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Research Interests:
As marine ecosystems become more degraded worldwide, it is critical
that rigorous science be conducted to better understand the dynamics
and processes driving these declines. My major research areas of
interest are coral reef community ecology, fisheries science, marine
conservation biology, and traditional marine resource use and management.
I have been examining population regulation in marine fishes throughout
the Hawaiian Archipelago, the Caribbean, and the wider Indo-Pacific
region, with particular emphasis on responses to exploitation, disturbance,
and habitat quality. By conducting long-term monitoring and examining
remote locations with limited anthropogenic impacts, we have been
able to document dramatic changes in community composition, trophic
dynamics, and ecosystem function due to human influence.
One
of my current major research efforts involves the development of
biogeographic approaches to integrate information on the distribution
of habitats and associated species to characterize species affinities,
define biologically relevant marine protected area (MPA) boundaries,
and evaluate MPA effectiveness. Through the combination of remote
sensing, GIS, and comprehensive ecological studies, we are developing
large-scale, spatially-explicit, and statistically robust evaluations
of MPAs as well as exploring the relationship between coral reef
habitat complexity and coral reef fish population dynamics at multiple
broad spatial scales to inform future MPA design.
Representative
publications:
Papastamatiou, Y.P., Caselle, J.E., Lowe, C.G., Friedlander, A.M.
2009. Scale-dependent effects of habitat on movements and path structure
of reef sharks at a predator-dominated atoll. Ecology 90:996-1008
Wedding L and Friedlander A.M. 2008. Determining the influence of
seascape structure on coral reef fishes in Hawaii using a geospatial
approach. Marine Geodesy 31:246-266
Williams, I.D. W.J. Walsh, R.E. Schroeder, A.M. Friedlander, B.L.
Richards, K.A. Stamoulis. 2008. Assessing the relative importance
of fishing impacts on Hawaiian coral reef fish assemblages along
regional-scale human population gradients. Environmental Conservation
35:261-272
Demartini, E.E., A.M. Friedlander, S.A. Sandin, and E. Sala. 2008.
Differences in fish assemblage structure between fished and unfished
atolls in the northern Line Islands, central Pacific. Mar. Ecol.
Prog. Ser. 365:199-215.
Wedding, L., A. Friedlander, M. McGranaghan, R. Yost, and M. Monaco.
2008. Using bathymetric LIDAR data to measure benthic habitat complexity
associated with coral reef fishes. Remote Sensing of Environment
112:4159-4165
Friedlander, A.M., Brown, E.K., Monaco, M.E. 2007. Coupling ecology
and GIS to evaluate efficacy of marine protected areas in Hawaii.
Ecological Applications 17:715-730.
Friedlander, A.M., E.K. Brown, and M. E. Monaco. 2007. Defining
reef fish habitat utilization patterns in Hawaii: comparisons between
MPAs and areas open to fishing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 351:221-233.
Monaco, M.E., A. M. Friedlander, C. Caldow, J.D. Christensen, J.
Beets, J. Miller, C. Rogers, R. Boulon. 2007. Characterizing reef
fish populations and habitats within and outside the US Virgin Islands
Coral Reef National Monument: a lesson in MPA design. Fisheries
Management and Ecology 14:33-40.
DeMartini, E.E. and A.M. Friedlander. 2006. Predation, endemism,
and related processes structuring shallow-water reef fish assemblages
of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 543:237-256.
Friedlander A., J. Sladek Nowlis, J. A. Sanchez, R. Appeldoorn,
P.Usseglio, C. McCormick, S. Bejarano, and A. Mitchell-Chui. 2003.
Designing effective marine protected areas in Seaflower Biosphere
Reserve, Colombia, based on biological and sociological information.
Conservation Biology 17:1769-1784.
Friedlander A.M., E. K. Brown, P. L. Jokiel. W. R. Smith, and K.S.
Rodgers. 2003. Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected
area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago.
Coral Reefs 22:291-305.
Friedlander, A.M. and E.E. DeMartini. 2002. Contrasts in density,
size, and biomass of reef fishes between the Northwestern and the
main Hawaiian Islands: the effects of fishing down apex predators.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 230:253-264.
Friedlander, A. K. Poepoe, K. Poepoe, K. Helm, P. Bartram, J. Maragos,
and I. Abbott. 2002. Application of Hawaiian traditions to community-based
fishery management. Proc. 9th Inter. Coral Reef Symp. Vol. 2:813-818.
Current
Research Projects:
Using remote sensing, GIS, and spatial ecology to develop reef fish
habitat suitability models for MPA design in Hawaii - by coupling
a variety of remotely sensed data with in situ ecological studies,
we are developing reef fish habitat utilization with emphasis on
effective MPA design
Predator-prey
dynamics of fishes at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge - through
the use of acoustic telemetry and life history studies (age, growth,
diet), we are investigating the interactions of fishes at a predator-dominated
atoll.
Ecological
linkages between Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument and
Virgin Islands National Park - using a large array of acoustic receivers,
we are examining the movement patterns and habitat affinities of
a broad suite of reef fishes.
Life
history and fisheries characteristics of bonefish in Hawaii - we
are employing an angler-based tagging program combined with life
history studies to better understand the dynamics of important coastal
fisheries species.
BOOK
CHAPTERS:
Friedlander,
A.M. in press. Marine protected areas. In: Encyclopedia of Islands
(R. Gillespie and D.A. Clague, eds.). University of California Press.
Grigg, R. W., J. Polovina, A. Friedlander, and S. Rohman. 2008.
Pages 573-594 in: Biology and paleoceanography of the coral reefs
in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In: Coral reefs of the United
States (B. Riegl and R. Dodge, eds.). Springer-Vergal Publishing.
Friedlander, A, J. Caselle, J. Beets, C. Lowe, B. Bowen, T. Ogawa,
K. Kelly, T. Calitri, M. Lange and B. Anderson. 2007. Aspects of
the biology, ecology, and recreational fishery for bonefish at Palmyra
Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, with comparisons to other Pacific
Islands. Pages 28-56 in: Biology and management of the world's tarpon
and bonefish fisheries (J. Ault, ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Poepoe, K., P. Bartram, and A. Friedlander. 2007. The use of traditional
Hawaiian knowledge in the contemporary management of marine resources.
Pages 117-141 in: Fishers' knowledge in fisheries science and management
(N. Haggan, B. Neis, and I.Baird, eds.). UNESCO, Paris.
Sladek Nowles, J. and A. M. Friedlander. 2005. Marine reserve design
and function for fisheries management. Pages 280-301 in: Marine
conservation biology: the science of maintaining the sea's biodiversity
(E. A. Norse and L. B. Crowder, eds.). Island Press.
Sladek Nowles, J. and A. M. Friedlander. 2004. Research priorities
and techniques. Pages 187-233 In: Marine Reserves; their science,
design and use (J. Sobel and C. Dahlgren, eds.). Island Press. Washington,
DC.
Sladek Nowles, J. and A. M. Friedlander. 2004. Marine reserve design
and designation process. Pages 128-163 In: Marine Reserves; their
science, design and use (J. Sobel and C. Dahlgren, eds.). Island
Press. Washington, DC.
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