MARINE ECOLOGY LAB
Currently accepting MSc and PhD students
Dr. Ricardo A. Scrosati
Associate Professor &
Canada
Research Chair
Saint
Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Research Line: Ecology
of Marine Rocky Shores

My lab investigates the ecology of marine rocky shores, focusing on
invertebrates and seaweeds at the population and community
levels. Using species and habitats from northern Atlantic shores,
my goals are to understand the biological and environmental
factors affecting these systems and to develop ecological theory in
general. Examples of
current
and recent projects are:
- Environmental stress models of
species richness and functional-group
diversity
- Potential effects of ocean warming and acidification on benthic
invertebrates
- Non-consumptive effects of predators on prey
- Productive capacity of coastal breakwaters
- Biogeography of an intertidal
predator-prey system
- Pelagic food supply and regional barnacle
recruitment
- Epiphyte-host interactions in macroalgal
beds
- Influence of sea ice on intertidal organisms
- Population dynamics of clonal and unitary seaweeds
- Abundance of life-history phases in red
algae
I
particularly
like to guide STUDENTS in
research projects.
For
more information, including PDF links to PUBLICATIONS,
please read on...
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Saint
Francis
Xavier University, Department of Biology, 2320 Notre Dame Ave.,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G
2W5,
Canada.
Phone:
1-902-867-5289 - Fax: 1-902-867-2389
- Email: rscrosat@stfx.ca
PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
• Ph.D. (Doctorate) in Marine
Sciences
- University
of British Columbia, Canada (1997)
• Lic. (Licenciado en
Ciencias
Biológicas)
with Honours - University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina (1987)
LANGUAGES
English and Spanish

.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
POSITIONS
• 2004-Present time: Associate
Professor and Canada Research Chair (Saint Francis Xavier University,
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 2001-2004: Research Associate & sessional Professor of Marine
Ecology (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Bamfield Marine
Sciences Centre, Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada)
• 2001: Ecology Consultant (Fisheries and Oceans, West Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada)
• 1998-2000: Associate Professor and Researcher (Northwest Biological
Research Centre, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
• 1992-1997: PhD student and Teaching Assistant (University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
• 1991: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) fellow (Saint
Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• 1990: Latin-American Botany Network (RLB) fellow (University of
Concepción, Concepción, Chile)
• 1987-1992: Full-time Researcher and Laboratory Instructor (University
of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

