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LEVIN, LISA

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Researcher

Degrees:

  • B.S., Radcliffe College
  • Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

  • Invertebrate and fish life histories, dispersal, demography, and evolution
  • Community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats
  • Animal-sediment interactions
  • Ecology of methane seeps, oxygen minimum zones
  • Biodiversity of sediment ecosystems
  • Connectivity in coastal ecosystems

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO 279: Sp Top/Biological Oceanography
  • SIO 280: Biological Oceanography
  • SIO 286: Marine Sci, Econ & Policy
  • SIO 296: Special Topics/Marine Biology
  • SIO275A: Benthic Ecology
  • SIO277: Deep Sea Biology
  • SIO277: Deep-Sea Biology
  • SIO278: Seminar in Ocean Biosciences
  • SIO279: Sp Top/Biological Oceanography
  • SIO280: Biological Oceanography
  • SIO286: Marine Sci, Econ & Policy

Honors and Awards:

  • Chancellor’s Associates Excellence in Research Award, UCSD, 1999
  • AAAS 'Fellow of the Association', Biological Sciences, 1994
  • NCSU Sigma Xi Outstanding Young Scientist Research Award, 1991
  • School of Physical and Mathematical Sci. Faculty Development Award, 1989

Mentoring:

  • Fleming, Alison (Graduate; 2010-2010)
  • Rodriguez, Marcella (Undergrad; 2010-2010)
  • Hutzler, Aurore (Other; 2009-2009)
  • Jellison, Brittany (Undergrad; 2009-2010)
  • McGregor, Anna Lee (Undergrad; 2009-2010)
  • Carson, Henry (Post Doc; 2008-2008)
  • Chou, Sean (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
  • Cross, Peter (Undergrad; 2008-2009)
  • Grupe, Ben (Graduate; 2008-2010)
  • Levy, Elyse (Masters; 2008-2009)
  • Lopez, Paola (Post Doc; 2008-2008)
  • Navarro, Mike (Graduate; 2008-2008)
  • Wilkins, Eric (Masters; 2008-2009)
  • Beau, Bradyln (Undergrad; 2007-2008)
  • Miller, Ashley (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
  • Tanner, Christina (Graduate; 2007-2010)
  • Bryant, Shannon (Masters; 2006-2007)
  • Pierotti, Lyra (Undergrad; 2006-2006)
  • Rochman, Chelsea (Undergrad; 2006-2008)
  • Washington, Tracy (Undergrad; 2006-2007)
  • Cook, Geoff (Graduate; 2005-2010)
  • Demopoulos, Amanda (Post Doc; 2005-2007)
  • Thurber, Andrew (Graduate; 2005-2010)
  • Leddick, Jesse (Undergrad; 2004-2005)
  • Rasmussen, Linda (Post Doc; 2004-2008)
  • Blankenship, Lesley (Graduate; 2003-2006)
  • Wegeman, Nick (Undergrad; 2003-2003)
  • Moseman, Serena (Graduate; 2002-2008)
  • Reising, Tina (Undergrad; 2002-2002)
  • Stocks, Karen (Post Doc; 2002-2004)
  • Huntington, Patricia (Undergrad; 2001-2001)
  • Leung, Lisa (Undergrad; 2001-2001)
  • Whitcraft, Christine (Graduate; 2001-2007)
  • Fodrie, Joel (Graduate; 2000-2006)
  • Forder, Charlotte (Undergrad; 2000-2001)
  • Galli, Claudio (Undergrad; 2000-2000)
  • Growney, Valery (Undergrad; 2000-2001)
  • Janousek, Chris (Graduate; 2000-2006)
  • Moseman, Serena (Undergrad; 2000-2002)
  • Neira, Carlos (Other; 2000-2008)
  • Wilson, Katherine (Undergrad; 2000-2000)
  • Ziebis, Wiebke (Post Doc; 2000-2002)
  • Beaudreau, Ann (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
  • Chu, Lisa (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
  • Hillman, Joshua (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
  • Becker, Bonnie (Graduate; 1997-2004)
  • Davis, Janna (Graduate; 1995-2000)
  • Rathburn, Tony (Post Doc; 1995-2000)
  • McCray, Arja (Graduate; 1994-2000)
  • Talley, Drew (Graduate; 1994-2000)
  • DiBacco, Claudio (Graduate; 1993-1999)
  • Gibson, Glenys (Post Doc; 1993-1995)
  • Crooks, Jeff (Graduate; 1992-1998)
  • Bridges, Todd (Graduate; 1989-1993)
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Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0218

Email: llevin@ucsd.edu


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

Lab Website: http://levin.ucsd.edu

Notes:

