Stephen R. Palumbi
Professor
Hopkins Marine Station
Stanford University
Oceanview Blvd
Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Tel: (831) 655-6210
Fax: (831) 375-0793
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Web page: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Palumbi/PeoplePages/Steve.html

Education
Ph.D., Marine Ecology , University of Washington, 1984
B.A., Biological Sciences John Hopkins University, 1978

  Research Interests
Steve Palumbi's interest in the Bahamas Biocomplexity project is to determine the genetic connectivity of marine populations including coral, conch, and lobsters within The Bahamas and between The Bahamas and the rest of the Caribbean. Analyzing gene flow between local and regional populations will provide insight into how far these species' egg and larvae are being transported. This information can be used to help define the parameters of marine reserve networks and inform management strategies of critical reef species.

A major focus of Steve's laboratory work is on the genetics of marine populations in the context of the design and implementation of marine protected areas for conservation and fisheries enhancement. Steve has recently completed a report on marine reserves as ecosystem tools for the Pew Oceans Commission, entitled Marine Reserves: An Ecosystem Tool for Marine Management and Conservation. He has co-organized a working group at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis on Marine Protected Areas and co-organized an American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium on this topic.

Selected Publications
Vollmer, S.V. and S.R. Palumbi. 2007. Restricted gene flow in the Caribbean staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis: Implications for the recovery of endangered reefs. Journal of Heredity 98(1): 40-50. [PDF]

Galindo, H.M., D. B. Olson, and S.R. Palumbi. 2006. Seascape genetics: A coupled oceanographic-genetic model predicts population structure of Caribbean corals. Current Biology 16: 1622-1626. [PDF]

Palumbi, S.R. 2004. Marine reserves and ocean neighborhoods: The spatial scale of marine populations and their management. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 29: 31-68. [PDF]

Vollmer, S.V. and S.R. Palumbi. 2004 Testing the utility of internally transcribed spacer sequences in coral phylogenetics. Molecular Ecology 13(9): 2763-2772 [Abstract PDF]

Gerber, L.R., L.W. Botsford, A. Hastings, H.P. Possingham, S.D. Gaines, S.R. Palumbi, and S.J. Andelman. 2003. Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis. Ecological Applications 13(Supp.): 47-64. [PDF]

Lubchenco, J., S.R. Palumbi, S.D. Gaines, S. Andelman. 2003. Plugging a hole in the ocean: The emerging science of marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13(Supp.): 3-7. [PDF]

Palumbi, S.R. 2003. Population genetics, demographic connectivity, and the design of marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13(Supp.): 146-158. [PDF]

Palumbi, S.R. 2002. Marine Reserves: An Ecosystem Tool for Marine Management and Conservation. Pew Oceans Commission Arlington, VA.

Vollmer, S.V. and S.R. Palumbi. 2002. Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity. Science 296(5575): 2023-2025.

Barber P.H., S.R. Palumbi, M.V. Erdmann, and M.K. Moosa. 2002. Sharp genetic breaks among populations of Haptosquilla pulchella (Stomatopoda) indicate limits to larval transport: patterns, causes, and consequences. Molecular Ecology 11(4): 659-674.

Palumbi, S.R. 2001. The ecology of marine protected areas. In: M.D. Bertness, S.M. Gaines, and M.E. Hixon (eds.), Marine Community Ecology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass: 509-530.

Barber P.H., S.R. Palumbi, M.V. Erdmann, and M.K. Moosa. 2000. Biogeography: a marine Wallace's line. Nature 406(6797): 692-693.