PETER H. WIEBE
Biologist, Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
45 Water Street, MS# 33
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1053
B.S., North Arizona University, 1962
Ph.D. Bio.Oceanogr, Univ. of California, 1968
Tel: (508) 289- 2757
OVERALL EXPERIENCE
Quantitative population ecology of zooplankton with emphasis on zooplankton small scale distribution and
abundance, organic matter transport into the deep-sea, the biology of Gulf Stream Rings, zooplankton
associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents, dynamics of populations on Georges Bank and on the
continental shelf region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, and the acoustical determination of
zooplankton biomass, abundance, and size.
POSITIONS HELD
Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1962-1968
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 1968-1969
Temporary Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, July-August, 1969
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1969-1974
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1974-1984
Director, Center for Analysis of Marine Systems (WHOI), January 1983- December 1986
Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984-present
Adjunct Professor, Boston University, 1989-2003
Department Chairman, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1988-1992
Senior Scientist, 1994-present; Associate Scientist with Tenure, 1988-1993, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
Chair, University-Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), 2004-2006
PUBLICATIONS:
Five Significant Publications:
1990 Wiebe, P.H., C.H. Greene, T. Stanton, and J. Burczynski, “Sound scattering by live zooplankton
and micronekton: empirical studies with a dual-beam acoustical system,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88,
2346-2360.
1996 Wiebe, P.H., D. Mountain, T.K. Stanton, C. Greene, G. Lough, S. Kaartvedt, J. Dawson, and N.
Copley. Acoustical study of the spatial distribution of plankton on Georges Bank and the relation of
volume backscattering strength to the taxonomic composition of the plankton. Deep-Sea
Research II. 43: 1971-2001.
1997 Wiebe, P.H., T.K. Stanton, M.C. Benfield, D.G. Mountain, and C.H. Greene. High-frequency
acoustic volume backscattering in the Georges Bank coastal region and its interpretation using
scattering models. In. "Shallow water acoustics, geophysics, and oceanography". IEEE Journal of
Oceanic Engineering. 22(3): 445-464.
2003 Wiebe, P.H. and M.C. Benfield. From the Hensen Net toward four-dimensional biological
oceanography. Progress in Oceanography. 56(1): 7-136.
2004 Lawson, G.L., P.H. Wiebe, C.J. Ashjian, S.M. Gallager, C.S. Davis, and J.D. Warren. 2004.
Acoustically-inferred zooplankton distribution in relation to hydrography west of the Antarctic
peninsula. Deep Sea Research II. 51(17-19): 2041-2072.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Member of the Advisory Committee for the NSF Geoscience Division
Member of the ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology
Member (U.S. representative) of the ICES Oceanography Committee (appointed in June 1999).
Ex-officio member of U.S. GLOBEC National Steering Committee
Chairman of the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program Executive Committee (1993 to present)
COLLABORATORS: (last five years)
WHOI Scientific Collaborators:
Dr. Dezhang Chu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nancy Copley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Scott Gallager, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Andone Lavery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Heidi Sosik, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Timothy Stanton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Non-WHOI Scientific Collaborators:
Dr. Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University
Dr. Glenn Flierl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Astthor Gislasen, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
Dr. Charles Greene, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Dr. Greg Lough, NMFS/NEFC, Woods Hole, MA
Dr. Stein Kaartvedt, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Dr. Charles Miller, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Dr. David Mountain, NMFS/NEFC, Woods Hole, MA
Dr. Bruce Monger, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dr. Hein Rune Skjoldal, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE ADVISORS
Graduate Advisor: Dr. John McGowan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Postdoctoral Advisor: Dr. Malvern Gilmartin, University of Maine
THESIS ADVISOR AND POSTGRADUATE-SCHOLAR SPONSOR
Dr. Linda Martin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student
Dr. Joe Warren, Southampton College, Graduate Student
Dr. Armando Tamse, Boston University Marine Program, Graduate Student
Dr. Linda Martin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student
Dr. Gareth Lawson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student
Dr. Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University, Post Doc
Dr. Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Post Doc
Dr. Duncan McGehee, Tracor, Inc. San Diego, Post Doc
Dr. Erhan Mutlu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Post Doc