NRC National Academy Panel on Louisiana Wetland Restoration
San Diego Wetlands Advisory Board, S D Bay Tech. Advisory Panel-Long-term Planning, UCSD Marsh Reserve management, Panel Member for NSF (LMER), NURP (Hawaii)
NATO and NSF International Grant Collaboration with investigators in the United Kingdom, Chile
and Peru to study bathyal low oxygen environments. Multinational cruise activities
Co-Editor "Deep-Sea Biodiversity" Deep-Sea Research 45 (no.1-3) 2000.
Co-Editor "Benthic Processes in the Deep Arabian Sea" Deep-Sea Research 47 (no.1-2) 1998
Co-Editor “Benthic biological and biogeochemical patterns and processes across an oxygen minimum zone (Pakistan Margin, NW Arabian Sea). Deep-Sea Research II. 2008
Contributing Editor: Mar. Ecol Progr. Ser. (1996-present), Limnology and Oceanography (1993-6)
Editor: Marine Ecology (with M. C. Gambi) (2005 - present)
Member, Am. Geophys. Union Books Board (oversight editor 2004-7)
Workshops re: biodiversity and deep-sea - NCEAS, SCOPE, DESCEND, CONNECTIVITY
NSF Biocomplexity - Spartina invasion (w/UCD), Animal-Phys-Chem. Interactions Workshop
ChEss (Chemosynthetic Ecosystems: Census of Marine Life) Steering Committee
CoMARGE (Continental Margins: Census of Marine Life) Steering Committee
SCOR Hypoxia Working Group (2006-present)

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LISA A. LEVIN

Bibliography – Oct. 2008 A. Primary Published Work:

1. Levin, L.A. Dispersion, feeding behavior and competition in two spionid polychaetes. Journal of Marine Research, 39: 99-117. (1981) RESEARCH ARTICLE

2. Levin, L.A. and P.R. Greenblatt. Bottoms up: Juvenile terebellid polychaetes feeding in the water column. Bull. Southern Acad. Sci., 80(3): 131-133. (1981) RESEARCH NOTES

3. Levin, L.A. Interference interactions among tube-building polychaetes in a dense infaunal assemblage. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 65: 107-119. (1982) RESEARCH ARTICLE

4. Tegner, M.J. and L.A. Levin. Do sea urchins and abalones compete in California kelp forest communities? pp. 265-271 In J.M. Lawrence [ed.], International Echinoderm Conference, Tampa Bay, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. (1982) CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

5. Levin, L.A. Drift tube studies of bay-ocean water exchange and implications for larval dispersal. Estuaries, 6(4): 364-371. (1983) RESEARCH ARTICLE

6. Tegner, M.J. and L.A. Levin. Spiny lobsters and sea urchins: analysis of a predator-prey interaction. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 73: 125-150. (1983) RESEARCH ARTICLE

7. Levin, L.A. Life history and dispersal patterns in a dense infaunal polychaete assemblage: Community structure and response to disturbance. Ecology, 65(4): 1185-1200. (1984) RESEARCH ARTICLE

8. Levin, L.A. Multiple patterns of development in Streblospio benedicti Webster (Spionidae) from three coasts of North America. Biol. Bull., 166: 494-508. (1984) RESEARCH ARTICLE

9. Levin, L.A. and C.R. Smith. Response of background fauna to disturbance and enrichment in the deep sea: a sediment tray experiment. Deep-Sea Res., 31(11): 1277-1285. (1984) RESEARCH ARTICLE

10. Levin, L.A. Effects of enrichment on reproduction in the opportunistic polychaete Streblospio benedicti (Webster): A mesocosm study. Biol. Bull., 171: 143-160. (1986) RESEARCH ARTICLE

11. Levin, L.A. The influence of tides on larval availability in shallow waters overlying a mudflat. Bull. Mar. Sci., 39(2): 224-233. (1986) RESEARCH ARTICLE

12. Levin, L.A. and E.L. Creed. Effect of temperature and food availability on reproductive responses of Streblospio benedicti (Polychaete: Spionidae) with planktotrophic or lecithotrophic development. Mar. Biol., 92:103-113. (1986) RESEARCH ARTICLE

13. Levin, L.A., D.J. DeMaster, L.D. McCann and C.L. Thomas. Effects of giant protozoans (class: Xenophyophorea) on deep-seamount benthos. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 29: 99-104. (1986) RESEARCH ARTICLE

14. Levin, L.A. Ecology of Konigshaven tidal flats. Ecology, 68: 237-238. (1987) BOOK REVIEW

15. Levin, L.A., H. Caswell, K.D. DePatra and E.L. Creed. The demographic consequences of development mode: Planktotrophy vs. lecithotrophy in Streblospio benedicti. Ecology, 68(6): 1877-1886. (1987) RESEARCH ARTICLE

16. Levin, L.A. and C.A. Nittrouer. Textural characteristics of sediments on deep seamounts in the eastern Pacific Ocean between 10˚N and 30˚N In Seamounts Islands and Atolls, edited by B.H. Keating, P. Fryer, R. Batiza and G.W. Boehlert. Geophys. Monogr., 43: 187-203. (1987) BOOK CHAPTER

17. Levin, L.A. and C.L. Thomas. The ecology of xenophyophores (Protista) on eastern Pacific seamounts. Deep-Sea Res., 35(12): 2003-2027. (1988) RESEARCH ARTICLE

18. Chu, J-W. and L.A. Levin. Photoperiod and temperature regulation of growth and reproduction in Streblospio benedicti (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 15(2): 131-142. (1989) RESEARCH ARTICLE

19. DePatra, K.D. and L.A. Levin. Evidence of the passive deposition of meiofauna into fiddler crab burrows. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 125: 173-192. (1989) RESEARCH ARTICLE

20. Kayen, R.E., H.J. Lee, W.C. Schwab, M.E. Torresan, J.R. Hein, P.J. Quintero and L.A. Levin. Morphology of sea-floor landslides on Horizon Guyot: application of steady-state geotechnical analysis: Deep-Sea Res., 36: 1817-1839. (1989) RESEARCH ARTICLE

