All About Alan
Everything you ever wanted to know about Dr. Shanks

Table of Contents

 

Dr. Shanks (right) with Dr. Sergio Navarrete, director of Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Chile.

 

Education

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 
 

 

Published Works

PAPERS

  • Shanks, A.L., Grantham, B., and Carr, M. (In Press). Propagule Dispersal Distance and the Size andSpacing of Marine Reserves. Ecological Applications.
  • Johnson, K.B. and A.L. Shanks. (In Press). Predation on planktonic marine and estuarine invertebrate larvae. J. Exp. Marine Biology and Ecology.
  • Sponaugle, S.; Boehlert,G.; Cowen, R.K.; Grimes, C.; Kingsford, M.J.; Leis, J.M.; Lindeman, K.; Morgan, S.G.; Munro, J.L.; Pineda, J.; Shanks, A.L. (In Press) Predicting self–recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates. Ecology.
  • Johnson, J. and A.L. Shanks (In Press). Time-series of the Abundance of Post-larvae of the crabs Cancer magister and Cancer spp. on the Southern Oregon Coast and their cross-shelf transport. Estuaries.
  • Shanks, A.L. (In Press). The Abundance, Vertical Flux, and Gravitational and in situ Sinking Rates of Marine Snow in a Shallow Coastal Water Column. Continental Shelf Research.
  • Shanks , A. L. (In Press ) Internal Tides and the Biology of Continental Shelf Waters. SIMPOSIO CONEXIONES Y DINAMICAS EN SISTEMAS COSTEROS LITORALES: BAHIAS Y COSTAS ABIERTAS, Santiago de Chile, October, 2000.
  • Shanks, A.L., J. Largier, L. Brink, J. Brubaker and R. Hoff. Observations on the distribution of meroplankton during a downwelling event and associated intrusion of the Chesapeake Bay estuarine plume. J. Plankton Res. 24: 391-416.
  • Kingsford, M. J., J. Leis, A. L.Shanks K. Lindeman, S. Morgan and J. Pineda (In Press). Sensory Environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment. Ecology.
  • Roegner, G.C., Hickey, B., Newton, J., Shanks, A.L, and Armstrong, D. (2002). Wind-inducded plume and bloom intrusions into Willapa Bay, Washington. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47:1033-1042.
  • Shanks, A.L. (2002). Previous Agonistic Experience Determines the Pattern of Foraging in Territorial and Non-territorial Lottia gigantea (Sowerby). Behavioral Ecology 13:467-471.
  • Shanks, A.L., Grantham, B., and Carr, M. (In Press). Propagule dispersal distance and the size and spacing of marine reserves. Ecological Applications.
  • Grantham, B.A., G.L. Eckert, and A.L. Shanks (In Press). Dispersal potential if marine invertebrates in diverse habitats. Ecological Applications.
  • Roegner, G.C. and A.L. Shanks (2001). Import of coastally-derived chlorophyll a through South Slough, Oregon. Estuaries 24:244-256.
  • Shanks, A.L., J. Largier, L. Brink, J. Brubaker and R. Hoff. 2000. Evidence for shoreward transport of meroplankton by an upwelling relaxation front. Limnology and Oceanography.45:230-236.
  • Amend, M. and A.L. Shanks. 1999. The timing of larval release in the mole crab. Emerita talpoida. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 183:295-300.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1998. Abundance of post-larval Callinectes sapidus, Penaeus spp., Uca spp., and Labinia spp.collected at an outer coastal site and their cross-shelf transport. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 168:57-69.
  • Johnson, K. and Shanks, A.L. 1997. Predation upon meroplankton: Assessing the risk at near-natural prey densities and in the presence of background plankton. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 158:293-296.
  • Shanks, A.L. and K. Walters. 1997. Holoplankton, meroplankton, and meiofauna associated with marine snow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 156:75-86.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1997. Apparent oceanographic triggers to the spawning of the limpet Lottia digitalis. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 222:31-42.
  • Shanks, A.L. and K. del Carmen. 1997. Larval polychaetes are strongly associated with marine snow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series.154:211-221.
  • Shanks, A.L. and K. Walters. 1996. The feeding of a heterotrophic dinoflagellate (Noctiluca) in marine snow. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41:177- 181.
  • Walters, K. and A.L. Shanks. 1996. Complex trophic and nontrophic interactions between meiobenthic copepods and marine snow. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 198:131-145.
  • Larson, E.T. and A.L. Shanks. 1996. The consumption of marine snow by juvenile stripped and white mullet. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 130:19-28.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1995. Mechanisms of cross-shelf dispersal of larval invertebrates and fish. In: Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Ed. L.R. McEdward. CRC Press Inc. Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 323-368.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1995. Orientated swimming by megalopae of several eastern North Pacific crab species and its potential role in their onshore migration. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. and Ecol. 186:1-17.
