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 ROBERT
T. PAINE PROFILE
Probably
no one understands nature's interconnections quite like University
of Washington zoologist Robert T. Paine. Bob's study of Tatoosh
Island off the Washington coast is the longest ongoing study of
a single area, by the same scientist, in the nation. His work
on competition among species resulted in one of the most important
principals of modern ecology; a principal called, "keystone species."
A fan of fog, cold weather and rainy places, Bob feels most at
home on Tatoosh. At 6'6"he easily leaps over the island's treacherous
terrain in his search for science among the tide pools, nooks
and crannies of his favorite outdoor laboratory.
Born
Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 13, 1933
Degrees
A.B.: 1954 Harvard University
Ph.D.: 1961 University of Michigan
Academic
History
- Ornithologist,
Harvard Expedition to Chiapas, Mexico, Summer, 1954
- Predoctoral
Instructor, University of Michigan, 1960-61.
- Assistant
Professor of Zoology, University of Washington, 1962-67.
- Associate
Professor of Zoology, University of Washington, 1967-71.
- Professor
of Zoology, University of Washington, 1971-98.
- Professor
emeritus of Zoology, University of Washington, Dec. 1998- .
- Visiting
Professor, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, July,
1968 - June, 1969.
- Visiting
Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, August -
September, 1974.
Fellowships
and Honors
- Lerner
Marine Fellowship, American Museum of Natural History, 1959.
- Sverdrup
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
1961-62.
- Third Tansley
Lecturer, British Ecological Society, 1979.
- AAAS Fellow,
1980.
- John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1981-82.
- MacArthur
Award, Ecological Society of America, 1983.
- National
Academy of Sciences, 1986.
- The Ecology
Institute Prize (Germany), 1989.
- Doctor
of Science, Colby College, 1996.
- Visiting
Lectureship, British Ecological Society, 1996.
- Sewell
Wright Award; American Society of Naturalists, 1997.
- American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, 1999.
Professional
Activities
- Editorial
Board: Limnology and Oceanography, 1972-1975.
- Editorial
Board: Ecology, Ecological Monographs, 1971-1974.
- Panel Member,
Biological Oceanography, NSF, 1975-1977.
- Vice-President,
Ecological Society of America, 1977-1978.
- Board of
Directors, Palau Marine Research Institute, 1979-
- President,
Ecological Society of America, 1979-1980.
- NRC panels
(OCS Oil, 1987-90; Young Investigators, 1990-1994; Introduced
Marine Species, 1991; Valuation of Biodiversity, 1995- ; Ecosystem
Management, 1995- ; Board on Biology, 1996- ; Commission on
Life Sciences, 1998- ).
- Pew Fellows
Program (Marine Conservation Biology), Advisory Board, 1997-2000.
Biblography
(from 1990 to current)
| 1990a |
Direct
and indirect effects of Peregrine Falcon predation on Seabird
abundance (with J.T. Wootton and P.D. Boersma). Auk 107:1-9. |
| 1990b |
Benthic
macroalgal competition: complication and consequences. J.
Phycol. 26:12-17. |
| 1991a |
Conversational
biology and ecological debate. In: Classics in Ecology,
Sinauer. (with Joel Kingsolver), pp. 309-317. |
| 1991b |
Between
Scylla and Charybdis: Do some kinds of criticism merit a response?
Oikos 62:90-92. |
| 1992a |
Food
web analysis through field measurement of per capita
interaction strength. Nature 355:73-75. |
| 1992b |
Studies
on processes influencing biological diversity on rocky shores.
Northwest Environ. Journal 8:148-150. |
| 1993 |
A
salty and salutary perspective on global change. Pp. 347-355
in (P.M. Kareiva, J.G. Kingsolver and R.B. Huey, eds.) Biotic
Intercations and Global Change. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland,
Mass. |
| 1994 |
Marine
Rocky Shores and Community Ecology: an Experimentalist's Perspective.
Ecology Institute (Germany). 152 pp. |
| 1995 |
A
conversation on refining the concept of keystone species.
Conservation Biology 9: 962-964. |
| 1996 |
Preface,
pp ix-x. Integration of Patterns and Dynamics. Eds. E.A. Polis
and K.O. Winemiller. Chapman & Hall. |
| 1996 |
Challenges
in the quest for keystones. M.E. Power, et al. Bio Science,
46: 609-620. |
| 1996 |
Ecological
interactions and habitat modification in nesting Common Murres,
Uria aalge. (With J. Parrish). Bird Conservation International
6:261-269. |
| 1996 |
Trouble
on oiled waters: lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
(With 7 co-authors). Annual Review Ecology and Systematics.
27:197-235 |
| 1996 |
Effects
of productivity, consumers, competitors, and El Niño events
on food chain patterns in a rocky intertidal community. (With
J.T. Wootton, M.E. Power and C.A. Pfister). Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. 93:13855-13858 |
| 1998 |
Celestial
mechanics, sea-level changes and intertidal ecology. (With
M.W. Denny). Biol. Bull. 194:108-115. |
| 1998 |
Compounded
perturbations yield ecological surprises. (With M.J. Tegner
and E.A. Johnson). Ecosystems 1:535-545. |
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