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Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert

Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert
annaph@gso.uri.edu
401-874-6573
Degree Program: PhD

Educational Background

B.A.
M.S.
 Carleton College
University of California Santa Cruz
 2001
2005

Areas of Specialization

Research

Estuarine-shelf exchange processes; larval behavior and transport; numerical modeling

Publications:

Galindo, H.M., A.S. Pfeiffer-Herbert, M.A. McManus, Y. Chao, F. Chai, and S.R. Palumbi. 2010. Seascape genetics along a steep cline: using genetic patterns to test predictions of marine larval dispersal. Molecular Ecology, 19:3692-370. Anthony, A., J. Atwood, P. August, C. Byron, S. Cobb, C. Foster, C. Fry, A. Gold , K. Hagos, L. Heffner, Q. Kellogg, K. Lellis, J. Opaluch, C. Oviatt, A. Pfeiffer-Herbert, N. Rohr, L. Smith, T. Smythe, J. Swift, and N. Vinhateiro. 2009. Coastal Lagoons and Climate Change: Ecological and Social Ramifications in U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ecosystems. Ecology and Society, 14:8. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S., M.A. McManus, P. Raimondi, Y. Chao, and F. Chai.  2007.  Dispersal of barnacle larvae along the central California coast: a modeling study. Limnology and Oceanography, 52:1559-1569. McManus, M.A. and A.S. Pfeiffer-Hoyt.  2007. Winds, effects on waves and currents. In Denny, M.W. and Gaines, S.D. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Tidepools.  Univ. of California Press. pp 399-401. Pfeiffer-Hoyt, A.S. and M.A. McManus. 2005. Modeling the effects of environmental variability on Balanus glandula larval development. Journal of Plankton Research, 27:1211-1228. 

Presentations:

Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S., C. Kincaid, K. Rosenberger, D.L. Bergondo. Dynamics of deep shelf water intrusions in the Narragansett Bay estuary. Poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, June 7-12, 2009. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A., A. Anthony, J. Atwood, and 17 others. Managing the physical, ecological and social impacts of global climate change on lagoons of the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts. Poster presentation, International Marine Conservation Congress, May 17-24, 2009. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S., C. Kincaid, N.L. La Sota, J.M. Rogers, D.L. Bergondo, and D. Ullman. Role of wind forcing in estuarine-shelf exchange and hypoxia in a partially-mixed estuary.  Presentation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 15-19, 2008. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S. Larval transport in Rhode Island and Block Island sounds. Invited presentation, Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, October 20-21, 2008. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S., Kincaid, C., Bergondo, D.L., Collie, J.S., and Rogers, J.M.  Physical and biological processes of estuarine-shelf exchange in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Poster presentation, Estuarine Research Federation Conference, November 4-8, 2007. Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.S.  Conserving Rhode Island coastal ponds: integrating terrestrial, freshwater and marine priorities.  Poster presentation, Conference for Sustainability IGERTs, October 10-13, 2007. Pfeiffer-Hoyt, A.S., McManus, M.A., Raimondi, P.T., and Chao, Y.  Predicting Balanus glandula larval dispersal through coupled biological and physical modeling. Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20-24, 2006.