Department of Environmental Conservation

(Ph.D., W&FCON)

Project:

To be determined

Contact:

spatersospaterso(at)eco.umass.edu
314 Holdsworth Hall
545-3749

Position:

Research Assistant

Web links:

www.umass.edu/hd

Support:

Stipend funding via the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Faculty Advisor:

David K. Loomis

Publications:

Rothenberger. P et al. The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the U.S. Virgin Islands. (In Press) In: The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Wusinich-Mendez, D. & Curtis, S. (eds). (2007). The Virgin Islands Coral Reef MPA Summary. pp. 117-128. In Wusinich-Mendez, D. and C. Trappe (ed.). Report on the Status of Marine Protected Areas in Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States Volume 1: Marine Protected Areas Managed by U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths: 2007. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 2. NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. Silver Spring, MD. 129 pp. + Appendices.

Ervin, J. (ed). (2007) Assessing Protected Area Management Effectiveness: A quick guide for practitioners. Quick Guide Series ed, J. Ervin. Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy. 28 pp.

Paterson, S.K and Drew, W.M (2007). The British Virgin Islands; A Protected Area Network Connecting Government Agencies, Partners and Resource Users. Protected Area Networks. The Nature Conservancy Marine Practioneer Conference, Asilomar, California.

Paterson, S.K and Curtis S (2006). The East End Marine Park of St Croix, Past, Present and Future. The 16th US Coral Reef Task Force, St Thomas, USVI

Paterson, S.K and Drew, W.M (2006). Designing for the Future Ambitious Goals – The BVI Approach to Protected Areas Networks. Science in Practice Conference, Tucson, Arizona

Drew, W. M, Paterson, S.K., and Weatherall, R. (2005). St. Croix Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations. 58th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting