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LEICHTER, James

Associate Professor

Degrees:

  • B.A., Stanford University
  • M.S., Northeastern University
  • Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Interests:

  • Ecology and oceanography of coastal systems
  • Longterm environmental and climate variability
  • Internal waves, nutrient dynamics, and larval transport
  • Marine conservation ecology

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO 138: The Coral Reef Environment
  • SIO 273: Professional Ethics in Science
  • SIO138: The Coral Reef Environment
  • SIO274: Natural History Below the Tide
  • SIO275A: Benthic Ecology
  • SIO278: Seminar in Ocean Biosciences
  • SIO279: Sp Top/Biological Oceanography

Honors and Awards:

  • EW Scripps Associates Career Development Award 2005 - present
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution Postdoctoral Fellowship 1998 - 2000
  • NSF Predoctoral Fellowship 1993 - 1996
  • B.A. with Honors and Distinction, Stanford University, 1988

Mentoring:

  • Cie, Damien (Graduate; 2006-)
  • Goldstein, Miriam (Graduate; 2006-)
  • Konotchick, Talina (Graduate; 2005-)
  • Hanson, Kate (Graduate; 2004-)
  • Button, Cynthia (Graduate; 2002-2008)

Home Department:
IOD

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0227

Email: jleichter@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/jleichter

Publications:

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BIBLIOGRAPHY: JAMES JENSEN LEICHTER, October 2008

A. Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

20. Lesser, M.P., M. Slattery, J.J. Leichter. 2009. Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 375: 1-8.

19. Omand, M. Feddersen, F., Clark D.B., Franks P.J.S., Leichter, J.J., Guza, R.T. 2009. 
Influence of bubbles and sand on chlorophyll-a fluorescence measurements in the surfzone. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 7:354-362

18. Hench, J.L, J.J. Leichter, S.G. Monismith. 2008. Episodic circulation and exchange in a wave-drive coral reef and lagoon system. Limnology and Oceanography. 53: 2681-2694.

17. Davis, K.A., J.J. Leichter, J.L. Hench, S.G. Monismith. 2008. Effects of western boundary current dynamics on the internal wave field of the Southeast Florida shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113: C09010, doi 10.1029/2007JC004699.

16. Leichter, J. J., M. D. Stokes, and S. J. Genovese. 2008. Deep water macroalgae seaward of the Florida Keys, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 356: 123-138.

15. Wing, S. R., J. J. Leichter, C. Perrin, S. M. Rutger, M. H. Bowman, and C. D. Cornelisen. 2007. Topographic shading influences morphology and ecophysiology of Ecklonia radiata (C. Agardh 1817) in Fiordland, New Zealand. Limnology and Oceanography. 52: 1853-1864.

14. Leichter, J. J., A. P. Paytan, S. Wankel, K. Hanson, and S. L. Miller. 2007. Nitrogen and oxygen isotopic signatures of subsurface nitrate: evidence of deep water nutrient sources to the Florida Keys reef tract. Limnology and Oceanography 52: 1258-1267. 13. Rotjan, R. D., J. L. Dimond, D. J. Thornhill, J. J. Leichter, B. Helmuth, D. W. Kemp, and S. M. Lewis. 2006. Chronic parrotfish grazing impedes coral recovery after bleaching. Coral Reefs 25:361 - 368. 12. Parnell, P. E., P. K. Dayton, C. E. Lennert-Cody, L. L. Rasmussen, and J. J. Leichter. 2006. Marine reserve design: optimal size, habitats, species affinities, diversity, and ocean microclimate. Ecological Applications 16:945-962.

11. Leichter, J. J., B. Helmuth, and A. M. Fischer. 2006. Variation beneath the surface: Quantifying complex thermal environments on coral reefs in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Florida. Journal of Marine Research 41: 563-588.

10. Leichter, J. J., and S. J. Genovese. 2006. Intermittent upwelling and subsidized growth of the scleractinian coral Madracis mirabilis on the deep fore reef slope of Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 316:95 - 103.

9. Leichter, J. J., G. B. Deane, and M. D. Stokes. 2005. Spatial and temporal variability of internal wave forcing on a coral reef. Journal of Physical Oceanography 35:1945-1962.

8. Leichter, J. J., H. L. Stewart, and S. L. Miller. 2003. Episodic nutrient transport to Florida coral reefs. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1394-1407.

7. Leichter, J. J. and S. L. Miller. 1999. Predicting high-frequency upwelling: Spatial and temporal patterns of temperature anomalies on a Florida coral reef. Continental Shelf Research 19: 911-928.

6. Leichter, J. J., G. Shellenbarger, S. J. Genovese, and S. R. Wing. 1998. Breaking internal waves on a Florida (USA) coral reef: A plankton pump at work? Marine Ecology Progress Series 166: 83-97.

5. Wing, S. R. and J. J. Leichter. 1997. Storm-generated physical variability on Conch Reef, Florida Keys. Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2: 1097-1102.

4. Leichter, J. J. and J. D. Witman. 1997. Water flow over subtidal rock walls: Relation to distributions and growth rates of sessile suspension feeders in the Gulf of Maine water flow and growth rates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 209: 293-307.

3. Leichter, J. J., S. R. Wing, S. L. Miller, and M. W. Denny. 1996. Pulsed delivery of subthermocline water to Conch Reef (Florida Keys) by internal tidal bores. Limnology and Oceanography 41: 1490-1501.

2. Wing, S. R., J. J. Leichter, and M. W. Denny. 1993. A dynamic model for wave-induced light fluctuations in a kelp forest. Limnology and Oceanography 38: 396-407.

1. Witman, J. D., J. J. Leichter, S. J. Genovese, and D. A. Brooks. 1993. Pulsed phytoplankton supply to the rocky subtidal zone: Influence of internal waves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 90: 1686-1690.

B. Book Chapters

2. Leichter, J. J. and J. D. Witman. 2009. Basin-scale oceanographic influences on marine macroecological patterns. In J. D. Witman and K. Roy editors, Marine Macroecology. University of Chicago Press.

1. Leichter, J. J. 2007. Internal waves. In M. W. Denny and S. D. Gaines, editors. Encyclopedia of the Rocky Intertidal. University of California Press, Berkeley.


Last Modified: Oct 23, 2009