Katherine Holmes

Biodiversity Specialist
Marine Program, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

Tel: (212) 313-7651
Fax: (212) 769-5292
Email:
Web page: http://cbc.amnh.org/center/staff/stffholmes.html

Education
M.Sc., Biology, McGill University, 1996
B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology, Queen's University, Ontario, 1993

Research Interests
Kate Holmes, a marine ecologist, has been helping with the coordination of the Bahamas Biocomplexity Project as well as contributing to the research activities of two of the project's working groups. Kate is coordinating and actively participating in the collection, processing and analyzing activities of the genetic component of the Connectivity Working Group's effort to assess the connectivity of marine taxa throughout the Bahamian archipelago. She also has been similarly contributing to the field work of the project's Habitat Working Group which is examining habitat patterns and processes across scales. Within both of these research areas, she has been training and mentoring undergraduate students with interests in contributing to the project. Kate has also spoken at a number of Bahamian primary schools about how scientists study the sea.

Selected Publications
Harborne A.R., P.J. Mumby, C.V. Kappel, C.P. Dahlgren, F. Micheli, K.E. Holmes, and D.R. Brumbaugh. In Press. Tropical coastal habitats as surrogates of fish community structure, grazing, and fisheries value. Ecological Applications.

Harborne, A.R., P.J. Mumby, C.V. Kappel, C.P. Dahlgren, F. Micheli, K.E. Holmes, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Broad, I. Elliott, and D.R. Brumbaugh. In Press. Reserve effects and natural variation in coral reef communities. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Mumby, P.J., A.R. Harborne, J. Williams, C.V. Kappel, D.R. Brumbaugh, F. Micheli, K.E. Holmes, C.P. Dahlgren, C.B. Paris, and P.G. Blackwell. 2007. Trophic cascade facilitates coral recruitment in a marine reserve. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(20): 8362-8367. [PDF]

Mumby, P.J., C.P. Dahlgren, A.R. Harborne, C.V. Kappel, F. Micheli, D.R. Brumbaugh, K.E. Holmes, J.M. Mendes, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Buch, S. Box, R.W. Stoffle, and A.B. Gill. 2006. Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101.

Mumby, P.J., F. Micheli, C.P. Dahlgren, S.Y. Litvin, A.B. Gill, D.R. Brumbaugh, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, C.V. Kappel, A.R. Harborne, and K.E. Holmes. 2006. Marine parks need sharks? Response to letter. Science 312: 527-528.

Harborne, A.R., P.J. Mumby, F. Micheli, C.T. Perry, C.P. Dahlgren, K.E. Holmes, and D.R. Brumbaugh. 2006. The functional value of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats to ecosystem processes. Advances in Marine Biology 50: 57-190.

Holmes, K. 2005. New research shows fish & corals thrive in Exuma Cays Park – the first Bahamas marine reserve. The Bahamas Naturalist and Journal of Science 1(1): 25-28.

Holmes, K.E. 2001. Kastom Laef Blong Solwota: ol Woman i Save Lukaotem Rif mo ol Woman i Save Lukaotem ol Risos. (Custom Life of the Sea: Women as Guardians of their Resources.) Duration 1hr 16 min. Copyright Vanuatu Cultural Centre.

Holmes, K.E. 2001. Reef Survivors. Duration 15 min. Copyright Vanuatu Cultural Centre.

Holmes, K.E., E.N. Edinger, G. Valentino, Hariyadi, and M.J. Risk. 2000. Bioerosion of massive corals and coral rubble on Indonesian Coral Reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(7): 606-617.

Holmes, K.E. 2000. Effects of eutrophication on clionid sponge communities with the description of new West Indian sponges, Cliona spp. (Porifera: Hadromerida: Clionidae). Invertebrate Biology 119(2): 125-138.