Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Botany and Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology

University of Hawaii, Manoa

3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822

Office:(808) 956-3943 

Fax: (808) 956-3923

Email: jesmith@hawaii.edu

    research interests:

Ecology and Physiology of Invasive Macroalgae, Nutrient Dynamics of coastal ecosystems, Biodiversity, marine ecology, phycology, coral reef ecology,  Invasive/alien species, Physiological Ecology, Plant/Animal Interactions, conservation and management

    PH. D. Completed IN Dec 2003 

Dissertation Title: Factors influencing the formation of algal blooms on tropical reefs with an emphasis on Herbivory, nutrient enrichment and alien/Invasive species on Benthic community structure

    My Curriculum vitae:

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    aLIEN/INVASIVE ALGAE VOLUNTEER CLEAN-UPS, WAIKIKI

    NewspAper Articles on Various research projects:

        Invasive Algae in Hawaii: 

• http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Feb/08/ln/ln01a.html
• http://starbulletin.com/2001/07/14/news/story3.html
• http://www.maui.net/~mauinews/jlnews5a.htm
• http://www.maui.net/~mauinews/hlnews0c.htm
• http://starbulletin.com/2000/10/12/news/story11.html
• http://starbulletin.com/2001/10/27/news/story7.html
• http://starbulletin.com/2001/12/03/news/story4.html

Halimeda research in Florida: 

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    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND LINKS TO PDF FILES

• Smith, J. E., C. L. Hunter and C. M. Smith (2001). The effects of herbivory and nutrient enrichment on benthic community structure and development on a Hawaiian Reef. Coral Reefs, 19: 332-342.   CLICK HERE FOR PDF

• Smith, J. E., C. L. Hunter and C. M. Smith (2002) Distribution and reproductive characteristics of nonindigenous and invasive marine algae in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 56(3): 299-315. CLICK HERE FOR PDF

• Vroom, P. S., C. M. Smith, J. A. Coyer, L. J. Walters, C. L. Hunter, K. S. Beach, J. E. Smith (2003) Field biology of Halimeda tuna (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) across a depth gradient: comparative growth, survivorship, recruitment, and reproduction.  Hydrobiologia 501(1): 149-166. CLICK HERE FOR PDF

• Runcie, J. W. and J. E. Smith (2003) Introduction to special issue: Nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystems-linking physical and biological processes. Journal of Marine Systems 42(3-4): 81-82. CLICK HERE FOR PDF 

• Smith, J. E., R. Most, T. Sauvage, C. Hunter, C. Squair and E. Conklin,  (2004) Ecology of the invasive red alga Gracilaria salicornia in Waikiki and possible mitigation strategies. Pacific Science 58(2): 325-343. CLICK HERE FOR PDF 

• Smith, J., K. Beach, S. Miller, C. Smith, P. Vroom (2004) Variation in the morphology and growth of Halimeda tuna along a nutrient gradient in the Florida Keys. Limnology & Oceanography 49(6): 1923-1936. CLICK HERE FOR PDF

• Conklin, E. J. and J. E. Smith (In Press) Increases in abundance and development of management options for the invasive red alga Kappaphycus in Kane’ohe Bay, Hawai’i. Biological Invasions.  

• Smith, J.E., J. Runcie and C. M. Smith. (In Press) Ecophysiology and nutrient dynamics of the ephemeral bloom-forming green alga Cladophora sericea G. Hudson (Kutzing) on the reefs of west Maui, Hawai`i. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 

2003-2004 HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE

2002-2003 HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE

See: http://starbulletin.com/2001/12/03/news/story4.html

2001-2002 HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE

2000-2001 HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE

1998-2000 HAWAII CORAL REEF INITIATIVE

1999-2005 Lecturer, Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST), University of Hawaii, Hilo Summer Program 

Q.U.E.S.T.

Class Webpage: 

http://www.kmec.uhh.hawaii.edu/quest.htm

Student Resources: 

Limu Species List: Power Point 

Limu ID List: word document

Limu ID Study Guide

Quest Algal Ecology Lecture