October 11, 2007
F. Joel Fodrie
CURRICULUM VITAE - FREDRICK JOEL FODRIE
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
101 Bienville Boulevard
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Tel #: 251 861 7503
Email: jfodrie@disl.org
FAMILY:
Spouse
Children
Lindsey Willis Fodrie (married 04-22-2000)
Hubert Glenn “Rafe” Fodrie (born 04-04-2006)
EDUCATION:
2006
1999
1995
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography (Dr. Lisa A Levin, Advisor)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of California, San Diego
B.A. Biology with Highest Honors, and History
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
East Carteret High School; Beaufort, North Carolina (Valedictorian)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
20062000-2006
1999-2000
1998
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Dr. KL Heck, Jr; Co-mentored by Dr. Sean P. Powers),
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL
Graduate Research Assistant, Biological Oceanography (Dr. LA Levin), Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Marine Biology Technician, Benthic Ecology Laboratory (Dr. CH Peterson), Institute of
Marine Sciences, UNC-CH, Morehead City, NC
Marine Biology Technician, Coastal Environmental and Microbiological Laboratory (Dr.
HW Paerl), Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-CH, Morehead City, NC
AWARDS:
2006
2006
20012001
1999
1998
1995-1998
E.W. Fager Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Contributions to Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
Texas Institute of Oceanography Postdoctoral Fellow - Declined
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship - Declined
R.E. Coker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Ecology: “Site-specific
test of source-sink dynamics of a bay scallop population”
Phi Beta Kappa
James M. Johnston Scholar; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
GRANTS:
2006-2009
2005-2006
National Marine Fishery Service ($382,044) “Estimating the relative importance of
northern Gulf nursery habitats to adult fish populations: studies of gray snapper (Lutjanus
griseus) and gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis)”
California Sea Grant Rapid Response ($9,999) “Development of LA-ICPMS methods to
chart movements of fish”
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2004-2006
2003-2004
2002
2001
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California Department of Boating and Waterways ($70,000) “Assessing the ecological
value of southern California marinas as nursery habitat”
UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant ($11,500) “Tracking movements of juvenile
fish via elemental fingerprinting and stable isotope analyses”
California Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative Graduate Research Award ($10,000)
“Evaluating the relative importance of coastal habitat types as productive nursery
grounds for the California halibut”
California Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative Graduate Research Award ($10,000)
“Retroactive tracking of nursery habitat use by California halibut”
PUBLICATIONS:
Fodrie, FJ and LA Levin (In press) Linking juvenile habitat utilization to population dynamics of the
California halibut. Limnology and Oceanography
Fodrie, FJ, MD Kenworthy and SP Powers (submitted to Ecology) Facilitation generates enhanced risk
for a shared prey in an oyster-reef community despite intraguild predation.
Fodrie, FJ, LA Levin and AJ Lucas (submitted to Ecology) Role of population demography in evaluating
the nursery function of juvenile habitats
Rathburn, AE, LA Levin, M Tryon, W Ziebis, JM Gieskes, JB Martin, ME Pérez, FJ Fodrie, C Neira, G
Mendoza, PA McMillan, J Adamic and J Kluesner (submitted to Progress in Oceanography) Geological
and biological heterogeneity of the Aleutian Margin (2000-4800 m).
SZ Herzka, R Griffiths, FJ Fodrie and ID McCarthy (submitted to Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society) Size-specific distribution and movement patterns of juvenile flatfish in a Pacific
estuary derived through length-frequency and mark-recapture data.
Fodrie, FJ, and SH Herzka (revised manuscript with Marine Ecology Progress Series) Tracking juvenile
fish movement and nursery contribution within arid coastal embayments via otolith microchemistry.
Becker, BJ, LA Levin, FJ Fodrie and PA McMillan (2007) Population connectivity patterns differ in
closely related coastal bivalve species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(9): 32673272.
