Additional Information:Experience:
- 2002-present: Senior Scientist, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- 2002-present: Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
- 2002: Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Selected Publications:
Lonhart, S.I. 2009. Natural and climate change mediated invasions. In: G. Rilov, J.A.
Crooks (eds). Biological Invasions of Marine Ecosystems: Patterns, Effects, and
Management. Ecological Studies 204, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. p 57-
69.
Ritter, A.F., K. Wasson, S.I. Lonhart, R.K. Preisler, A. Woolfolk, K.A. Griffith, S.
Connors, K.W. Heiman. 2008. Ecological signatures of anthropogenically altered
tidal exchange in estuarine ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts, 31:554-571
Zacherl, D., S.D. Gaines, and S.I. Lonhart. 2003. The limits to biogeographical
distributions: insights from the northward range extensions of the marine snail,
Kelletia kelletii (Forbes, 1852). Journal of Biogeography, 30: 913-924
Lonhart, S.I. and Tupen, J.W. 2001. Recent range extensions of 12 marine invertebrates:
the role of El Niño and other mechanisms in southern and central California.
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 100(3): 238-248
Awards and Honors:
- 2009 Innovation of the Year Award, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
- 2009 NOAA Bronze Medal
- 2001 Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Best Student Paper
- 1999 Western Society of Naturalists. Best Student Paper
- 1999 American Malacological Society Annual Meeting. Outstanding Student Poster
- 1999 Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Best Student Paper
- 1999 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Symposium. Best Overall Poster
- 1998 Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting. Best Student Paper
- 1997/98 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Biology, UCSC
- 1997 American Malacological Union and Western Society of Malacologists Joint Meeting. Co-Winner Best Student Paper
- 1996 Summa Cum Laude CSULB (4.0 GPA, overall)
- 1995 Graduate Dean's List of University Scholars and Artists, CSULB
- 1990 Dean’s Honors List, Spring, UCLA
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