Lawrence Basch

Marine Ecologist-Senior Scientist-Advisor
National Park Service, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit
Ph.D University of Santa Cruz, 1993
lbasch@hawaii.edu
Lawrence Basch  

Research Interests

Analysis of natural and human-mediated ecological processes affecting spatial and temporal variation of coastal animal and plant populations and communities. Ecological and oceanographic interactions coupling pelagic and benthic coastal ecosystems. Reproductive, larval, juvenile, and recruitment ecology. Coastal fisheries and resources conservation. Marine resource policy and multiple use management.

 

Selected Publications

Basch, L.V. 1996. Effects of algal and larval densities on development and survival of asteroid larvae. Marine Biology 126: 693-701.
Basch, L.V., and J.S. Pearse. 1996. Consequences of larval feeding environment for settlement and metamorphosis of a temperate echinoderm. Oceanologica Acta 19 (3-4): 273-285.
Basch, L.V., and J. Keesing. 1996. Ecology of marine benthic invertebrate juveniles. Oceanologica Acta 19: 466-467.
Tegner, M.J., Basch, L.V., and P.K. Dayton.1996. Near extinction of an exploited marine invertebrate. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11 (7): 278-280.
Brey, T., Pearse, J.S., Basch, L.V., McClintock, J.B., and M. Slattery.1995. Growth and production of Sterechinus neumayeri (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Mar. Biol. 124: 279-292.
Schubart, C.D., Basch, L.V., and G. Miyasato. 1995. Recruitment of Balanus glandula Darwin (Crustacea: Cirripedia) into empty barnacle tests and its ecological consequences. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 186: 143-181.
Basch, L.V., and J.M. Engle. 1993. Biogeography of Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) with emphasis on Southern California Bight populations. Pp. 211-220, in: Third California Islands Symposium: Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands, F.G. Hochberg, ed. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.
Pearse, J.S., Bosch, I., Pearse, V.B., and L.V. Basch. 1992. Differences in feeding on algae and bacteria by temperate and antarctic sea star larvae. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 26: 170-172.
Bosch, I., Pearse, J.S., and L.V. Basch. 1990. Particulate food and growth of planktotrophic sea star larvae in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Antarctic Journal of the United States, 25: 210-212.
Basch, L.V., and J.M. Engle. 1989. Aspects of the ecology and behavior of the stomatopod Hemisquilla ensigera californiensis (Gonodactyloidea: Hemisquillidae). Pp. 199-212, in: Biology of Stomatopods, E.A. Ferrero, ed. Mucchia Editore, Selected Symposia and Monographs, Modena, Italy.
Basch, L.V. 1988. Bioluminescent anti-predator defense in a subtidal ophiuroid, pp. 503-515, in: Echinoderm Biology, R.D. Burke, P.V. Mladenov, P. Lambert, and R.L. Parsley., eds. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands.