Research Interests

• Effect of climatological and meteorological variation on transport, recruitment and development of planktonic and benthic populations.
• Modeling interactions of oceanographic processes and population dynamics.
• Effects of population dynamics on trophic level interactions in marine communities.

Education

Research Experience

Associate Specialist, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley: 2002-2003

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley: 2001-2003

• Estimated larval transport between closed fishery areas on Georges Bank

Research Associate, Numerical Methods Laboratory, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College: 1997-2000

• Developing coupled biological-physical models of copepod transport, development and reproduction for U.S. GOBEC Modeling effort.
• Estimated rates of cod feeding on Georges Bank Calanus.
• Estimated larval transport between closed fishery areas on Georges Bank

Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 1990-1997

• Studied population dynamics of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) using NMFS data, shell-sectioning, and matrix population models.
• Coupled population and trophic models to prognostic, three dimensional, primitive equation models (SPEM 3.0 and ECOM-si) of mesoscale circulation on Georges Bank.
• Analyzed meteorological and oceanographic data from satellite, ground, and shipboard instrumentation.
• Four months of sea time aboard eight vessels conducting hydrographic, benthic and planktonic sampling.
• Extensive experience with Matlab and FORTRAN in UNIX environments (SUN, SGI, Cray and DEC). Limited experience in PASCAL, BASIC, and HTML.
• Certified Scientific Diver (WHOI), 140 dives in neritic and pelagic environments.

Summer Student, Friday Harbor Marine Lab, University of Washington: Summer 1992

• Invertebrate zoology course.

Summer Student, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University: Summer 1990

• Used SCUBA and ROV Ventana for vertical zonation survey in Carmel Canyon and Point Lobos.

Publication

• Lewis, C. V. W., J. Weinberg and C. S. Davis. (In Prep.) Age and size structure of Arctica islandica on Georges Bank. Journal of Shellfish Research.

• Lewis, C. V. W., C. Chen and C. S. Davis (In Press) Effect of winter wind variability on plankton transport over Georges Bank. Deep Sea Research II.

• Lynch, D. R., Lewis, C. V. W. and F. E. Werner (In Press) Can Georges Bank Larval Cod Survive on a Calanoid Diet? Deep Sea Research II.

• Miller, C. B., D. R. Lynch, F. Carlotti, W. Gentleman, and C. V. Lewis. (1998) Coupling of an individual-based population dynamical model of Calanus finmarchicus to a circulation model for the Georges Bank region. Fisheries Oceanography, 7(3/4), 219-234.

• Lewis, C. V. W. (1997) Biological-physical interactions on Georges Bank: plankton transport and population dynamics of the Ocean Quahog, Arctica islandica. MIT/WHOI Ph. D. Thesis.

• Lewis, C. V. W., C. S. Davis and G. Gawarkiewicz. (1994) Wind forced biological-physical interactions on an isolated offshore bank. Deep Sea Research II, 41(1), 51-73.

Presentations

• "Zooplankton size structure and taxonomic composition in a gulf stream meander." (3rd author, with C. Davis and P. Alatalo) The Oceanography Society. Seattle, WA. April 13-16, 1993.

• "Wind-forced biological-physical interactions on an isolated offshore bank." (with C. Davis and G. Gawarkiewicz) Larval Ecology Meetings. Port Jefferson, NY. August 20-23, 1993.

• "Biological-physical modeling of meroplankton transport and settlement patterns on Georges Bank." (with C. Chen, C. Davis, and G. Gawarkiewicz) AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences. San Diego, CA. February 12-16, 1996.

• " Biological-physical modeling of Ocean Quahog, Arctica islandica, larval transport and demographics on Georges Bank." (with C. Chen and C. Davis) Benthic Ecology Meeting. Portland ME. April 3-6 1997.

• "Effect of daily and interannual wind variability on circulation and plankton transport over Georges Bank." (with C. Chen and C. Davis) ICES. Baltimore, MD. September 25 - October 3, 1997.

• "Planktonic rcruitment on Georges Bank: modeling effects of climatological and episodic forcing." (with C. Chen and C. Davis) AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences. San Diego, CA. February 12-16, 1998.

• "Effect of Area Closures on Georges Bank Bivalves: Larval Transport and Population Dynamics." (with D. R. Lynch, M. J. Fogarty, and D. Mountain) ASLO. Santa Fe, NM. February 1-5, 1999.

• "Modeling wind and tidal forcing of plankton transport over Georges Bank during winters of 1968-93. " AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences. San Diego, CA. January 24-28, 2000.

Employment

Schlumberger Wireline Services, Shekou, China: July 1989

• Engineering intern: assisted engineers in well logging in the South China Sea.

Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources, Enumclaw, Washington: Summers 1986-88

• Firefighter (86-87)
• Helitac supervisor (88).

Cruises

• June 1991, Corwith Cramer (10 days) New Student cruise across Southern New England Shelf.
• June 1991, Oceanus (2 weeks) Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) testing on Georges Bank.
• Nov. 1991, Atlantis II (4 weeks) MOCNESS and ALVIN operations over the East Pacific Rise.
• June 1992, Endeavor (2 weeks) Georges Bank GLOBEC VPR process cruise.
• Aug. 1992, Wecoma (3 weeks) Central North Pacific blue water SCUBA diving for plankton collection.
• Aug. 1994, Delaware II (2 legs, 4 weeks) NMFS Shellfish Assessment Survey along the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine.
• Mar. 1995, Endeavor (2 weeks) Georges Bank GLOBEC VPR process cruise.
• June 1997, Endeavor (2 weeks) Georges Bank GLOBEC VPR process cruise.
• Apr. 1999, Edwin Link (10 days) Georges Bank real-time modelling testing.
• May-June 1999, Endeavor (35 days) Georges Bank real-time modelling and data assimilation.

Miscellaneous

Awards

• National Merit Scholar
• Tau Beta Pi
• Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship.

Affiliations

• American Geophysical Union.

Activities

• Competitive: Rowing, bicycling, swimming, running and underwater hockey.
• Recreational: Backpacking, sea kayaking, skiing, scuba diving, and biking.

References

Dr. Carin J. Ashjian

Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanogrpahic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (603) 646-2308
Email: cashjian@whoi.edu

Dr. Stephen M. Bollens

Department of Biology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (603) 646-2308
Email: sbollens@sfsu.edu

Dr. Cabell S. Davis (Thesis Adviser)

Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanogrpahic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (603) 646-2308
Email: cdavis@whoi.edu

Dr. Glen Gawarkiewicz

Physical Oceanography Department
Woods Hole Oceanogrpahic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (603) 646-2308
Email: glen@paddle.whoi.edu

Dr. Daniel R. Lynch

Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 646-2308
Email: Daniel.R.Lynch@Dartmouth.edu

Dr. Christopher E. Naimie

Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 646-2119
Email: Christopher.E.Naimie@Dartmouth.edu