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KOSLOW, JULIAN

Research oceanographer

Director, CalCOFI

Degrees:

• B.A., Harvard University
• B.A., University of Washington
• Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Research Interests:

• Ecosystem-based fishery management
• Impacts of climate variability and change
• Fisheries oceanography: ecology of krill, mesopelagic and small pelagic fishes
• Acoustics and ocean observation systems

Honors and Awards:

• Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Science Writing for The Silent Deep, 2007
• Finalist, Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental Research for deepwater research and conservation, 2007
• Don McAllister Medal for Marine Conservation for contributions to the conservation of deepwater coral environments, 2005
• Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, consultant with Craig Smith to work on the ecology and conservation of deep-sea environments, 2004-2007
• Inaugural E.W. Fager Award, Scripps Institution of Oceanography for study of socio-economic impacts of limited entry in Bristol Bay salmon fishery, 1980

Mentoring:

• Netburn, Amanda (Graduate; 2010-)
• Blincow, Kayla (Undergrad; 2008-)
• Lara-Lopez, Ana (Post Doc; 2008-)
• Suntsov, Andrey (Post Doc; 2008-2010)

Bograd, S.J., Sydeman, W.J. + multiple authors, Koslow, J.A. 2010. Status and trends of the California Current region, 2003-2008, pp 106-141. In S.M. McKinnell and M.J. Dagg (eds) Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Special Publication 4, 393 pp.

Send, U., P. Burkill, N. Gruber, G.C. Johnson, A. Kortzinger, T/ Koslow, R. O’Dor, S. Rintoul, D. Roemmich,. In press. Towards an integrated observing system: in-situ observations. Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.

Koslow, J.A., K. Brander, M. Fogarty, F. Schwing. In press. Integration of ocean observations into an ecosystem approach to resource management. Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.

Koslow, J.A., Goericke, R. McClatchie, S., Vetter, R. and Rogers-Bennett, L. In press. The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI): the continuing evolution and contributions of a 60-year ocean observation program. Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.

Edwards, M., G. Beaugrand, G.C. Hays, J. A. Koslow and A. J. Richardson. 2010. Multi-decadal oceanic ecological datasets and their application in marine policy and management. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25:602-610.

McClatchie, S., Koslow, J.A. and 23 co-authors. 2009. The state of the California, Current, spring 2008-2009: cold conditions drive regional differences in coastal production. CalCOFI Reports 50: 43-68.

Koslow, J.A. 2009. The role of acoustics in ecosystem-based fishery management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 66: 966-973. Paterson, H.L., B. Knott, J.A. Koslow, A. M. Waite. 2008. The grazing impact of microzooplankton off south west Western Australia: as measured by the dilution technique. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 379-392.

Koslow, J.A., Pesant, S., Feng, M., Pearce, A., Fearns, P., Moore, T., Matear, R., and Waite, A. 2008. The effect of the Leeuwin current on phytoplankton biomass and production off Southwestern Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C07050, doi:10.1029/2007JC004102.

Muhling, B.A, L.E. Beckley, J.A. Koslow, A.F. Pearce. 2008. Larval fish assemblages and water mass structure off the oligotrophic south-western Australian coast. Fisheries Oceanography. 17: 16–31.

Koslow, Tony (2007) The Silent Deep: the Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea. University of New South Wales Press (Australia) and University of Chicago Press (USA).

Thresher, R.E., J.A. Koslow, A.K. Morison, D. C. Smith (2007) Depth-mediated reversal of the effects of climate change on long-term growth rates of exploited marine fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 7461-7465.

Waite, A.M., P.A. Thompson, S. Pesant,, M. Feng, L.E. Beckley, C.M. Domingues, D. Gaughan, C.E. Hanson, C.M. Holl, T. Koslow, M. Meuleners, J.P. Montoya, T. Moore, B.A. Muhling, H. Patersona, S. Rennie, J. Strzelecki, L. Twomey. 2007. The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview, Deep-Sea Research II 54: 789-796.

Muhling, B.A, L.E. Beckley, J.A. Koslow, A.F. Pearce. (2007) Larval fish assemblages and water mass structure off the oligotrophic south-western Australian coast. Fisheries Oceanography.

Strzelecki, J., J.A. Koslow and A.M. Waite, 2007. Comparison of mesozooplankton communities from a pair of warm- and cold-core eddies off the coast of Western Australia, Deep-Sea Research II 54: 1103-1112.