  • Wright, W.G. and A.L. Shanks. 1995. Interspecific association between bail-out behavior and habitat is geographically and phylogenetically widespread. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. and Ecol. 188:133-143.
  • Wright, W.G. and A.L. Shanks. 1993. Previous experience determines territorial behavior in Lottia gigantea, an archaeogastropod limpet. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. 166:217-229.
  • Shanks, A.L. and M. Reeder. 1993. Reducing microzones and sulfide production in marine snow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 96:43-47.
  • Shanks, A.L. and E.W. Edmondson. 1990. Vertical flux of metazoans (holoplankton, meiofauna, and larval invertebrates) due to their association with marine snow. Limnol. Oceanogr. 35:455-463.
  • Shanks, A.L. and E. W. Edmondson. 1989. Laboratory-made marine snow: A biological model of the real thing. Mar. Biol. 101:463-470.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1988. Further support for the hypothesis that internal waves can transport larvae of invertebrates and fish onshore. Fish. Bull. 86 (4):703- 714.
  • Shanks, A.L. and W.M. Graham. 1988. Chemical defense in a scyphomedusa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 45:81-86.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1987. Mechanisms of cross-shelf larval transport. p. 15- 28. In Signposts in the Sea. W.F.Herrnkind (Ed.). Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
  • Shanks, A.L. and W. G. Wright. 1987. Internal-wave-mediated shoreward transport of cyprids, megalopae, and gammarids and correlated longshore differences in the settling rate of intertidal barnacles. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 114:1-13.
  • Wells, J.T. and A.L. Shanks. 1987. Observations and geologic significance of marine snow in a shallow-water, partially-enclosed marine embayment. J. Geophys. Res. 92(C12):13,185-13,190.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1987. The onshore transport of an oil spill by internal waves. Science 235:1198-1200.
  • Shanks, A.L. and W. M. Graham. 1987. Orientated swimming in the jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz (Scyphozoan, Rhizostomida). J. Exp. Mar. Ecol. 108:159-169.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1986. Vertical migration and cross-shelf dispersal of larval Cancer spp. and Randallia ornata (Crustacea, Brachyura) off the coast of southern California. Mar. Biol. 92:189-200.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1986. Tidal periodicity in the daily settlement of intertidal barnacle larvae and an hypothesized mechanism for the cross-shelf transport of cyprids. Biol. Bull. 170:429-440.
  • Shanks, A.L. and W.G. Wright. 1986. Adding teeth to wave action: The destructive effects of wave-borne rocks on intertidal organisms. Oecologia 69:420-428.
  • Shanks, A.L., W.G. Wright, and G. Maltz. 1986. What triggers "bail out" in the limpet Lottia gigantea. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 12:71-79.
  • Beers, J.R., J.D. Trent, F.M.H. Reid, and A.L. Shanks. 1986. Macroaggregates and their phytoplanktonic components in the Southern California Bight. J. Plankt. Res. 8:475-487.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1985. The behavioral basis of internal wave induced shoreward transport of the megalopae of Pachygrapsus crassipes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 24: 289-295.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1983. Surface slicks associated with tidally forced internal waves may transport pelagic larvae of benthic invertebrates and fishes shoreward. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 13: 311-315.
  • Shanks, A.L. and J.D. Trent. 1980. Marine snow: Sinking rates and role in vertical flux. Deep-Sea Res. 27A: 137-143.
  • Shanks, A.L. and J.D. Trent. 1979. Marine snow: Microscale nutrient patches. Limnol. Oceanogr. 24: 850-854.
  • Trent, J.D., A.L. Shanks, and M.W. Silver. 1978. In Situ and laboratory measurements on macroscopic aggregates in Monterey Bay, California. Limnol. Oceanogr. 23: 626-635.
  • Silver, M.W., A.L. Shanks, and J.D. Trent. 1978. Marine snow: Microplankton habitat and source of small-scale patchiness in pelagic populations. Science 201: 371-373.
  • Mattison, J.E., J.D. Trent, A.L. Shanks, T.B. Akin, and J.S. Pearse. 1977. Movement and feeding activity of Red Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) adjacent to a kelp forest. Mar. Biol. 39: 25-30.