21. Levin, L.A. and C.L. Thomas. The influence of hydrodynamic regime on infaunal assemblages inhabiting carbonate sediments on central Pacific seamounts. Deep-Sea Res., 36(12): 1897-1915. (1989) RESEARCH ARTICLE

22. McCann, L.D. and L.A. Levin. Oligochaete influence on settlement, growth and reproduction in a surface-deposit-feeding polychaete. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 131: 233-253. (1989) RESEARCH ARTICLE

23. Levin, L.A. A review of methods for labeling and tracking marine invertebrate larvae. OPHELIA, 32(1): 115-144. (1990) REVIEW ARTICLE

24. Levin, L.A. and D.V. Huggett. Implications of alternative reproductive modes for seasonality and demography in an estuarine polychaete. Ecology, 7(6): 2191-2208. (1990) RESEARCH ARTICLE

25. Wishner, K., L.A. Levin, M. Gowing and L. Mullineaux. Involvement of the oxygen minimum in benthic zonation on a deep seamount. Nature, 346(6279): 57-59. (1990) RESEARCH ARTICLE

26. Levin, L.A. Interactions between metazoans and large, agglutinating protozoans: Implications for the community structure of deep-sea benthos. Amer. Zool. 31: 886-900. (1991) REVIEW ARTICLE

27. Levin, L.A., S. Childers and C.R. Smith. Epibenthic, agglutinating foraminiferans in the Santa Catalina Basin and their response to disturbance. Deep-Sea Res., 38: 465-483. (1991) RESEARCH ARTICLE

28. Levin, L.A., L.D. McCann and C.L. Thomas. The ecology of polychaetes on deep seamounts in the eastern Pacific Ocean. OPHELIA Suppl., 5: 467-476. (1991) RESEARCH ARTICLE

29. Levin, L.A., J. Zhu and E.L. Creed. The genetic basis of life-history characters in a polychaete exhibiting planktotrophy and lecithotrophy. Evolution, 45: 380-397. (1991) RESEARCH ARTICLE

30. Moy, L.D. and L.A. Levin. Are Spartina marshes a replaceable resource? A functional approach to evaluation of marsh creation efforts. Estuaries, 14(1): 1-16. (1991) RESEARCH ARTICLE

31. Levin, L.A., C.L. Thomas and K. Wishner. Control of deep-sea benthic community structure by oxygen and organic-matter gradients in the eastern Pacific Ocean. J. Mar. Res., 49: 763-800. (1991) RESEARCH ARTICLE

32. Gooday, A.J., L.A. Levin, P. Linke and T. Heeger. The role of benthic foraminifera in Deep-sea food webs and carbon cycling. pp. 63-91. In G.T. Rowe and V. Pariente (eds.) Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle. Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands. (1992) BOOK CHAPTER

33. Gooday, A.J., L.A. Levin, C.L. Thomas and B. Hecker. The distribution and ecology of Bathysiphon filiformis sars and B. major de folin (Protista, Foraminiferida) on the Continental Slope off North Carolina. J. Foraminiferal Research, 22: 129-146. (1992) RESEARCH ARTICLE

34. Levin, L.A. and A.J. Gooday. Possible roles for xenophyophores in deep-sea carbon cycling. pp. 93-104 In: G.T. Rowe and V. Pariente (eds.) Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle. Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands. (1992) BOOK CHAPTER

35. Levin, L.A., D. Huggett, P. Myers, T. Bridges and J. Weaver. Rare earth tagging methods for the study of larval dispersal by marine invertebrates. Limnol. and Oceanogr., 38: 346-360. (1993) RESEARCH ARTICLE

36. Levin, L.A., G. Plaia and C. Huggett. The influence of natural organic enhancement on life histories and community structure of bathyal polychaetes. In: C. Young and K. Eckelbarger, eds. Invertebrate reproduction, larval biology and recruitment in the deep-sea benthos. Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 261-283. (1994) BOOK CHAPTER

37. Schaff, T., L.A. Levin, N. Blair, D. DeMaster, R. Pope and S. Boehme. Spatial heterogeneity of benthos on the North Carolina continental slope: Large (100-km) scale variation. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 88: 143-160. (1992) RESEARCH ARTICLE

38. Levin, L.A. Paleoecology and ecology of xenophyophores. Palaios, 9: 32-41. (1994) REVIEW ARTICLE

39. Levin, L.A., E.L. Leithold, T.F. Gross, C.L. Huggett and C. DiBacco. Contrasting effects of substrate mobility on infaunal assemblages inhabiting two high-energy settings on Fieberling Guyot. J. Mar. Res., 52: 489-522. (1994) RESEARCH ARTICLE

40. Bridges, T.S., L.A. Levin, D. Cabrera and G. Plaia. Effects of sediment amended with sewage, algae or hydrocarbons on growth and reproduction in two opportunistic polychaetes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 177: 99-119. (1994) RESEARCH ARTICLE

41. Levin, L.A. and T.S. Bridges. Control and consequences of alternative developmental modes in a poecilogonous polychaete. Amer. Zool., 34: 323-332. (1994) REVIEW ARTICLE

42. Wishner, K.F., C.J. Ashjian, C. Gelfman, M. Gowing, L. Kann, L.A. Levin, L.S. Mullineaux and J. Saltzman. Pelagic and benthic ecology of the lower interface of the eastern tropical Pacific oxygen minimum zone. Deep-Sea Res., 42: 93-115. (1995) RESEARCH ARTICLE