Fodrie, FJ, SZ Herzka, AJ Lucas and V Francisco (2007) Intraspecific density regulates positioning and
feeding mode selection of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus. Journal of Experimental Marine
Biology and Ecology. 340: 169-183.
Fodrie, FJ and G Mendoza (2006) Availability, usage and expected contribution of potential nursery
habitats for the California halibut. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68(1-2): 149-164.
Becker, BJ, FJ Fodrie, P McMillan and LA Levin (2005) Spatial and temporal variability in trace
elemental fingerprints of Mytilid mussel shells: A precursor to invertebrate larval tracking. Limnology
and Oceanography 50(1): 48-61.
Craig, MT, FJ Fodrie and PA Hastings (2004) The nearshore fish assemblage of the Scripps Coastal
Reserve, San Diego, California. Coastal Management 32: 341-351.
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Peterson CH, FJ Fodrie, HC Summerson & SP Powers (2001) Site-specific and density-dependent
extinction of prey by schooling rays: generation of a population sink in top-quality habitat for bay
scallops. Oecologia 129:349-356.
PUBLICATIONS (COMPLETED DATASETS IN PREP):
Fodrie, FJ, BJ Becker, LA Levin, K Gruenthal and PA McMillan (completed manuscript) Short-term
variability in settlement and elemental fingerprints of bay and open coast Mytilid mussels. Journal of
Shellfish Research
Fodrie, FJ, LA Levin and AE Rathburn (completed manuscript) Photographic observations of bathyal
megafaunal density and composition along the Aleutian Margin. Marine Biology
Fodrie, FJ (in prep) Trophic function and recovery of ichthyofauna in natural and restored southern
California wetlands inferred via stable isotope analyses. Estuaries and Coasts
Fodrie, FJ, SP Powers and KH Heck (in prep) Ichthyofaunal community structure and nursery potential
of northern Gulf of Mexico seagrass meadows. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Fodrie, FJ, KW Heck, SP Powers, K Park and WM Graham (in prep) Thirty-year change in northern
Gulf of Mexico seagrass ichthyofauna represents addition of tropical species. Climate Change
Fodrie, FJ, SZ Herzka and GS Cook (in prep) Can post-settlement immigration expand a bottleneck in
the life history of estuarine-dependent finfish: a comparative approach using trace element and stable
isotope data? Fisheries Oceanography
Craig, MT and FJ Fodrie (in prep) Fish without borders: negligible population structure for California
halibut across three coastal providences of North America. TBD
PUBLICATIONS (NON-REVIEWED):
Levin, LA, P McMillan, G Mendoza, J Gonzalez, S Moseman, C Janousek, and J Fodrie (2003)
Restoration of coastal wetlands: Methods for colonization enhancement and evaluation of trophic
function. CICEET Final Report. 22 pgs.
Herzka, SZ, DE Conklin, M Drawbridge, FJ Fodrie, JP Lazo, R Piedrahita (2003) Current research
efforts on California halibut focus on aquaculture practices and utilization of nursery habitat. California
Bight Bulletin 7: 4-9.
PRESENTATIONS (*: leading presenter):
2007
2007
2007
2006
“Multiple metrics of habitat connectivity and value: Nursery utilization and population dynamics
of California halibut” (Oral) Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, RI. *
“Demographic consequences of nursery habitat selection by California halibut” (Oral) Benthic
Ecology Meetings, Atlanta, GA.*
“Multiple predator effects within oyster reefs: foraging behavior of oyster drills and stone crabs
on a common resource” (Oral) Benthic Ecology Meetings, Atlanta, GA.
“Distribution, Abundance and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Flatfishes in the Punta Banda
Estuary, Baja California, Mexico” (Poster) American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake
Placid, NY.
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2006
2006
2006
2005
2004
2001
2000
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“Combining fingerprinting and physics to assess patterns and mechanisms
of larval connectivity” (Oral) International Larval Biology Conference, Coos Bay, OR.
