Ecology 83:1481-1489 (PDF).
Graham, MH. 2002.
Prolonged reproductive consequences of short-term biomass loss in
seaweeds. Marine Biology 140:901-911 (PDF).
Sala, E and MH Graham.
2002. Community-wide distribution of predator-prey interaction strength
in kelp forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
USA 99:3678-3683 (PDF).
Graham, MH and MS
Edwards. 2001. Statistical significance vs. fit: estimating relative
importance of individual factors in ecological analysis of variance.
Oikos 93:505-513 (PDF).
Graham, MH. 1999.
Identification of kelp zoospores from in situ plankton samples.
Marine Biology 135:709-720 (PDF).
Graham, MH and BG
Mitchell. 1999. Obtaining absorption spectra from individual macroalgal
spores using microphotometry. Hydrobiologia 398/399:231-239 (PDF).
Graham, MH. 1999.
Where will all the PhDs go? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 5:208
(PDF).
Graham, MH. 1997.
Factors determining the upper limit of giant kelp, Macrocystis
pyrifera, along the Monterey Peninsula, central California,
USA. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 218:127-149
(PDF).
Graham, MH, Harrold,
C, Lisin, S, Light, K, Watanabe, J, and MS Foster. 1997. Population
dynamics of Macrocystis pyrifera along a wave exposure
gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series 148:269-279 (PDF).
Graham, MH. 1996.
Effect of high irradiance on recruitment of the giant kelp, Macrocystis
(Phaeophyta), to shallow water. Journal of Phycology 32:903-906
(PDF).
In review:
Graham, MH, BP Kinlan,
and RK Grosberg. Late-Quaternary climate forcing of southern California
kelp forests. Submitted to Ecology Letters.
Books
In preparation:
Graham, MH, J Parker,
and PK Dayton. Viewing Nature from the Shoulders of Giants: Readings
in Natural History. To be published by University of Chicago Press.
Non peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
Graham, MH and BP
Kinlan. 2004. Effects of climate change on kelp distributions and
productivity. Pp. 22-26 in: Kim, N. and G.H. Kim (eds.), Proceedings
of International Symposium on Construction of Seaweed Forests. The
Korean Society of Phycology, Daejeon, Korea.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
Graham, MH., A Szoboszlai,
M Bracken, J Stachowicz. 2006. Algal diversity manipulations: How
do seaweeds structure rocky shores? Journal of Phycology 42 (Supplement):2
Graham, MH. 2004.
Predicting past and future effects of climate change on kelp distribution
and productivity. Proceedings of the XVIII International Seaweed
Symposium. Bergen, Norway.
Graham, MH. 2003.
Ice age kelp forests: Climate-driven changes in kelp forest distribution
since the last glacial maximum. Journal of Phycology 39 (Supplement):19.
Thornber, CS, BP Kinlan, MH
Graham, and JJ Stachowicz. 2002. Invasion ecology of the
Japanese alga Undaria pinnatifida in California. Ecological
Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts 87:282.
Graham, MH. 2002.
Climate-driven changes in kelp forest distribution and productivity
in the Southern California Bight since the last glacial maximum.
EOS Transactions 83 (Supplement):381.
Graham, MH, M Kahru,
BG Mitchell, MJ Tegner, RC Zimmerman. 2000. Satellite applications
in support of management of national marine sanctuaries and parks.
EOS Transactions 81 (Supplement):218.
Graham, MH. 2000.
The secret life of kelps: planktonic processes and population dynamics.
Journal of Phycology 36 (Supplement):25.
INVITED SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Graham,
MH. Temperate
kelps in deep tropical waters Moss Landing Marine Labs Seminar,
January 2007.
Graham,
MH, A Szoboszlai,
M Bracken, J Stachowicz. Algal diversity manipulations:
How do seaweeds structure rocky shores?. Presented in: Changing
coastal oceans: a challenge to phycologists at Phycological
Society of America Annual Meeting. Juneau, Alaska, July 2006
Graham,
MH.
Life history evolution and the dynamics of kelp populations. Bodega
Marine Labs Seminar, July 2005, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile Ecology Seminar, July 2005, and San Jose State University
October 2005.
Graham, MH
and BP Kinlan. Effects of climate change on kelp distributions and
productivity. Presented at: International Symposium on Construction
of Seaweed Forests. Gangneung, Korea, September 2004.
Graham, MH.
Predicting past and future effects of climate change on kelp distribution
and productivity. Presented in: Kelp ecology and global environmental
change at International Seaweed Symposium. Bergen, Norway,
June 2004.
Graham, MH.
Ice age kelp forests: climate-driven changes in kelp forest distribution
since the last glacial maximum. Presented in: Changing coastal
oceans: a challenge to phycologists at Phycological Society
of America Annual Meeting. Glendenen Beach, Oregon, June 2003.
Graham, MH.
Foundation species and the dynamics of natural communities: a kelp
forest case study. UC Santa Cruz Ecology Seminar, May 2002 and Bodega
Marine Labs Seminar, May 2002.
Graham, MH. Kelps
as foundation species: from population to community dynamics. Moss
Landing Marine Labs Ecology Seminar, April 2002.
Graham, MH. Contemporary
and historical processes in kelp population and community dynamics.
University of Washington, Zoology Department Seminar , April 2001
and UC Davis, Center for Population Biology Seminar , April 2001.
Graham, MH. Contemporary
and historical processes in kelp population dynamics. San Diego
State University, Ecology Seminar, February 2001 and Moss Landing
Marine Labs Ecology Seminar, March 2001.
Graham, MH. The secret
life of kelps: planktonic processes and population dynamics. Presented
in: Ecology of big brown algae at Phycological Society
of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, July 2000.
Graham, MH. Symposium
Organizer: Fundamental principles in ecology. Western Society
of Naturalists Annual Meeting. Monterey, California, December 1999.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Graham, MH.
Invited speaker. Understanding the functional role of seaweed’s
in nearshore marine systems. Annual Board Meeting, San Jose State
University Foundation, September 22, 2005.
Graham, MH.
Public seminar. Diversity benefits from the bottom up: how seaweeds
structure rocky shores. Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories,
September 16, 2005.
Graham, MH.
Public seminar. Wakame: a kelp invasion of Monterey Harbor. Open
House, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, April 27, 2003.
Graham, MH.
Invited speaker. Current health of California’s kelp forests.
Annual retreat of US Congressman Sam Farr and Associates, January
29, 2004.
Graham, MH.
Ocean Day Presentation, Miss Barbara’s Child Development Center
(pre-Kindergarten, Spring 2004
Graham, MH.
Kelp invasions. NPR-KCLU story on Undaria invasion in Santa
Barbara harbor. KCLU 102.3 FM. Santa Barbara, California, July 3,
2003. Digital recordings of the 6 minute NPR story. (MP3;
7.5 MB). This is not a streaming file. To listen, Save Link Target
As to your computer.
Graham, MH. Kelp forests
in motion: the struggle for survival in a turbulent environment.
Meet the Scientist Lecture: Stephen-Birch Aquarium . La Jolla, California,
May 1998.
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