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photo Kathleen Sullivan Sealey

Associate Professor
25   Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology
1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124
phone (305) 284-3013
fax (305) 284-3039
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Education and Professional Experience
EDUCATION
  • University of Notre Dame. B.S. Biology. 1978. Notre Dame, Indiana 46556. Graduated cum laude.
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography. University of California-San Diego. Ph.D. Marine Biology. 1982. La Jolla, California 92093.

TRAINING

  • National Science Foundation Short Course in Oceanography. July 1990, University of San Diego, La Jolla, California.
  • American Fisheries Society Course in Histology and Reproduction of marine fishes, Jacksonville, Fl. February 23 – 24 2001
  • ESRI ArcView Geographic Information Systems Certified Training  Program – August 2001, Arc GIS May 2004

CERTIFICATION

  • Research SCUBA Diver: niversity of Miami - 1986 to date
  • NOAA Research Diver - 1992 to dat
    ASEL/IFR Pilot – 3000 hours
Grants and Awards

AWARDS

  • Organizing Committee Member – NOAA NMFS Office of Habitat Backreef Initiative 1999 to date
  • “Principal Investigator of the Year” for 2003, Earthwatch Institute, Maynard, Mass – November 2003.
  • Selected to National Park Management Planning Team, Bahamas National Trust – July 2003
  • Elected to Council of International Society for Reef Studies – October 2000
  • Nominated for the Pew Scholars Program in Conservation and the Environment-1994.
  • Florida Keys Regional Marine Laboratory State Advisory Board. Selected member of 5-person state board 1990-1992.
  • National Admissions Advisory Board, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556. Selected 1988 to 2002
  • Board of Trustees, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556.  Elected three-year term 1984-1987.
  • Astronaut Candidate Interviewee. 1987, 1984. NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Best student paper in Ichthyology. Southern California Academy of Science Meetings. 1982.
  • F. Earl Durham, Jr. Award. Best student paper presented at the Southern California Academy of Science Meetings. 1981

 
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Publications since 2000

  • Brunnick, B.  and K.M. Sullivan Sealey (in press) Atlantic Spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) habitat utilization patterns on the Little Bahama Bank: Lines of conflict with fisheries and prey availability. Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Nero, V.L. and K.M. Sullivan Sealey (in press). Island Specific Responses of Bahamian Benthic Flora to Environmental Features. Caribbean Journal of Science.White, Anthony, John Bjerke, Paul Dean and Kathleen Sealey. 2005.  Sympatry of grassquits on New Providence Island, Bahamas based on analsis of the Christmas Bird Count, 105th Issue of CSC in American Birds
  • Semon, K. L., K Sullivan Sealey and V. L. Nero. 2005. The influence of  habitat selection and density on the population dynamics of stony coral species of the Bahamian archipelago  Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Coral Reefs, Okinawa, Japan July 2004.
  • Nero, V.L and Kathleen Sullivan Sealey. 2005. Characterization of tropical near-shore fish communities by coastal habitat status on spatially complex island systems.  Environmental Biology of Fishes 73
  • Sullivan Sealey, K.M.  2004. Large-scale ecological impacts of development on tropical islands systems: Comparison of developed and undeveloped islands in the Central Bahamas.  Bulletin of Marine Science:
  • Lowe, Aimee M. and Kathleen Sullivan Sealey. 2003. Ecological and Economic Sustainability of tropical reef systems: Sustainable tourism in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas. In Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium on Coastal and Marine Tourism: Balancing Tourism and Conservation. Washington Sea Grant Publications: 183-194.
  • Schmitt, E.F., R.D. Sluka and K.M. Sullivan Sealey. 2002. Evaluating the use of roving diver and transect surveys to assess the coral reef fish assemblages off Southeastern Hispaniola. Coral Reefs 21:216-223
  • Torres, R., G. Bustamante, M. Chiappone,  F.X. Geraldes, E. Pugibet, Y. Rodriguez, K.M. Sullivan Sealey, Vega M. 2002. Fisheries zoning and resource conservation in Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic.  Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51
  • Torres, R., K.M. Sullivan Sealey  (2002) Abundance, size frequency, and spatial distribution of queen conch (Strombus gigas) in southeastern Dominican Republic: A four-year population study in Parque Nacional del Este. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53
  • Torres, R., K.M. Sullivan Sealey (2002) Shell midden surveys as a source of information about fished queen conch (Strombus gigas) populations: A case study in Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 53
  • Bustamante, G., J. Kelly, M. Chiappone, K.M. Sullivan Sealey 2001. Fish composition and recreational fisheries in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 51
  • Chiappone, M., K.M. Sullivan Sealey, G. Busamante 2001 A rapid assessment of coral reef community structure and diversity patterns at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bulletin of Marine Science
  • Sluka, R.D., M. Chiappone, and K.M. Sullivan Sealey. 2001. Influence of habitat on grouper abundance in the Florida Keys, U.S.A. Journal of Fish Biology 58(3): 682-700
  • Chiappone, M., R. Sluka, K.M. Sullivan Sealey. 2000. Groupers (Pices: Serranidae) in fished and protected areas of the Florida Keys, Bahamas and northern Caribbean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 198: 261-272
  • Chiappone, M. and K.M. Sullivan Sealey. 2000.  Marine reserve design criteria and measures of success: lessons learned from the Exuma Cays Land and Sea park, Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science. 66:691-705.
 
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