43. Blair, N.E., G.R. Plaia, S.E. Boehme, D.J. DeMaster and L.A. Levin. The remineralization of organic carbon on the North Carolina continental slope. Deep-Sea Res. II, 41: 755-766. (1994) RESEARCH ARTICLE

44. DeMaster, D.J., R.H. Pope, L.A. Levin and N.E. Blair. Biological mixing intensity and rates of organic carbon accumulation in North Carolina Slope sediments. Deep-Sea Res. II, 41: 735-753. [1994] RESEARCH ARTICLE

45. Schaff, T.S. and L.A. Levin. Spatial heterogeneity of benthos associated with biogenic structures on the North Carolina continental slope. Deep-Sea Res. II, 41: 901-918. (1994) RESEARCH ARTICLE

46. Levin, L. and T.S. Bridges. Pattern and diversity in reproduction and development. pp. 1-48, In: L. McEdward (ed.) Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. (1995) BOOK CHAPTER

47. Levin, L.A. and C. DiBacco. The influence of sediment transport on short-term recolonization by seamount infauna. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 123: 163-175. (1995) [Inter-Research] RESEARCH ARTICLE

48. Levin, L.A., H. Caswell, T.S. Bridges, C. DiBacco, D. Cabrera, and G. Plaia. Demographic responses of estuarine polychaetes to pollutants: Life table response experiments. Ecol. Appl., 6: 1295-1313. (1996) [Ecological Soc. Amer.] RESEARCH ARTICLE

49. Blair, N.E., L.A. Levin, D.J. DeMaster, G. Plaia. The short-term fate of fresh algal carbon in continental slope sediments. Limnol. and Oceanogr., 41: 1208-1219. (1996) [Amer. Soc. Limn./Oce.] RESEARCH ARTICLE

50. Levin, L.A., D. Talley, and G. Thayer. Succession of macrobenthos in a created salt marsh. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser., 141: 67-82. (1996) [Inter-Research] RESEARCH ARTICLE

51. Levin, L.A., N. Blair, D. DeMaster, G. Plaia, W. Fornes and C. Martin. Rapid subduction of organic matter by maldanid polychaetes on the North Carolina Slope. J. Mar. Res. , 55: 595-611. (1997) [Kline Geol. Lab., Yale Univ.] RESEARCH ARTICLE

52. Levin, L., and S. Edesa. The ecology of cirratulid mudballs on the Oman Margin, NW Arabian Sea. Marine Biology, 128:671-678. (1997) [Springer-Verlag] RESEARCH ARTICLE

53. Levin, L.A., J. Gage, P. Lamont, L. Cammidge, A. Patience and C. Martin. Infaunal community structure in a low-oxygen organic rich habitat on the Oman Continental Slope, NW Arabian Sea. In L. Hawkins, S. Hutchinson, A. Jenson, J. Williams and M. Sheader, eds. Responses of Marine Organisms to their environment. Proc. 30th European Marine Biology Symposium. Southampton, England, 1995, pp 223-230. (1997) RESEARCH ARTICLE

54. Levin, L., T. Talley, and J. Hewitt. Macrobenthos of Spartina foliosa (Pacific Cordgrass) salt marshes in southern California: Community structure and comparison to a Pacific mudflat and a Spartina alterniflora (Atlantic Smooth Cordgrass) marsh. Estuaries, 21: 129-144. (1997) [Chesapeake Res. Lab.] RESEARCH ARTICLE

55. Thistle, D., and L. Levin. The effect of experimentally increased near-bottom flow on metazoan meiofauna at a deep-sea site, with comparison data on macrofauna. Deep-Sea Research, 45:625-638. (1998) [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

56. Levin, L.A., and J.D. Gage. Relationships between oxygen, organic matter and the diversity of bathyal macrofauna. Deep-Sea Research, 45:129-163. (1998) [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

57. Smith, C.R., L.A. Levin, and L. S. Mullineaux. Deep-Sea Biodiversity: A tribute to Robert R. Hessler. Deep-Sea Research, 45:1-11. (1998) [Pergamon] EDITED VOLUME

58. Rice, S.A., and L.A. Levin. Streblospio gynobranchiata, a new spionid polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico with an analysis of phylogenetic relationships within the genus Streblospio. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 111:694-707. (1998) RESEARCH ARTICLE

59. Levin, L., N. Blair, C. Martin, D. DeMaster, G. Plaia and C. Thomas. Macrofaunal processing of phytodetritus at two sites on the Carolina margin: In situ experiments using 13C-labeled diatoms. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 182: 37-54 (1999) [Inter-Research] RESEARCH ARTICLE

60. Fornes, W.L., D.J. DeMaster, L.A. Levin and N.E. Blair. Bioturbation and particle transport in Carolina Slope sediments: A radiochemical approach. J. Mar. Res. 57: 335-355. (1999) RESEARCH ARTICLE

61. Parker, E.D., Jr., V.E. Forbes, S.L. Nielsen, C. Ritter, C. Barata, D.J. Baird, W. Admiraal, L.A. Levin, V. Loeschckel, P. Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa, H. HØgh-Jensen, P. Calow. Stress in ecological systems. Oikos (Forum) 86: 179-184. (1999). WORKSHOP ARTICLE

62. Thistle, D. and L.A. Levin., A.J. Gooday, O. Pfannkuche and P.J.D. Lambshead. Physical reworking by near-bottom flow alters the metazoan meiofauna of Fieberling Guyot (northeast Pacific). Deep Sea Research. 46: 2041-2052. (1999). [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

