Eric Danner

Research Interests:

Education:

• Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: University of California Santa Cruz. 2006
• M.S. Marine Sciences: University of California Santa Cruz. 1998
• B.S. Biological Sciences: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. 1990

Additional Information:

Selected Publications:

Danner, E. M., M. J. Kauffman, and R. L. Brownell. 2006. Industrial whaling in the North Pacific Ocean 1952-1978: spatial patterns of harvest and decline. in J. A. Estes, R. L. Brownell, D. R. DeMaster, D. Doak, and T. M. Williams, editors. Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Springer, A. M., G. B. van Vliet, J. F. Piatt, and E. M. Danner. 2006. Whales and Whaling in the North Pacific: Oceanographic Insights and Ecosystem Impacts. in J. A. Estes, R. L. Brownell, D. R. DeMaster, D. Doak, and T. M. Williams, editors. Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Maron, J.L., J.A. Estes, D.A. Croll, E.M. Danner, S.C. Elmendorf, and S.L. Buckelew. 2006. An introduced predator alters Aleutian Island plant communities by thwarting nutrient subsidies. Ecological Monographs, 76, 1-23

Croll, D. A., J. L. Maron, J. A. Estes, E. M. Danner, and G. V. Byrd. 2005. Introduced predators transform subarctic islands from grassland to tundra. Science 307:1959-1961.

Estes, J. A., E. M. Danner, D. F. Doak, B. Konar, A. M. Springer, P. D. Steinberg, M. T. Tinker, and T. M. Williams. 2004. Complex trophic interactions in kelp forest ecosystems. Bulletin of Marine Science 74:621-638.

Springer, A. M., J. A. Estes, G. B. van Vliet, T. M. Williams, D. F. Doak, E. M. Danner, K. A. Forney, and B. Pfister. 2003. Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: An ongoing legacy of industrial whaling? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100:12223-12228.

Pearse, J. S., E. Danner, L. Watson, and C. Zabin. 1999. Stability and flux in the rocky intertidal. American Zoologist 39:35A-35A.
Danner, E. M. 1999. The effects of recruitment and predation on an inferior competitor in the rocky intertidal. Masters. University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA.

Danner, E. M., T. C. Wilson, and R. E. Schlotterbeck. 1994. Comparison of Rockfish Recruitment of Nearshore Artificial and Natural Reefs off the Coast of Central California. Bulletin of Marine Science 55:333-343.