Bio:
EDUCATION
B. A. with Honors, Biology, 1972, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269 Ph.D., Zoology, 1977, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (1977 - 1982), Associate Professor, (1982 - 1985)
Assistant Curator of Invertebrates, Mus. Comparative Zoology, Harvard (1979 - 1982)
Associate Curator, M. C. Z., Harvard (1982 - 1985)
Research Associate, M. C. Z., Harvard (1985 - present)
Associate Professor of Biology, Northeastern University (1985 - 1986)
Director, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University (1985 - 1991)
Professor of Biology, Northeastern University (1986 - 1992)
Acting Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern (1986 - 1987)
Adjunct Faculty, Northeastern University (1992 - present)
Adjunct Faculty, U.M. System, Center for Environmental Science, Horn Pt. Environmental Labs (1993 - 1994, 1997 - 2004)
Professor, U.M. System, Center for Envir. Science, Horn Pt. Laboratory (1994 - 1997)
Director, Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Graduate Program,
University of Maryland System (1991 - 1997)
Professor, Zoology/Biology, University of Maryland (1991 - present)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Rhode Island (1999 - present)
Professor, Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston (2003 - 2005)
Dean, College of Science and Mathematics UMass Boston (2003 �2005)
Professor, Biology Department University of Washington (2005-present)
Director, U.W. Friday Harbor Laboratories (2005-present)
Mercer Award, Ecological Society of America, 1983 for "Outstanding
Ecological Paper, 1982"
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1986
Phi Kappa Phi, Faculty Membership, 1987
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Award for 1998 - 1999
Selected Publications:
Graham, K. and K. P. Sebens. 1996 Distribution of marine invertebrate larvae near vertical surfaces inthe rocky subtidal zone. Ecology 77:933 - 949
Sebens, K.P., J. Witting and B. Helmuth. 1996. Effects of water flow and aggregation on particle capture by the reef coral Madracis mirabilis. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 211:1 - 28.
Sebens, K. P. , K. Vandersall, L. Savina and K. Graham. 1996. Zooplankton capture by two scleractinian corals, Madracis mirabilis and Montastrea cavernosa, in a field enclosure. Marine Biology 127:303 - 318.
Sebens, K. P. 1997. Adaptive responses to water flow: Morphology, energetics, and distribution of reef corals. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, 1996. Vol 2. 1053 - 1058.
Heidelberg, K. B., K. P. Sebens, and J. E. Purcell. 1997. Effects of prey escape behavior and water flow on prey capture by the scleractinian coral, Meandrina meandrites. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symp. Panama City, 1996. 2:1081 - 1086.
Helmuth, B. S. T, K. P. Sebens, and T. L. Daniel. 1997. Morphological variation in coral aggregations: branch spacing and mass flux to coral tissues. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 209:233 - 259
Mills, M. M. and K. P. Sebens. 1997. Particle ingestion efficiency of the corals Siderastrea siderea and Agaricia agaricites: Effects of flow speed and sediment loads. Proc. 8th Int. Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, 1996 Vol. 2:1059 - 1064.
Sebens, K.P., E.J. Maney Jr., and A. Gordon. 1997. Long-term research in the rocky subtidal zone (Massachusetts, 1977 - 1997). Proc. American Academy of Underwater Sciences. pp. 141 - 159.
Helmuth, B.S.T, B.H. Timmerman and K.P. Sebens. 1998. The interplay of host morphology and symbiont microhabitat in coral aggregations. Mar. Biol.130:1 - 10.
Sebens, K.P., S. Grace, B. Helmuth, E. Maney and J. Miles. 1998. Water flow and prey capture by three scleractinian corals, Madracis mirabilis, Montastrea cavernosa and Porites porites in a field enclosure. Marine Biology 131:347 - 360.
Sebens, K. P. 1998. Marine flora and fauna of the Eastern United States. Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, Ceriantharia and Zoanthidea. N.O.A.A. Technical Rpt. NMFS. 141. 68 pp.
Shyka, T. and K.P. Sebens. 2000. Community structure, water column nutrients and water flow in two Pelican Cays Ponds, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin 471:106 - 121.
Sebens, K. P. 2002. Energetic constraints, size gradients and size limits in benthic marine
invertebrates. Integ. and Comp. Biol. 42:853-861.
Sebens, K.P., B. Helmuth, E. Carrington and B. Agius. 2003. Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia, in Belize. Coral Reefs 22:35-47.
Ferrier-Pagïs, J. Witting, E. Tambutt� and K. P. Sebens. 2003. Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata. Coral Reefs. 22:229-240.
Heidelberg, K. , J. Purcell and K.P. Sebens. 2003. Composition and sources of near reef
zooplankton on a Jamaican fore-reef. Coral Reefs 23:263-280.
Witting, J. and K. P. Sebens. 2005. The role of zooplankton capture in six Caribbean scleractinian corals: in situ evidence that heterotrophy enhances calcification and tissue growth rate. Marine Biology (in press).
Mills, M. M., F. Lipschultz and K. P. Sebens. 2004. Particulate matter ingestion and associated uptake by four species of scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs 23:311-324.
Mills, M. M. and K. P. Sebens. 2005. Ingestion and assimilation of nitrogen from benthic sediments by three species of coral. Marine Biology (in press).
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