Biographical Sketch
NAME: Steven Seward Rumrill, Research Scientist and Program Coordinator
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
ADDRESS: South Slough NERR PHONE: (541) 888-2581 ext 302
P.O. Box 5417 FAX: (541) 888-3250
Charleston, OR 97420 EMAIL: Steve.Rumrill@state.or.us
EDUCATION: Ph.D. / Zoology: University of Alberta, Edmonton (1987)
M.Sc. / Marine Sciences: University of California at Santa Cruz (1983)
B.A. / Biology: University of California at Santa Cruz (1981)
EMPLOYMENT:
Adjunct Professor, Marine Resource Management, Oregon State University (1996-present); Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, Univ. of Oregon (1990-present); Research Scientist and Program Coordinator, South Slough Natl. Estuarine Research Reserve (1990-present); Instructor, Coastal Wetland Restoration (Univ. Oregon / 1996 & 1998); Marine Ecology (Bamfield Marine Station / 1994 & 1987); Larval Ecology of Estuarine Invertebrates (Univ. Oregon Institute of Marine Biology / 1991-93); Visiting Lecturer in Zoology, Univ. Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories (Spring, 1990); Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer on Biology, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (1988-89); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution (1987-88)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Environmental Hero (2002)
National Estuarine Research Reserve Association / Merit Service Award (1999)
PRESENT RESEARCH SUPPORT:
(other than Sea Grant)
NERR – SWMP / Ambient monitoring program for the South Slough estuary ($135,000)
ANSTF / Development of an Aquatic Invasive Species Program for the NERRS ($30,000)
Western Regional Aquaculture Center / Ecological Impacts of Oysters ($90,000)
ANSTF - NERRS / Prevention and control of invasions by exotic decapod crabs ($5,000)
NFWF / Broad-scale NIS monitoring along the Pacific west coast NERRS / NMS (pending)
PUBLICATIONS (Examples): Wasson, K., D. Lohrer, M. Crawford, and S.S. Rumrill. 2002. Non-native species in our nation's estuaries: a framework for an invasion monitoring program. NOAA/ERD Technical Report 2002:1-57.
Rumrill, S.S. 1998. Habitat variability and function in Pacific northwest estuaries. Pp. 12-23, in Protecting and Restoring Pacific Northwest Estuaries (NOAA / PNCERS Technical Report, 1998)
Rumrill, S.S. and C.E. Cornu. 1995. South Slough coastal watershed restoration: a case study in integrated ecosystem restoration. Restoration and Management Notes 13:53-57.
Rumrill, S.S. 1994. Non-point source pollution research and monitoring within the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. pp. 11-17. Proc. Coastal Non-Point Source Workshop, Building Partnerships (Tampa, FL) / US-EPA
Young, C.M., Tyler, P.A., Cameron, J.L., and S.S. Rumrill. 1992. Seasonal breeding aggregations in low density populations of the bathyal echinoid Stylocidaris lineata. Marine Biology 113: 603-612.
Rumrill, S.S. 1990. Natural mortality of marine invertebrate larvae. Ophelia 32: 163-198.
Rumrill, S.S. 1989. Population size-structure, juvenile growth and breeding periodicity of the sea star Asterina miniata in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 56: 37-47.
Rumrill, S.S., Pennington, J.T., and F.S. Chia. 1985. Differential susceptibility of marine invertebrate larvae: laboratory predation of sand dollar, Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz) embryos and larvae by zoeae of the red crab, Cancer productus Randall. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 90: 193-208.
 
     
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