“Three ‘seas’ of nursery habitat utilization: contribution, concentration and connectivity” Invited
Talk (Oral) Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL.*
“A generalist nursery habitat strategy by California halibut connects coastal seascapes” (Poster)
ALSO, Honolulu, HI.*
“Availability, suitability and contribution of potential nursery habitats for the California halibut”
(Oral) CAERS, Santa Barbara, CA..*
“Trace element fingerprinting to infer larval trajectories: implications and benefits of highfrequency field collections” (Oral) International Larval Biology Conference, Hong Kong, China.*
“Assessing Larval Dispersal Using Trace Elemental Concentrations in Mytilid Larval
Shells” (Poster) ASLO, Victoria, BC, Canada.
“Metapopulation dynamics in the bay scallop: Mechanisms creating population sinks
where least expected” (Oral) Benthic Ecology Meetings, Wilmington, NC.*
TEACHING:
2007
2007
2006
2004
2003
Instructor: Graduate course “Techniques for Examining Connectivity in Marine Systems”
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Lecturer: “Otolith Analyses and Growth Estimation” and “Transition Matrices as a Fisheries
Tool”, Graduate course “Quantitative Methods in Fisheries and Ecology” Dauphin Island Sea
Lab.
Co-Creator, Organizer and Lecturer: Graduate seminar course “Nearshore Physical Processes”
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate course “Biological Oceanography” University of
California, San Diego.
Lecturer: “Wetlands Fish Ecology”, Graduate course “Wetlands Ecology and Conservation”
Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
SERVICE:
Manuscript and Proposal Reviewer: Marine Ecology Progress Series (4), Fisheries Oceanography (1),
Marine Ecology (1), California Fish and Game (1), Cheasapeake Bay Trust, Living Shore Proceedings
(1), Gulf of Mexico Science (1), US-Israel BARD (2), Maine Sea Grant (1)
2006
2006
2005-2006
2003, 2005
2001-2002
Presenter: “How Can Fish Have Fingerprints?” Expanding Your Horizons Conference to
Foster Interest of Young Women for Science. University of South Alabama. Mobile, AL.
Presenter: “Keys to Identifying the Fish of the Cabrillo National Monument.” Given to
park rangers to aid in the enforcement of CNM regulations. San Diego, CA.
Student Representative: Director’s Committee for the SIO Analytical Facility. La Jolla,
CA.
Presenter: “Population Connectivity in Coastal Ecosystems of San Diego County.” E.W.
Scripps Associates Science Series. La Jolla, CA.
Organizer: Scripps Ecology Luncheon Seminar Series. La Jolla, CA.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Fish and bivalve ecology, with emphasis on 1) ecosystem function in relation to habitat quality,
availability and utilization; 2) complex trophic interactions in estuarine ecosystems; and 3) connectivity
of marine populations and ecosystems. Additionally, I have conducted experiments related to processes
and mechanisms, and wetlands restoration ecology. Research tools have included manipulative field
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experiments, intensive field surveys, GIS simulations, ROVs, stable isotope analyses, population
projection matrix models and trace element fingerprinting.
RESEARCH SETTINGS:
The benthic environments of lagoonal estuaries, protected sounds, coastal embayments, seagrasses, salt
marshes, tidal flats, the rocky intertidal, exposed coastlines, and the continental shelf.
COLLABORATORS:
BJ Becker, MT Craig, KL Heck, Jr., SA Herzka, LA Levin, AJ Lucas, P McMillian, G Mendoza, CH
Peterson, SP Powers, AE Rathburn
MEMBERSHIPS:
2007200520012001-2004
Estuarine Research Federation
American Fisheries Society
Ecological Society of America
Sigma Xi
REFERENCES:
Dr. Lisa A Levin; llevin@ucsd.edu; SIO
Dr. Kenneth L Heck, Jr.; kheck@disl.org; DISL
Dr. Charles H Peterson; cpeters@email.unc.edu; UNC-CH
Dr. Sharon Z Herzka; sherzka@cicese.mx; CICESE
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