CURRICULUM VITAE
Alan Lloyd Shanks, Associate Professor Biology
Address: University of Oregon
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Charleston, OR 97420
Telephone: (541) 888-2581 ext. 277
E-mail: ashanks@oimb.uoregon.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Marine Biology, 1985. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Thesis Title: The effects of larval behavior and distribution on the cross shelf dispersal of coastal crabs. Thesis Advisor: Dr. James Enright.
B.A. With Highest Honors, 1977. University of California, Santa Cruz
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Department of Biology, University of Oregon. Associate Professor Biology. January 1994 - present.
College of Charleston, Department of Biology, Grice Marine Biological Laboratory: Assistant Professor. August 1990 - December 1993.
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography: Post-doctoral Fellowship, September 1989 to August 1990.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences: Research Assistant Professor, November 1984 to September 1989.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego: Research Assistant, September 1979 to October 1984.
Junior Specialist (an academic position), September 1978 to September 1979. Consultant to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Life Research Group, June 1976 to January 1978.
Environmental Research Consultants: Biological Oceanographer, March 1975 to July 1976.
BIBLIOGRAPHY - REFEREED PAPERS (53Total)
Shanks, A. L., McCulloch, A.A., and Miller, J. (In Press). Topographically generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the distribution of larval invertebrates and holoplankters. J. Plankton Research.
Shanks, A. L., McCulloch, A.A. (In Press) Fortnightly Periodicity in the Abundance of Diatom and Dinoflagellate Taxa at a Coastal Study Site. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Shanks, A.L. and McCulloch, A.A. (In Press). Topographically Generated Fronts, Very Nearshore Oceanography and The Distribution of Chlorophyll, Detritus and Selected Diatom and Dinoflagellate Taxa. Marine Biology.
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., Largier, J., and Brubaker, J. (2003). The nearshore distribution of larval invertebrates during an upwelling event. J. Plankton Res. 25:645- 667.
Johnson, K.B. and A.L. Shanks. (2003). Predation on planktonic marine and estuarine invertebrate larvae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 248:125-139.
Shanks, A.L., Grantham, B., and Carr, M. (2003). Propagule Dispersal Distance and the Size and Spacing of Marine Reserves. Ecological Applications 13:S159-S169.
Grantham, B.A., G.L. Eckert, and A.L. Shanks
(2003). Dispersal potential of marine invertebartes in diverse habitats Ecological
Applications 13:S108-S116.
Sponaugle, S, Cowen, R.K., Shanks, A.L., Morgan, S.G., Leis, J.M., Pineda, J., Boehlert, G.W., Kingsford, M.J., Lindeman, K. , Grimes, C., and Munro, J.L. (2002). Predicting self–recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70(1) Suppl.: 341-375.
Johnson, J. and A.L. Shanks (2002). Time series of the Abundance of the Post-larvae of the crabs Cancer magister and Cancer spp. on the Southern Oregon Coast and their cross-shelf transport. Estuaries 25:1138-1142.
Shanks , A. L. (2002) Internal Tides and the Biology of Continental Shelf Waters. In: The Oceanography and Ecology of the Nearshore and Bays in Chile. Eds. Juan C. Castilla and John L. Largier. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pp. 3-27.
Shanks, A.L. (2002). The Abundance, Vertical Flux, and Still Water Gravitational and in situ Sinking Rates of Marine Snow in a Shallow Coastal Water Column. Continental Shelf Research. 22:2045-2064.
Shanks, A.L., J. Largier, L. Brink, J. Brubaker and R. Hoff. (2002). 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 (2002). Sensory Environments, larval abilities and local self-recruitment. Bulletin of Marine Science. 70(1) Suppl.: 309-340.
Roegner, G.C., Hickey, B., Newton, J., Shanks, A.L., and Armstrong, D. (2002). Wind-induced 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.
