Center For Ocean Sciences Education Excellence COSEE Pacific Partnerships
Follow this link to skip to the main content
HOME ABOUT US PROGRAMS EVENTS BLOG CURRICULUM RESOURCES NEWS DIRECTORY CONTACT US
SEARCH DIRECTORY
Alan  Shanks -
Contact Info:

Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
PO Box 5389
Charleston, Oregon 97420
Phone: 5418882581ext277
Fax: (541) 888-3250

Alan Shanks

Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon

COSEE Role:
Participating Scientist


Primary COSEE Affiliation:

Other affiliations:
- Pacific Partnerships


Interaction with COSEE Network:

PhD in Marine Biology from Scripps; Approximately 25 years of teaching marine science



Selected Publications:

1.) Shanks, A.L. and Roegner, G.C., (2007) Recruitment-limitation in Dungeness crab populations is driven by temporal variation in atmospheric forcing. Ecology 88:1726-1737.
2.) Roegner, G.C., Armstrong, D.A., and Shanks, A.L. (2007). Wind and tidal influences on larval crab recruitment to an Oregon estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 351:177-188.
3.) Shanks, A.L. (2006). Mechanisms of cross-shelf transport of crab megalopae inferred from a time series of daily abundance. Marine Biology 148:1383-1398.
4.) Shanks, A.L. and L. Brink (2005, Feature Article). Upwelling, downwelling, and cross-shelf transport of bivalve larvae: test of a hypothesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 302:1-12.
5.) Miller, J. A., M. A. Banks, D. Gomez-Uchida, and A. L. Shanks. (2005). A comparison of population structure in black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) as determined with otolith microchemistry and microsatellite DNA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 62:2189-2198.



Return to Directory