63. Talley, T. and L. A. Levin. Macrofaunal succession and community structure in Salicornia marshes of southern California. Est. Coastal. Shelf Sci. 49:713-731. (1999) [Academic Press] RESEARCH ARTICLE

64. Levin, L.A., J.D. Gage, C. Martin and P.A. Lamont. Macrobenthic community structure within and beneath the oxygen minimum zone, NW Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Special Volume: Benthic Processes in the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II 47: 189-226. (2000) [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

65. Gage, J.D., L.A. Levin and G.A. Wolff (editors). 2000. Benthic processes in the deep Arabian Sea: Introduction and overview. Deep-Sea Research Part II. Volume 47: 1-8. (2000) [Pergamon] EDITED VOLUME

66. Smith,, C.R., L.A. Levin, D.J. Hoover, and G. McMurtry, Variations in bioturbation across the oxygen minimum zone in the northwest Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II 47: 227-257 (2000). [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

67. Gooday, A.J., J.M. Bernhard, L.A. Levin and S. Suhr. Foraminifera in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone and other oxygen-deficient settings: taxonomic composition, diversity and relation to metazoan faunas. Deep-Sea Research Part II 47: 25-54. (2000). [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

68. Cook, A.A., P.J.D. Lambshead, L.E. Hawkins, N. Mitchell and L.A. Levin. Nematode abundance at the oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part II 47: 75-85 (2000). [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE

69. Rathburn, A.E., L.A. Levin, Z. Held and K.C. Lohmann. Benthic foraminifera associated with cold methane seeps on the northern California margin: Ecology and stable isotope composition. Marine Micropaleontology 38: 247-266 (2000). [Elsevier] RESEARCH ARTICLE

70. DiBacco, C. and L.A. Levin. Development and application of elemental fingerprinting to track the dispersal of marine invertebrate larvae. Limnol. and Oceanograaphy 45: 871-880 (2000) [Amer. Soc. Limn/Oceanog.] RESEARCH ARTICLE

71. Levin, L.A. and T. Talley. Influences of vegetation and abiotic environmental factors on salt marsh benthos. In: Weinstein, M.P. and D..A. Kreeger (eds). Concepts and controversies in tidal marsh ecology. Kluwer Academic Publ., Amsterdam, Netherlands. Pp. 661-708 (2000) REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTER FROM IN PRESS

72. Blair, N.E., Levin, L.A., DeMaster, D.J., Plaia, G., Martin, C, Fornes, W., Thomas, C. and Pope, R., The biogeochemistry of carbon in continental slope sediments. In: Organism-Sediment Interactions Symposium. J. Aller. S. Woodin and R. Aller (editors). Belle W. Baruch Library in Marine Science, Columbia, South Carolina, pp. 243-262 (2001) REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTER FROM IN PRESS

73. Levin, L.A. and A. Gooday. The Deep Atlantic Ocean, Ch. 5 in Ecosystems of the World: The Deep Sea. Elsevier Amsterdam. Pp. 111-178. (2003). PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTER FROM ACCEPTED

74. Levin, L.A., D.W. James, C.M. Martin, A. Rathburn, L. Harris and R. Michener. Do methane seeps support distinct infaunal assemblages? Observations on community structure and nutrition from the northern California slope and shelf. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 208: 21-39 (2000) [Inter-Research] RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

75. Talley, T.S., J.A. Crooks and L.A. Levin. Habitat utilization and alteration by the invasive burrowing isopod, Sphaeroma quoyanum, in California salt marshes. Marine Biology 138: 561-573. (2001) [Springer Verlag] RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

76. Talley, T.S. and L.A. Levin. Modification of sediments and macrofauna by an invasive marsh plant. Biological Invasions 3 (1): 51-68. (2001) [Kluwer] RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

77. Gooday, A.J., J.A. Hughes and L.A. Levin. The foraminiferan macrofauna from three North Carolina (U.S.A.) slope sites with contrasting carbon flux: a comparison with the metazoan macrofauna. Deep-Sea Research I, 48: 1709-1739. (2001) [Pergamon] RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

78. Levin, L.A. R.J. Etter, M.A. Rex, A.J. Gooday, C.R. Smith, J. Pineda, C.T. Stuart, R.R. Hessler, and D. Pawson. Environmental influences on regional deep-sea species diversity. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 132: 51-93 (2001) PEER – REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

79. Levin, L.A., D.F. Boesch , A. Covich, C. Dahm,, C. Erseus, K. Ewel, R. Kneib, A. Moldenke, M. Palmer, P. Snelgrove, D. Strayer and J. Weslawski. The role of sediment biodiversity in the function of marine critical transition zones. Ecosystems 4: 430-451. (2001) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

80. Ewel, E., C. Cressa, R. Kneib, P. Lake, L. Levin, M. Palmer, P. Snelgrove and D. Wall. Managing critical transition zones. Ecosystems 4: 452-460. (2001) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

81. Neira, C., J. Sellanes, L.A. Levin and W.E. Arntz. Meiofaunal distributions on the Peru margin: relationship to oxygen and organic matter availability. Deep-Sea Research 48: 2453-2472. (2001) (Pergamon) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

82. Levin, L.A., Gooday, A.J., and D. James. Dressing up for the deep: Agglutinated protists adorn an irregular urchin. J. Mar. Biol. Association UK 81: 881-882. (2001) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

