Sam McClatchie

Research Interests:

Education:

• 1985 Ph.D. in Oceanography. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• 1979 First Class Honours B.Sc. in Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Selected Publications:

• McClatchie, S., Goericke, R, Koslow, A.J. and 24 other authors. 2008. The state of the California Current, 2007–2008: La Niña conditions and their effects on the ecosystem. CalCOFI Reports 49: 39-76.
• McClatchie, S., P.J. Rogers, and L. McLeay (2007). Importance of scale to the relationship between abundance of sardine larvae, stability and food. Limnology & Oceanography 52(4): 1570-1579.
• McClatchie, S., J.F. Middleton and T.M. Ward. (2006). Water mass and alongshore variation in upwelling intensity in the eastern Great Australian Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research 111, No.C8, C08007, doi:10.1029/2004JC002699.
• McClatchie, S., M. Pinkerton and M.E. Livingston (2005). Relating the distribution of a semidemersal fish, Macruronus novaezelandiae, to their pelagic food supply. DeepSea Research 52(8): 1489-1501.
• McClatchie, S. and R.F. Coombs (2005). Spatial variability of orange roughy around the Northwest Hills on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand. DeepSea Research I 52, 589-603.
• McClatchie, S., R.F. Coombs and G. Macaulay (2004) Acoustic backscatter and copepod secondary production across the Subtropical Front to the east of New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 109, C03013, doi:10.1029/2000JC000751.
• McClatchie, S. and A. Dunford (2003). Estimated biomass of vertically migrating mesopelagic fish off New Zealand. DeepSea Research 50: 1263-1281.
• McClatchie, S., G.J. Macaulay and R.F. Coombs. (2003). A requiem for the use of 20log10length for acoustic target strength with special reference to deepsea fishes. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60(2): 419-428.

Additional Information:

Personal Research Page:
http://home.roadrunner.com/~fishocean/

Curriculum Vitae File