John C. Ogden
John C. Ogden
Professor
Contact
Office: MSL 128A
Phone: 727/553-110
Email:
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1968.
Research
Marine Ecology
Major interests: Tropical coastal marine ecosystems (coral reefs, seagrasses, and mangroves), ocean and coastal ecosystem processes, marine biodiversity, marine resources management and conservation. NOTE: As an institute director I do not take graduate students directly, but I am happy to discuss graduate programs with students and to serve on graduate committees.
I have been Professor of Biology at the University of South Florida and Director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) since 1988. The FIO is a state-wide consortium of 19 agency, university, and marine laboratory members including all 10 state universities. We operate two ships (R/V Bellows, 71ft. and R/V Suncoaster,110ft.) from Bayboro Harbor on the USF St. Petersburg Campus and the Keys Marine Laboratory on Long Key in partnership with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). We also organize and administer inter-institutional programs in marine science education and research.
I received my undergraduate degree from Princeton University and my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University . After two years working on coral reef fishes at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama , I joined Fairleigh Dickinson University , helped to build the West Indies Laboratory (WIL) in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands , and began fieldwork on coral reefs and associated ecosystems. Over the years I have worked in many places in the tropics. I was Director of WIL from 1981-1988, operated the saturation diving facility Hydrolab for NOAA during this period, and directed the construction and initial operations of Aquarius , the only currently operational facility. I have published over 80 scientific papers, contributed to numerous books, and produced several television films on tropical ecosystems.
My years of studying coral reef ecosystems and observing their steady decline has convinced me that scientists must become activists in translating scientific information into policy. To this end I have served on numerous federal and state commissions dealing with coastal ecosystem management, coastal observing systems, marine protected areas, and coral reef conservation. I was a member of the founding Advisory Council of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and currently serve on the Boards of The Ocean Conservancy (formerly the Center for Marine Conservation), Sea Web and the Florida Ocean Alliance. I am a member of the Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Recent Publications
Ogden , J.C., J.W. Porter, N.P. Smith, A.M. Szmant, W.C. Jaap, and D. Forcucci. 1994. A long-term interdisciplinary study of the Florida Keys seascape. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54: 1059-1071.
Done, T.J., J.C. Ogden, W. J. Wiebe, and B.R. Rosen. 1996. Biodiversity and ecosystem function of coral reefs, pp 393-429. In: Mooney, H.A. et al. Functional Roles of Biodiversity: AGlobal Perspective. SCOPE/UNEP, John Wiley and Sons, 493p.
Ogden , J.C. 1997. Marine managers look upstream for connections. Science 278: 1414 Ogden , J.C. and N.B. Ogden . 1998. A reconnaissance survey of the coral reefs and associated ecosystems of Cayos Cochinos, Honduras . Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 (4): 67-74.
Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, J.A. Bohnsack, L.W. Botsford, M.H. Carr, G.E. Davis, P.K. Dayton, D. Gotshall, D.R. Gunderson, M.A. Hixon, J. Lubchenco, M. Mangel, MacCall, D.A. McArdle, J.C.Ogden, Joan Roughgarden, R.M. Star, M.J Tegner, and M.M. Yoklavich. 1999. No-take reserve networks: Sustaining fishery populations and marine ecosystems. Fisheries 24(11): 11-25
CARICOMP (J.C. Ogden with 33 other authors). 2001. The Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Program (CARICOMP). Bull. Mar. Sci. 69: 819- 829.
Ogden , J.C., I. Nagelkerken, and C. McIvor. In press. Ecosystem interactions in the Tropical coastal seascape. In: C. Birkeland (ed.) Life and Death of Coral Reefs, 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall, NY.
Boersma, D., J. Ogden, G. Branch, R. Bustamante, C. Campagna, G. Harris and E.K. Pikitch. 2004. Chapter 6: Lines on the Water: Ocean-Use Planning in Large Marine Ecosystems. In: Glover, L.K. and S.A. Earle, Defying Ocean's End: An Agenda for Action . Island Press,
Washington , D.C. , Pp. 125-138.
Pandolfi, J.M., J.B.C. Jackson, N. Baron, R.H. Bradbury, H.M. Guzman, T.P. Hughes, C.V. Kappel, F. Micheli, J.C. Ogden, H.P. Possingham, E. Sala. 2005. Are US coral reefs on the slippery slope to slime? Science 307: 1725-1726.