PAPERS IN REVIEW

  • Shanks, A.L., McCulloch, A.A. (In Review). Fortnightly periodicity in the abundance of diatom and dinoflagellate taxa at a coastal study site. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
  • Roegner, G.C., Armstrong, D.A., Hickey, B.M., and Shanks, A.L. (In Review). Ocean distribution and recruitment of Dungeness crab megalopae to estuaries in southern Washington State. Estuaries
  • Shanks, A.L., McCulloch, A.A, and Miller, J. (In Review). Topographically generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the distribution of larval invertebrates and holoplankters. J. Plankt. Res.
  • McCulloch, A.A., Shanks, A.L. (In Review). Topographically generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the settlement of larval invertebrates. Ecology.


PAPERS IN PREPARATION

  • Cziesla, C.A., A.L. Shanks, and M. Wood. (In Prep). The Transport and Distribution of the Potentially Toxic Diatom Pseudo-nitzschia spp. over the Continental Shelf Adjacent to the Coos Bay.

  • Roegner, C., R. Hooff, S. Rumrill.,and A.L. Shanks. (In Prep). Cross shelf differences in the Distribution and vertical migration of Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) megalopae off the southern Oregon coast. Fishery Bulletin.
  • Shanks, A.L., Largier, J., and Brubaker, J. (In Prep). The nearshore distribution of larval invertebrates during an upwelling event.
  • Shanks, A.L., Largier, J., Brink, L., and Brubaker, J. (In Prep). The cross-shelf distributions of larval invertebrates during transitions from upwelling to downwelling.
  • Shanks, A.L., McCulloch, A.A. (In Prep). Nearshore topographic fronts: Their affect on the distribution of phytoplankton and detritus.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Platyhelminthes: The flatworms with an emphasis on Marine Turbellaria. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.
  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Entroprocta. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.
  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Echiura and Pogonophora: The Coelomate Worms. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.
  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Brachipoda. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.
  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Hemichordata, Class Enteropneusta: The Acorn Worms. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press
  • Shanks, A.L. (2001) Mollusca: The Smaller Groups Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda. In: Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.


BOOKS

  • Shanks, A.L. (Ed.). (2001)A Guide to the Identification of the Larval Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State U. Press.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS (1998 - 2000)

  • Shanks, Alan Anita McCulloch, and Jessica Miller (2001). Nearshore topographic fronts and the dispersal of larvae. Western Society of Naturalist. Portland, OR. Pg. 46.
  • McCulloch, Anita and Alan Shanks (2001). The effects of topographically generated secondary circulation on the nearshore distribution and dispersal of meroplankton. Western Society of Naturalist. Portland, OR. Pg. 39.
  • Miller, Jessica A. and Alan Shanks (2001) Daily light trap collections of juvenile fish in Coos Bay, OR: A time series analysis. Western Society of Naturalist. Portland, OR. Pg. 41.
  • Shanks, A.L., Grantham, B., and Carr, M.H. 2000. The effect of planktonic development time on propagule dispersal distance. 4th International Larval Biology Meeting, Larval 2000, Santa Cruz, California. Pg. 73.
  • Shanks, A.L., Brink, L., Hooff, R., Largier, J., and Brubaker, J. 2000. Observations on the distribution of meroplankton during a downwelling event and associated intrusion of the Chesapeake Bay estuarine plume. 4th International Larval Biology Meeting, Larval 2000, Santa Cruz, California. Pg. 73.
  • Roegner, C. and Shanks, A.L. 2000. Estuarine-nearshore links and the transport of coastally-derived chlorophyll a through South Slough, Oregon. 4th International Larval Biology Meeting, Larval 2000, Santa Cruz, California. Pg. 71.
  • Puls, A.L. and Shanks, A.L. 2000. Dispersal strategies of estuarine invertebrate larvae in the Coos Bay estuary, Oregon. 4th International Larval Biology Meeting, Larval 2000, Santa Cruz, California. Pg. 68.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1998. The role of moving convergence zones in the shoreward migration of larval invertebrates and fish. 3rd International Larval Biology Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1998. Apparent oceanographic triggers to the spawning of the limpet Lottia digitalis. 3rd International Larval Biology Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Shanks, A.L. 1998. Evidence for shoreward transport of meroplankton by an upwelling relaxation front. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego.

 

Interests
  • Science (of course)
  • Reading...Guns, Germs, and Steel is a great book
  • Camping (tent, no RV stuff)
  • Photography
  • Travel
  • Cooking
  • Making beer
  • Mushrooming

Dr. Shanks reading on the deck in Chile

 

Family

 

Lori is the wife of Dr. Shanks. She enjoys reading, yoga, cooking, and talking on the phone.

Hannah is Dr. Shanks' older daughter. She is a Spanish and Journalism major at the University of Oregon.

Gwyn is the youngest. She likes dance and Harry Potter.

Ellie is the very old Shetland Sheepdog.

Sumi is a feisty calico.

Rose, a small orange tabby, is known for her loud purring.

Pigwidgeon is an African Pygmy Hedgehog.