Ingole, B. and J.A. Koslow. 2005. Deep-sea ecosystems of the Indian Ocean. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 34: 27-34.

Thresher, R., S.R. Rintoul, J.A. Koslow, C.Weidman, J. Adkins, and C. Proctor. 2004. Oceanic evidence of climate change in southern Australia over the last three centuries. Geophysical Research Letters 31: L07212, doi:10.1029/2003GL018869.

Nichols, P. D. , Danaher, K. T., Koslow, J. A. (2003) Occurrence of high levels of tetracosahexaenoic acid in the jellyfish Aurelia sp. Lipids 38: 1207-1210.

Kloser, R.J., T. Ryan, P. Sakov, A. Williams and J.A. Koslow. 2002. Acoustic species identification in deep water using multiple frequencies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1065-1077.

Bulman, C.M., X. He, and J.A. Koslow. 2002. Trophic ecology of the mid-slope demersal fish community off southern Tasmania. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 59-72.

Koslow, J.A., A. Hobday and G. Boehlert. 2002. Climate variability and marine survival of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington, USA. Fisheries Oceanography 11: 65-77.

Williams, A., J.A. Koslow, A. Terauds, and K. Haskard. 2001. Feeding ecology of five fishes from the mid-slope micronekton community off southern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology 139: 1177 – 1192.

Koslow, J.A., K. Gowlett-Holmes, J. Lowry, T. O’Hara, G. Poore, A. Williams. 2001. The seamount benthic macrofauna off southern Tasmania: community structure and impacts of trawling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213: 111-125.

Williams, A., J.A. Koslow, and P.R. Last. 2001. The continental slope demersal fish fauna off the west coast of Australia (latitudes 20-35oS): biomass, diversity and community structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 212: 247-263.

Richer de Forges, B., J.A. Koslow and G.C.B. Poore. 2000. Diversity and endemism of the benthic seamount macrofauna in the southwest Pacific. Nature 405: 944-947.

Koslow, J.A., G.W. Boehlert, J.D.M. Gordon, R.L. Haedrich, P. Lorance and N. Parin. 2000. The impact of fishing on continental slope and deep-sea ecosystems. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57: 548-557.

Bulman, C.M., J.A. Koslow and K.A. Haskard. 1999. The spawning stock biomass of blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezelandiae) in south-eastern Australia based upon the annual egg production method. Marine and Freshwater Research 50: 197-207.

Williams, A. and J. Anthony Koslow. 1997. Species composition, biomass and vertical distribution of micronekton over the mid-slope region off southern Tasmania, Australia. Marine Biology 130: 259-276.

Koslow, J.A., A. Williams, and J.R. Paxton. 1997. How many demersal fish species in the deep sea? A test of a method to extrapolate from local to global diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 6: 1523-1532.

Koslow, J.A. 1997. Seamounts and the ecology of deep-sea fisheries. American Scientist. 85: 168-176. (Reprinted in Social Issues Research Series: Science Series: Life Science volume.)

Koslow, J.A., R.J. Kloser, and A. Williams. 1997. Pelagic biomass and community structure on the mid-continental slope off southeastern Australia based upon acoustic and midwater trawl sampling. Marine Ecology Progress Series 146: 21-35.

Kloser, R.J., Williams, A., and J.A. Koslow. 1997. Problems with acoustic target strength measurements of a deepwater fish, orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). ICES Journal of Marine Science 54: 60-71.

Koslow, J.A. 1996. Energetic and life-history patterns of deep-sea benthic, benthoplagic, and seamount-associated fish. Journal of Fish Biology 49, Suppl A: 54-74.

Kloser, R.J., J.A. Koslow, and A. Williams. 1996. Acoustic assessment of the biomass of a spawning aggregation of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus, Collett) off southeastern Australia 1990-93. Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 1015-1024.

Koslow, J.A., J. Bell, P. Virtue, & D.C. Smith. 1995. Fecundity and its variability in orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus): effects of population density, condition, egg size, and senescence. Journal of Fish Biology 47: 1063-1080.

Koslow, J.A., C.M. Bulman, J.M. Lyle, and K. Haskard. 1995. Biomass assessment of a deepwater fish, the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), based upon an egg survey. Marine and Freshwater Research 46: 819-830.

Elliott, N.G., K. Haskard, and J.A. Koslow. 1995. Morphometric analysis of the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) population off the continental slope of southern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 46: 202-220.

Bulman, C.M. and J.A. Koslow. 1995. Development and depth distribution of the eggs of orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus (Pisces: Trachichthyidae). Marine and Freshwater Research 46: 697-705.

