PROFESSORS
Alex Hearn
PhD Marine Biology, International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT), Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Office: Darwin
Phone:(+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1597
E-mail: ahearn@usfq.edu.ec
Interests
Marine ecology, Marine Protected Areas, Marine Migrations, Fisheries.
Projects
- Strengthening protection around the Galapagos Marine Reserve
- Climate change, currents and impacts on mobile marine species
- Residency and migration of sharks, connectivity with the Eastern Tropical Pacific
- The role of nursery grounds for sharks in Galapagos.
Publications
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | A first assessment of the distribution and abundance of large pelagic species at Cocos Ridge seamounts (Eastern Tropical Pacific) using drifting pelagic baited remote cameras | Cambra, M. Lara Lizardi, F. Peñaherrera, C. Hearn, A. Ketchum, J. Zarate, P. Chacón, C. Suarez-Moncada, J. Herrera, E. Espinoza, M. | Download |
| 2020 | Assessing the Efficacy of A Marine Reserve to Protect Sharks With Differential Habitat Use | Peñaherrera, C. Hobday, A. Hearn, A. Espinoza, E. Shillinger, G. Ketchum, J. Klimley, A. Frusher, S. Fischer, G. Semmens, J. | Download |
| 2020 | Trophic preferences of three pelagic fish inhabit in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: ecological inferences using multiple analysis | Páez-Rosas, D. Galván-Magaña, F. Baque-Menoscal, J. Tripp-Valdez, A. Fischer, C. Hearn, A. | Download |
| 2020 | Green sturgeon habitat suitability varies in response to drought related flow regimes | Klimley, P. Mcdonald, R. Thomas, M. Chapman, E. Hearn, A. | Download |
| 2020 | A brief massive aggregation of pelagic swimming crabs Euphylax dovii (Decapoda: Portunidae) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica coincides with onset of El Niño event | Hearn, A. Steiner, T. Arauz, R. | Download |