Roegner, G.C. and A.L. Shanks (2001). Import of coastally-derived chlorophyll a to 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 (2 Total)
McCulloch, A.A. and Shanks, A.L. (In Review). Topographically generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the settlement of larval invertebrates. J. Plankton Research.
Miller, J.A. and Shanks, A.L. (In Review). Ocean-estuary coupling in the Oregon
upwelling region: the abundance and transport of juvenile fish and larval invertebrates.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series.
PAPERS IN PREPARATION (5Total)
Shanks, A.L. (In Prep.). An analysis of a two-year time series of daily abundance of megalopae and the mechanism of their cross-shelf migration.
Roegner, G.C. and Shanks, A.L. (In Prep.). Patterns of larval crab recruitment
to a Pacific Northwest estuary, 1998-2002.
Shanks, A.L., Castilla, J.C., Guiñez,
R., and Manríquez, P.H. (In Prep.) Sea breeze and diurnal upwelling in
the bay of Antofagasta, Chile.
Shanks, A.L. and Eckert, G. (In Prep.). Life
history traits of California Current fish and benthic crustaceans and the alongshore
dispersal of their larvae.
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.
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. Publication.
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 - 2003)
Shanks, A.L., and McCulluch, A. 2002. Topograpically
generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the settlement of larval invertebrates.
EPOC 2002. 49th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, 25-28 September, 2002, Timberline
Lodge, Oregon.
Miller, J.A. and Shanks, A.L. 2002. Cross-shelf
transport and estuarine ingress of juvenile fish and crab megalopae in the Oregon
upwelling region. EPOC 2002. 49th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, 25-28 September,
2002, Timberline Lodge, Oregon.
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.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
SEMINARS (1997 - 2003)
1998 Shanks, A.L. Apparent oceanographic triggers
to the spawning of the limpet Lottia digitalis. 3rd International Larval Biology
Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
1998 Shanks, A.L. Evidence for shoreward transport
of meroplankton by an upwelling relaxation front. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San
Diego.
1998 Shanks, A.L. Very nearshore oceanography
and the dispersal of larvae. Wednesday Ecology Seminar, Friday Harbor Labs,
U. of Washington.
1999 Shanks, A.L. Larval Dispersal and Very Nearshore
Oceanography. Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Coastal Ocean
(PISCO). Summer meeting, 1999. Santa Cruz, California.
2000 Shanks, A.L., Grantham, B., and Carr, M.H.
The effect of planktonic development time on propagule dispersal distance. 4th
International Larval Biology Meeting, Larval 2000, Santa Cruz, California.
2000 Shanks, A.L. Anita McCulloch, and Jessica
Miller. Nearshore topographic fronts and the dispersal of larvae. Western Society
of Naturalist. Portland, OR.
2001 Shanks, A.L. Nearshore topographic fronts
and the dispersal of larvae. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,
Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas in Las Cruces, Chile.
2002 Shanks, A.L. The effect of planktonic development
time on propagule dispersal distance. Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Chile.
2002 Shanks, A.L. and McCulluch, A. Topographically
generated fronts, very nearshore oceanography and the settlement of larval invertebrates.
49th Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Timberline Lodge, Oregon.
WORKSHOPS
SIMPOSIO CONEXIONES Y DINAMICAS EN SISTEMAS COSTEROS
LITORALES: BAHIAS Y COSTAS ABIERTAS, Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile, Santiago de Chile. Organized by Dr. Juan Carlos Castilla.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
(NCEAS). Developing the Theory of Marine Reserves. Organized by J. Lubchenco,
S. Palumbi, and S. Gains.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
(NCEAS). Open vs. Closed Marine Populations – synthesis and Analysis of
the Evidence. Organized by B. Warner.
