Faculty Projects and Publications

Malia Rivera

Education Specialist

Education

Professional Interests

Selected Publications

Rivera, M, In press.  New species of endemic kleptoparasitic spiders of the Genus Argyrodes (Araneae:  Theridiidae) in the Hawaiian Islands.  Pacific Science.

M Rivera, 2007.  Free-living spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Theridiidae) in Hawai‘i.  Journal of Arachnology 35: 11-37.

Rivera, M, C Kelley & G Roderick, 2004.  Subtle population genetic structure in the Hawaiian Grouper, Epinephelus quernus as revealed by mitochondrial DNA analyses.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 449-468.

Rivera, M, G Graham & G Roderick, 2003.  Isolation and characterization of nine nuclear microsatellites from the Hawaiian Grouper, Epinephelus quernus.  Marine Biotechnology 5(2): 126-129.

Rivera, M, G Roderick, S Taiti & F Howarth, 2002.  Evolution in Hawaiian cave adapted isopods:  Vicariant speciation or adaptive shifts?  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 1-9.

Gillespie, R, M Rivera & J Garb, 1998.  Taxonomy and Phylogeography of Hawaiian Araneae. In Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997. (ed.) P.A. Selden. British Arachnological Society:  Burnham Beeches, Bucks. pp 41-50.

Curriculum Projects

Lessons from the Sea: A marine science curriculum for grades 3-5 for Hawai‘i Department of Education and NOAA.

Reef Missions:  Exploring Remote Underwater Habitats with Autonomous Vehicles

Selected Grants and Projects

Principal Investigator, Harold K. L. Castle Foundation, $391,418, 2009-2010.

Principal Investigator, Emmett R. Quady Foundation, $15,000, 2008-2010.

Co-PI, NOAA Bay-Watershed Education and Training, $99,998, 2008-2009.

Co-PI, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation, $85,000; Ameron Hawai‘i, $75,000; Minami Foundation, $20,000; Hawai‘i Community Foundation, $15,000; and others, 2008-2012

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program, $115,000, 2007-2010.

Principal Investigator, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program, $75,000, 2007-2010.

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program, $619,940, 2006-2010.

Principal Investigator, NOAA Office of Education/National Marine Sanctuaries Program Pacific Region, $99,982, 2006-2009.

 

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