Koslow, J.A., R. Kloser, and C. Stanley. 1995. Avoidance of a camera system by a deepwater fish, the orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). Deep-Sea Research 42: 233-244.

Koslow, J.A., K. Aiken, S. Auil, A. Clemetson. 1994. Catch and effort analysis of the reef fisheries of Jamaica and Belize. Fishery Bulletin 92: 737-747.

Koslow, J.A., Bulman, C.M., and J.M. Lyle. 1994. The mid-slope demersal fish community off southeastern Australia. Deep-Sea Research 41: 113-141.

Koslow, J.A. 1993. Community structure in North Atlantic deep sea fishes. Progress in Oceanography 31: 321-338.

Bulman, C.M. and J.A. Koslow. 1992. Diet and food consumption of a deep-sea fish, orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus (Pisces: Trachichthyidae) off southeastern Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 82: 115-129.

Koslow, J.A. 1992. Fecundity and the stock-recruitment relationship. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 210-217.

Koslow, J.A., R.I. Perry, P.C.F. Hurley, and R.O. Fournier. 1989. Structure and interannual variability of the plankton and its environment off southwest Nova Scotia in late spring and early summer. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46 (Suppl. 1): 44-54.

Perry, R.I., P.C.F. Hurley, P.C. Smith, J.A. Koslow, and R.O. Fournier. 1989. Modelling the initiation of spring phytoplankton blooms: a synthesis of physical and biological interannual variability off southwest Nova Scotia, 1983 - 1985. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46 (Suppl. 1): 183-199.

Koslow, J.A. 1989. Managing nonrandomly varying fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46: 1302 - 1308.

Koslow, J.A., F. Hanley, and R. Wicklund. 1988. Effects of fishing on reef fish communities at Pedro Bank and Port Royal Cays, Jamaica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 43: 201-212.

Pepin, P., J.A. Koslow, and S. Pearre. 1988. Foraging of Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, on natural zooplankton assemblages. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 879 - 887.

Koslow, J.A., K.R. Thompson, and W. Silvert. 1987. Recruitment to northwest Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) stocks: influence of stock size and environment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 26 - 39.

Pepin, P., S. Pearre, and J.A. Koslow. 1987. Predation on larval fish by Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, with a comparison of predation by zooplankton. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 2012 - 2018.

Koslow, J.A., S. Brault, J. Dugas, and F. Page. 1985. Anatomy of an apparent year-class failure: The early life history of the 1983 Browns Bank haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). Transactions American Fisheries Society 114: 478 - 489.

Koslow, J.A., S. Brault, J. Dugas, R.O. Fournier, and P. Hughes. 1985. Condition of larval cod (Gadus morhua) off southwest Nova Scotia, 1983, in relation to plankton abundance and temperature. Marine Biology 86: 113 - 122.

Runge, J.A., I.A. McLaren, C.J. Corkett, R.N. Bohrer, J.A. Koslow. 1985. Molting rates and cohort development of Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis in the sea off southwest Nova Scotia. Marine Biology 86: 241 - 246.

Koslow, J.A. 1984. Recruitment patterns in northwest Atlantic fish stocks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41: 1722 - 1729.

Dugas, J.C. and J.A. Koslow. 1984. Microsetella norvegica: A rare report of a potentially abundant copepod on the Scotian Shelf. Marine Biology 84: 131 - 134. (3)

Koslow, J.A. 1983. Zooplankton community structure in the North Sea and northeast Atlantic. Development and test of a biological model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40: 1912 - 1924.

Koslow, J.A. 1982. Limited entry policy and the Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishermen. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39: 415 - 425.

Koslow, J.A. and A. Ota. 1981. The ecology of vertical migrators in the La Jolla Bight, April - August, 1967. Biological Oceanography 1: 107 - 134.

Koslow, J.A. 1981. Field study of the feeding selectivity of schools of the northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) in the Southern California Bight. Fishery Bulletin 79: 131 - 142.

Koslow, J.A. 1979. Vertical migrators see the light? Limnology and Oceanography 24: 783 - 784.

Ogg, J.G. and J.A. Koslow. 1978. The impact of Typhoon Pamela (1976) on Guam’s coral reefs and beaches. Pacific Science 32: 105 - 118.

Koslow, J.A. 1980. The feeding of schools of northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) and community structure and diurnal migratory behavior in marine zooplankton. Ph.D. thesis. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. University of California, S.D.