83. Levin, L., D. Gutiérrez, A. Rathburn, C. Neira, J. Sellanes , P. Muñoz, V.M. Gallardo and M. Salamanca. Benthic processes on the Peru margin: A transect across the oxygen minimum zone during the 1997-98 El Niño. Progr. Oceanogr. 53: 1-27. (2002) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

84. Davis, J.L. and LA. Levin. Importance of pre-recruitment life-history stages to population dynamics of the woolly sculpin, Clinocottus analis. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 234: 229-246. (2002) (Inter-Research) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

85. Davis, J.L., L.A. Levin, and S. Walther. Artificial armored shorelines: Sites for open-coast species in a southern California Bay. Marine Biology 140: 1249-1262 (2002) (Springer Verlag) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

86. Shankle, A.M., R. Goericke, P.J.S. Franks, LA. Levin. Chlorin distribution and degradation in sediments within and below the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Deep-Sea Research 49: 953-969. (2002) (Pergamon) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

87. Levin, L.A. and R. Michener. Isotopic evidence of chemosynthesis-based nutrition of macrobenthos: The lightness of being at Pacific methane seeps. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47: 1336-1345. (2002) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

88. Levin, L.A. and T.S. Talley. Natural and manipulated sources of heterogeneity controlling early faunal development of a salt marsh. Ecological Applications 12: 1785-1802. (2002) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

89. DeMaster, D.J., C.J. Thomas, N.E. Blair, W.L. Fornes, G. Plaia, and L.A. Levin. Deposition of Bomb 14C in Continental slope sediments of the Mid-Atlantic bight: Assessing organic matter sources and burial rates. Deep-Sea Research II. 49 (20): 4667-4685. (2002) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

90. Levin, L.A. Oxygen minimum zone benthos: Adaptation and community response to hypoxia. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 41: 1-45. (2003) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

91. Levin, L.A., A.E. Rathburn, D. Gutierrez, P. Munoz, A. Shankle. Bioturbation by symbiont-bearing annelids in near-anoxic sediments: Implications for biofacies models and paleo-oxygen assessments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. (2003),. RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

92. Levin, L.A., W. Ziebis, G. F. Mendoza, V.A. Growney, M.D. Tryon, K.M. Brown, C. Mahn, J.M. Gieskes, and A. E. Rathburn. Spatial heterogeneity of microfauna at northern California methane seeps: influence of sulfide concentration and fluid flow. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 265:123-139 (2003) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW _____________________________________________________________________________________

93. Helly, J. and L.A. Levin. Global distribution of naturally occurring marine hypoxia on continental margins. Deep Sea Research. 51: 1159-1168. RESEARCH ARTICLE (2004) FROM SUBMITTED

94. Moseman, S., L. Levin, C. Currin and C. Forder. Infaunal colonization, succession and nutrition in a newly restored wetland at Tijuana Estuary, California. Est., Coastal and Shelf Sci. 60 : 755-770. RESEARCH ARTICLE (2004) FROM SUBMITTED

95. Robinson, C.A., J.M. Bernhard, L.A. Levin, S. Woodin,, and G.F. Mendoza. Surficial hydrocarbon seep infauna from the Blake Ridge (Atlantic Ocean, 2150 m) and the Gulf of Mexico (690-2240 m). PZNI Marine Ecology. 25:313-336. (2004) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

96. Gallardo, V.A., M. Palma, F.D. Carrasco, D. Gutierrez, L.A. Levin and J.I. Canete. 2004. Macrobenthic zonation caused by the oxygen minimum zone on the shelf and slope off central Chile. Deep Sea Research II. 51: 2475-2490. (2004) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

97. Becker, B.J., Fodrie, J.F., McMillan, P. and Levin, L.A. Spatial and temporal variation in trace elemental fingerprints of mytilid mussel shells: A precursor to invertebrate larval tracking. Limnology and Oceanography. 50: 48-61. (2005) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

98. Neira, C., L.A. Levin, and E.D. Grosholz. 2005. Benthic macrofaunal communities of three sites in San Francisco Bay invaded by hybrid Spartina, with comparison to uninvaded habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 292: 111-126. (2005) RESEARCH ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

99. Levin, L. A. Ecology of cold seep sediments: Interactions of fauna with flow, chemistry, and microbes. Oceanography and Marine Biology, an Annual Review. 43: 1-46. (2005) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

100. Blankenship L., Yayanos, A., Cadien, D., Levin, L. Vertical zonation patterns of scavenging amphipods from the Hadal zone of the Tonga and Kermadec trenches. Deep-Sea Research. 53:48-61 (2006) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

101. Arntz, W.E., V.A. Gallardo, D. Guteierrez, E. Isla, L.A. Levin, J. Mendo, C. Neira, G. Rowe, J. Tarazona and M. Wolff. ENSO and similar perturbation effects on the benthos of the Humboldt, California and Benguela Current upwelling ecosystems. Advances in Geosciences 6: 243-265. (2006) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

102. Levin, L.A., W. Ziebis, G.F. Mendoza, V. Growney - Cannon, S. Walther. Recruitment response of methane-seep macrofauna to sulfide and surrounding habitat J. Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 330: 132-150. (2006). RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

103. Oliver, P. Graham. and Levin, L.. A New Species of the family Thyasiridae (Mullusca:Bivalvia) from the oxygen minimum zone of the Pakistan Margin. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 86: 411-416. (2006). RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

