PETER H. WIEBE
Biologist, Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
98 Water Street, MS# 11
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1053
B.S., North Arizona University, 1962
Ph.D. Physics, University 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 Significiant Publications:
1990 W iebe, P.H., C.H. Greene, T. Stanton, and J. Burczynski, “Sound scattering by live zooplankton and micronekton: empirical studies with a dualbeam acoustical system,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am .
88 , 2346-2360.
1994 Wiebe, P.H. and C.H. Greene, “The use of high frequency acoustics in the study of zooplankton spatial and temporal patterns,” Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar
Biology, 7 : 133-157.
1994 Stanton, T.K., P.H. Wiebe, D. Chu, L. Goodman, “Acoustic characterization and discrimination of mari ne zooplankton and turbulence,” ICES J. Mar. Sci.
, 51 : 469-479.
1994 Stanton, T.K., P.H. Wiebe, D. Chu, M. Benfield, L. Scanlon, L. Martin, and R.L. Eastwood,
“Acoustic characterization of zooplankton,” ICES J. Mar. Sci.
, 51 : 505-512.
1996 Benfield, M.C., C.S. Davis, P.H. Wiebe, S.M. Gallager, R. G.Lough, and N.J. Copley.
“Comparative distributions of calanoid copepods, pteropods, and larvaceans estimated from concurrent video plankton recorder and MOCNESS tows in the stratified region of Georges
Bank,” Deep-Sea Research II , 43 : 1925-1945.
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. Astthor Gislasen, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
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. Louis Goodman, ONR, Arlington, Virginia
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
Dr. Joe Warren, Southampton College, NY
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
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. Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University
Dr. Fredrika Norrbin, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway
Dr. Duncan McGehee, Tracor, Inc. San Diego
Dr. Erhan Mutlu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gareth Lawson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student