GRANTS REVIEWED
National Science Foundation
West Coast National Undersea Research Center,
NOAA
California Sea Grant
Oregon Sea Grant
PAPERS REVIEWED
American Naturalist
Ecology
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Limnology and Oceanography
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Journal of Plankton Research
Marine Biology
MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS
External reviewer for tenure:
Colorado State University
The University of Southern Mississippi
External reviewer for Ph.D.:
The Flinders University of South Australia
The University of Sidney
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Biology Department Service
1998-1999: Graduate Affairs Committee
1999-2000: Graduate Affairs Committee
1999-2000: Biology Major Committee
2000-2001: Graduate Affairs Committee
2000-2001: Biology Major Committee
OIMB Service
1997-1999: OIMB library replacement design
committee
1997-1999: OIMB Estuarine and Coastal Research Lab. design committee
1997-2000: Search and interview committees for four staff positions.
Feb 1 2001 – 1 Oct. 2001: Acting Director OIMB
Community Service
1997: Introduction to Chemistry for the Science “Try-It” Badge - Girl
Scout Troop 97
1997. What is an El Niño. Talk presented to Coos Bay Rotary Club
The Oregon coastal food chain. Oregon Shoreline Awareness Club
2002 Reader for the SMART Program, Madison Elementary School, Coos Bay, OregonGRANTS
Pending
NSF – GK-12. Track 1, GK-12: Improving STEM content for K-6 grades in coastal
rural schools in Oregon. P.I.s A.L. Shanks and J. Hodder. Oct. 2003 – Sept.
2006. Total Grant $1,487,132.
NSF – Biological Oceanography. Are Meroplankton Transported Offshore by
Upwelling, and Onshore by Downwelling Events? P.I. A.L. Shanks. Sept. 2003 –
Aug. 2006. Total Grant $370,265.
Oregon Sea Grant. Local and Regional Patterns of Dispersal and Exchange in Coastal
Fish as Determined with Otolith Microchemistry. P.I.s A.L. Shanks, J.A. Miller.
Mar 1, 2004 to Feb 28, 2006. Total Grant. $169,670.
Past (1997 to present)
SHN Consulting Engineers and Geologists, Inc. Environmental Assessment Port
Orford Effluent Disposal Project. $22,919. End date Nov. 30 2002
NOAA - PNCERS -Natural and anthropogenic variability in Northeastern Pacific
coastal systems: An integrated approach to understanding physical and human
processes that affect system health, resource viability, and management response.
P.I.’s R. Hilborn, D. Armstrong, D., B. Hickey, S. Hanna, and A. Shanks.
Duration, 5 years. Sept., 1997 - Aug., 2002 Total grant $5,000,000. (University
of Oregon $350,956).
NSF-Small Grant for Exploratory Research. Very Nearshore Oceanography and the
Dispersal of Larval Invertebrates. PI A.L. Shanks. Duration 1 year. 1 June 2000
to 31 May 2001. $49,885 - Renewed for an additional Year starting 1 June through
31 May 2002.
NSF - Division of Ocean Sciences Research, Interdisciplinary Coastal Studies
Program. Distribution and Transport of Larvae of Inner-Shelf Benthic Invertebrates.
R.T. Guza, J.L. Largier, .A. Butman, S.J. Lentz, L.D. Wright, and A.L. Shanks.
Duration 2.5 years. Aug., 1996 - July, 1999 Total grant $1,960,339. (University
of Oregon $212,205).
NSF - Biological Oceanography. An investigation of predation on meroplankton
using in situ experiments. A.L. Shanks. Duration 2 years. Sept., 1995 - Aug.,
1997 $127,134.
Weyerhaeuser Corporation. Development of a Guide to the Identification of Larval
Invertebrates Found in the Coos River Estuary. A.L. Shanks. Duration 1.5 years.
June, 1996 - Dec., 1997 $50,000
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fulbright Scholar. 1 October 2001 to 30 June
2002. Binational Educational Commission in Chile. Lecture/Research in Biological
Oceanography at the P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago Chile.
PISCO (Partnership for the Interdisciplinary
Study of the Coastal Ocean) Research Fellow. Summer, 1999.
Third Prize in Yeast Breads at the San Juan County Fair, August 1998.