104. Levin, L.A., Neira, C., Grosholz, E.D. Invasive cordgrass modifies wetland trophic function. Ecology 87: 419-432. (2006). RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

105. Levin, L.A. 2006. Recent Progress in Understanding Larval Dispersal: New Directions and Digressions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 282-297. PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

106. DiBacco C., L. Levin and E. Sala. Ch 7. Connectivity in marine systems: the importance of larval and spore dispersal. In; Connectivity Conservation. Kevin R. Crooks and M. A. Sanjayan. Editors. Cambridge Univ. Press. Pp184-212. (2006)PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

107. Neira, C., E.D. Grosholz, L. A. Levin, R. Blake. Mechanisms generating modification of benthos following tidal flat invasion by Spartina (alterniflora x foliosa) hybrid. Ecological Applications 16: 1391-1404. (2006) RESEARCH ARTICLE NEW

108. Whitcraft C.R. and Levin, L.A. Light-mediated regulation of the sediment ecosystem by salt marsh plants. Ecology 88: 904-917.(2007)

109. Levin,L.A. and G. Mendoza. 2007. Community structure and nutrition of deep methane seep macroinfauna from the Aleutian Margin and Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology 28: 131-151.

110. Becker, B.J., Levin, L.A., Fodrie, F.J. and McMillan, P.A. 2007. Complex larval retention patterns in marine invertebrates. PNAS 104: 3267-3272.

111. Blankenship, L.E. and L.A. Levin. 2007. Extreme food webs: foraging strategies and diets of scavenging amphipods from the ocean’s deepest 5 km. Limnology and Oceanograph 52: 1685-1697. Link to publication

112. Neira C., Levin, L.A., Edwin D. Grosholz & Guillermo Mendoza. 2007. Invader plant succession structures macroinvertebrate communities through soil modification. Biological Invasions 9: 975-993.

113. Janousek, C., Currin, C. and L.A. Levin. 2007. Succession of microalgae and phototrophic bacteria in a restored marine wetland: a functional group perspective. Estuaries and Coasts 30(2):265-276

114. Clare Woulds, Greg L. Cowie, Lisa A. Levin, Henrik Andersson, Sandra Vandewiele, Peter A. Lamont, Kate Larkin, Andy Gooday, Stephanie Schumacher . Oxygen And Food Quality As Controls On The Biological Cycling Of Organic Matter. Limnology and Oceanography. 52: 1698-1709 (2007)

115. Grosholz, E.D. Levin, L.A., Tyler C. and Neira, C.in press. . Changes in community structure and ecosystem function following Spartina alterniflora invasion of Pacific estuaries Submitted. Chapter IN: Anthropogenic modification of North American Salt Marshes. B. Silliman, M. Bertness, E. Grosholz (editors). In press.

116. Dobretsov, S., Xiong, H., Xu, Y., Levin, L.A. and Qian, P.Y. 2007. Novel antifoulants: inhibition of larval attachment by proteases. Marine Biotechnology.DOI:10.1007/s10126-007-7091-z Volume 1-9. Springer Science

117. Thorrold, S.R., Zacherl, D.C., Levin, L.A. 2007. Quantifying population connectivity via larval dispersal using geochemical signatures in calcified structures. Oceanography 20: 80-89.

118. Fodrie, F. J. and L. A. Levin. 2008. Linking juvenile habitat utilization to population dynamics of California halibut. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 799-812.

119. Andersson, J.H., C. Woulds, M. Schwartz, G. Cowie, L. Levin, K. Soetart, J. J. Middelburg. 2008. Short-term fate of phytodetritus across the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Biogeosciences 5: 43-53.

120. Moseman, S., Zhang, R., Qian, P.Y. and Levin, L.A. 2008. Diversity and functional responses of nitrogen-fixing microbes to three wetland invations. Biol. Invasions. DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9227-0.

121. Whitcraft, C.R., L.A. Levin, D. Talley and J.A. Crooks. 2008. Utilization of invasive tamarisk by salt marsh consumers. Oecologia DOI 10.1007/s00442-008-1144-5.

122. Levin, L.A., C. Whitcraft, G. F. Mendoza, J. Gonzalez, G. Cowie. Oxygen and Organic Matter Thresholds for Benthic Faunal Activity: A Case Study Across the Pakistan Margin Oxygen Minimum Zone (700-1100 m) Deep-Sea Research II. In Press

123. Gooday, A.J., L.A. Levin, Aranda da Silva, A., Bett, B., Cowie, G., Dissard, D., Gage, J., Hughes D., Jeffreys R., Larkin K., Murty, S.J., Shumaker, S, Whitcraft, C., Woulds, C.…. Faunal responses to oxygen gradients on the Pakistan margin: a comparison of foraminifera, macrofauna and megafauna. Deep-sea Research II. In Press.

124. Hughes, D.J., Lamont, P.A., Levin, L.A. Packer, M. and Gage, J.D. Macrofaunal community structure and bioturbation across the Pakistan margin Oxygen Minimum Zone, north-east Arabian Sea. Deep-sea Research II. In Press

125. Woulds, C., Cowie, G., Andersson, J.H., Middelburg, J.J. and Levin, L.A. 13C tracer studies on the short-term fate of organic carbon in marine sediments: comparing the Pakistan margin to other regions. Deep-sea Research II. In Press.

