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Sebens,Kenneth
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sebens@u.washington.edu
206-616-0764 (office)
360-378-2165 (lab)
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Research Overview

My interests are in marine benthic ecology, coral reef ecology, hydrodynamic effects on marine benthos, and theoretical ecology......


Biography

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)                                                             Professor, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, UW (2005-present)                                                               Director, U.W. Friday Harbor Laboratories (2005-present)


 


Selected Publications

Heidelberg, KB, O'Neil KL, Bythell JC, Sebens KP.  2010.  Vertical distribution and diel patterns of zooplankton abundance and biomass at Conch Reef, Florida Keys (USA). Journal of Plankton Research. 32(1):75-91. Abstract
Satterlie, RA, Pearse JS, Sebens KP.  2009.  The black box, the creature from the Black Lagoon, August Krogh, and the dominant animal. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(2):89-92.
Jenkins, SR, Moore P, Burrows MT, Garbary DJ, Hawkins SJ, Ingolfsson A, Sebens KP, Snelgrove PVR, Wethey DS, Woodin SA.  2008.  Comparative Ecology of North Atlantic Shores: Do Differences in Players Matter for Process? Ecology. 89(11):S3-S23. Abstract
Badgley, BD, Lipschultz F, Sebens KP.  2006.  Nitrate uptake by the reef coral Diploria strigosa: effects of concentration, water flow, and irradiance. Marine Biology. 149(2):327-338. Abstract
Heidelberg, KB, Sebens KP, Purcell JE.  2004.  Composition and sources of near reef zooplankton on a Jamaican forereef along with implications for coral feeding. Coral Reefs. 23(2):263-276. Abstract
Mills, MM, Lipschultz F, Sebens KP.  2004.  Particulate matter ingestion and associated nitrogen uptake by four species of scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs. 23(3):311-323. Abstract
Mills, MM, Sebens KP.  2004.  Ingestion and assimilation of nitrogen from benthic sediments by three species of coral. Marine Biology. 145(6):1097-1106. Abstract
Ferrier-Pages, C, Witting J, Tambutte E, Sebens KP.  2003.  Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata. Coral Reefs. 22(3):229-240. Abstract
Sebens, KP, Helmuth B, Carrington E, Agius B.  2003.  Effects of water flow on growth and energetics of the scleractinian coral Agaricia tenuifolia in Belize. Coral Reefs. 22(1):35-47. Abstract
Sebens, KP.  2002.  Energetic constraints, size gradients, and size limits in benthic marine invertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42(4):853-861. Abstract