J. Emmett Duffy's Profile

Name:
J. Emmett Duffy
Member Since:
May 22, 2006
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J.Emmett.duffy
Last Logged in:
May 22, 2006
Biography:

Stewardship Committee

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Dr. Emmett Duffy is an ecologist and conservation biologist with expertise in marine biodiversity and its importance to human society. His research ranges from the field discovery and description of new coral-reef species, through experimental study of coastal and estuarine food web interactions, to collaborative efforts to quantify and publicize the role of marine biodiversity in providing essential ecosystem services. His long-term research addresses how environmental change affects food-web interactions in Chesapeake Bay seagrass beds, and their implications for these economically important ecosystems. Currently, a major collaborative effort focuses on synthesizing information on how the diversity of marine life maintains healthy and productive oceans.

Dr. Duffy is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed and popular-press articles, and a forthcoming edited book on the social and sexual biology of crustaceans. His research has been featured in the BBC’s Blue Planet series, on the Discovery Channel, in textbooks, and in other media outlets worldwide. He was awarded an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship in 2006, and has served on editorial boards of the journals Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecological Monographs, Journal of Ethology, and as a topic editor (Oceans, Biodiversity) for the online Encyclopedia of Earth. He also serves on the Stewardship Council of the Environmental Information Coalition, publisher of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Duffy earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has held research fellowships at the Smithsonian Institution and the University of California, Davis. He is currently Professor of Marine Science and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the College of William and Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

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Dr. J. Emmett Duffy
The College of William and Mary
School of Marine Science & Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346
USA
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Email: J. Emmett Duffy
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J. Emmett Duffy's Content

Title Role Content Type Website Date
Zambezian coastal flooded savanna Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Top-down control Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Temperate rain forests Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Species diversity Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Species richness Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Southern Ocean Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Seamount Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Sea ice Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Salt marsh Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Predation Author Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Predator-prey cycles Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Polynya Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Past variability in Arctic marine systems Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Pacific Ocean Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Osmoconformer Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Osmoregulator Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010
Open ocean iron fertilization Topic Editor Article Encyclopedia of Earth 21 August 2010