126. Cowie, G.L. and L. A. Levin. Benthic Biological and Biogeochemical Patterns and Processes Across an Oxygen Minimum Zone (Pakistan Margin, NW Arabian Sea). Deep-Sea Research II. In Press.

127. Rasmussen, L., Cornuelle, B.D., Levin, L.A. , Largier, J.L. DiLorenzo, E. submitted. Effects of small-scale features and local wind forcig on tracer dispersion and estimates of population connectivity in a regional scale circulation model. J. Geophys. Res. ( in press)

B. Other work 1. Schwab, W.C., J.R. Hein, K.L. Smith, C. DeMoustier, L.A. Levin, A. Genin and R.j Baldwin. Maps showing the sunbeam bathymetry and sedimentologic and biologic sample locations on Horizon Guyot, Mid-Pacific Mountains and a summary of existing data. U.S. Geological Survey. Open file Report, 88-298 (1988).

2. Levin, L.A. Deep-ocean life where oxygen is scarce. American Scientist 90: 436-444. (2002) REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

3.Weslawski, J. M., P. Snelgrove, M.C.V. Austen, T. Iliffe, R. T. Kneib, L.A. Levin, J.R. Garey, S.J. Hawkins,and R.B. Whitlatch. Marine sedimentary biota as providers of sustainable ecosystem services Chapter In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Functioning in Soils and Sediments, Island Press, Covelo, CA D. Wall (ed). pp. 73-98. (2004) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

4.Snelgrove, P.V.R., M.C. Austen, S.J. Hawkins, T. Iliffe, R.T. Kneib, L.A. Levin, J. M. Weslawski, R.B. Whitlatch and J.R. Garey. Ecosystem services provided by marine sedimentary biota and their vulnerability to anthropogenic disturbance Chapter In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Functioning in Soils and Sediments, Island Press, Covelo, CA , D. Wall, (ed). pp. 161-192. (2004) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE FROM SUBMITTED

5. Ineson, P., Levin, L.A., Kneib R.T. , Hall, R. R.O. , Weslawski, J.M., Bardgett, R.D., Wardle, D.A. , Wall, D.H., vander Putten, W.H., Zadeh, H. Cascading effects of Deforestation on Ecosystem services across soils and freshwater and marine sediments. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Functioning in Soils and Sediments, Island Press, Covelo, CA D. Wall (ed). Pp. 225-248. (2004) PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE NEW

6. Smith, C.R., Levin, L.A., Koslow, A. Tyler, P.A. and Glover A.G. In press. The near future of the deep seafloor ecosystem. In: Aquatic Ecosystems: Trends and Global Prospects. N. Polunin (ed.) Cambridge Univ. Press in press. PEER REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE (2005) FROM SUBMITTED

7. Gambi, M.C. and L.A. Levin. Back to the Future. Marine Ecology 26: 1-2 (2005) EDITORIAL NEW

8. Rouse, G.W., M.C. Gambi, L.A. Levin (editors). Kristian Fauchald, A tribute. Marine Ecology 26: 141-144. INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL VOLUME (2005) NEW

9. Levin, L.A., et al. (editors). Advances in Vent, Seep, Whale- and Wood-Fall Biology. Marine Ecology 28: 1-2 (2007) 10. 
Celeste Benham, Alison M. Cawood, Geoffrey S. Cook, Ange Darnell, Peter C. Davison, Miriam C. Goldstein, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Talina Konotchick, Elisa M. Maldonado, Alexis L. Pasulka, Jennifer C. Prairie, Serena M. Moseman, Vera Tai, Christina A. Tanner, Tali Vardi, Tara S. Whitty, Lisa A. Levin
Published Online: Jun 9 2008 12:00AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00243.x Marine Metapopulations (Book Review) in Marine Ecology 29: 319-320

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C. Work in Progress.

1. Currin, C., L.A. Levin, T.S. Talley, R. Michener, and D. Talley. Cyanobacteria in salt marsh trophic pathways: the influence of marsh age, habitat, season and climate change in southern California.), 50 ms pp. RESEARCH ARTICLE From In progress 2003 Submitted to Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2008.

Amy R. Baco1, Ashley A. Rowden, Lisa A. Levin , Craig R. Smith, and the RENEWZ I cruise scientific party. Trawling Threatens Newly Discovered Chemosynthetic Ecosystems off New Zealand. Marine Geology, submitted.

Rathburn, A. E., Levin, L. A., Tryon, M., Ziebis, W., M., Gieskes, J.M., Martin, J. B., Pérez, M.E., Fodrie, F. J., Neira, C.E., Mendoza, G., McMillan, P.A., Adamic, J., Kluesner, J. Geological and Biological Heterogeneity of the Aleutian Margin (2000-4800 m). Progress in Oceanography, Submitted.

Thurber, A. Stable isotope signatures and methane use by New Zealand cold seep benthos. Marine Geology, submitted.

Gooday, A.J., Jorissen, F., Levin, L.A., Middelburg, J.J, Naqvi, W., Rabalais, N., Scranton, M., Zhang, J. Historical records of coastal eutrophication-induced hypoxia. Biogeosciences (in prep.)

Fodrie, J. , L. A. Levin and A.J.. Lucas. Demographic consequences of nursery habitat selection by California halibut. In prep.

Levin, L.A. et al. Effects of Natural and Human-Induced Hypoxia on Coastal Benthos for Biogeosciences (in prep).


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