PUBLICATIONS
(65)
Johnston, B.R., M. Molis & R.A.
Scrosati 2012. Predator chemical cues affect prey feeding activity
differently in juveniles and adults. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 90: 128-132. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A., B. van Genne, C.S.
Heaven & C.A. Watt 2011. Species richness and diversity in
different functional groups across environmental stress gradients: a
model for marine rocky shores. Ecography
34: 151-161. Download PDF
Valdivia, N., R.A. Scrosati, M. Molis & A.S. Knox 2011. Variation
in community structure across vertical intertidal stress gradients: how
does it compare with horizontal variation at different scales? PLoS ONE 6 (8): e24062. Download PDF
Tam, J.C. & R.A. Scrosati 2011. Mussel and dogwhelk distribution
along the NW Atlantic coast: testing predictions derived from
the abundant-centre model. Journal of
Biogeography 38: 1536-1545. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A., R.D. Patten & R.F. Lauff 2011. Positive
interspecific relationship between temporal occurrence and abundance in
insects. PLoS ONE 6 (4):
e18982. Download PDF
Cole, S.W.B., R.A. Scrosati, J.C. Tam & A.V. Sussmann 2011.
Regional decoupling between NW Atlantic barnacle recruit and adult
density is related to changes in pelagic food supply and benthic
disturbance. Journal of Sea Research
65: 33-37. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A., A.S. Knox, N. Valdivia & M. Molis 2011. Species
richness and diversity across rocky intertidal elevation gradients in
Helgoland: testing predictions from an environmental stress model. Helgoland Marine Research 65:
91–102. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 2011. Subarctic shores
without an ice foot: low extremes
in intertidal temperature during winter. Current Development in Oceanography
3 (2): 153-160. Download PDF
Sussmann, A.V. & R.A. Scrosati 2011.
Morphological variation in Acrosiphonia
arcta (Codiolales,
Chlorophyta) from environmentally different habitats in Nova Scotia,
Canada. Rhodora 113:
87-105. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. & C.M. Longtin 2010.
Field evaluation of epiphyte recruitment (Vertebrata lanosa, Rhodophyta) in
different microsite types on host fronds (Ascophyllum nodosum, Phaeophyceae).
Phycological Research 58:
138-142. Download PDF See Cover Picture
Belt, K.M., S.W.B. Cole & R.A.
Scrosati 2009. Intertidal barnacles as indicators of the intensity of
scour by sea ice. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 381: 183-187. Download PDF
Longtin, C.M., R.A. Scrosati, G.B.
Whalen & D.J. Garbary 2009. Distribution of algal epiphytes across
environmental gradients at different scales: intertidal elevation, host
canopies, and host fronds. Journal of
Phycology 45: 820-827. Download PDF
Longtin, C.M. & R.A. Scrosati
2009. Role of surface wounds and brown algal epiphytes in the
colonization of Ascophyllum nodosum
(Phaeophyceae) fronds by Vertebrata
lanosa (Rhodophyta). Journal
of Phycology 45: 535-539. Download PDF
Heaven, C.S. & R.A. Scrosati
2008. Benthic community composition across gradients of intertidal
elevation, wave exposure, and ice scour in Atlantic Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 369:
13-23. Download PDF
MacPherson, E.A., R. Scrosati &
P. Chareka 2008. Barnacle recruitment on ice-scoured shores in eastern
Canada. Journal of the Marine
Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88: 289-291. Download PDF
Rivera, M. & R. Scrosati 2008.
Self-thinning and size inequality dynamics in a clonal seaweed (Sargassum lapazeanum,
Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology
44: 45-49. Download PDF
MacPherson, E.A. & R. Scrosati
2008. Population structure of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (Cirripedia)
across intertidal environmental stress gradients in
northern Nova Scotia, Canada. Crustaceana
81: 725-736. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & C. Heaven 2008.
Trends in abundance of rocky intertidal seaweeds and filter feeders
across gradients of elevation, wave exposure, and ice scour in eastern
Canada. Hydrobiologia 603:
1-14. Download PDF See
Cover Picture
Garbary, D.J., A.G. Miller, R.
Scrosati, K.Y. Kim & W.B. Schofield 2008. Distribution and salinity
tolerance of intertidal mosses from Nova Scotian salt marshes. The Bryologist 111: 282-291. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & C. Heaven 2007.
Spatial trends in community richness, diversity, and evenness across
rocky intertidal environmental stress gradients in eastern Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 342:
1-14. (Feature Article)
Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & L.K. Eckersley
2007. Thermal insulation of the intertidal zone by the ice foot. Journal of Sea Research 58: 331-334.
Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & C. Heaven 2006.
Field technique to quantify intensity of scouring by sea ice in rocky
intertidal habitats. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 320: 293-295. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2006. Length-biomass
allometry in primary producers: predominantly bidimensional seaweeds
differ from the "universal" interspecific trend defined by microalgae
and vascular plants. Canadian Journal
of Botany 84: 1159-1166. Download PDF
Rivera, M. & R. Scrosati 2006.
Population dynamics of Sargassum
lapazeanum (Fucales, Phaeophyta) from the Gulf of California,
Mexico. Phycologia 45:
178-189. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2006. Crowding in
clonal seaweeds: does self-thinning occur in Mastocarpus papillatus shortly
before stand biomass peaks? Aquatic
Botany 84: 233-238. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2005. Review of
studies on biomass-density relationships (including self-thinning
lines) in seaweeds: main contributions and persisting misconceptions. Phycological Research 53: 224-233. Download PDF See
Cover Picture
Sussmann, A.V., R. Scrosati &
R.E. DeWreede 2005. Seasonal synchrony of a green algal endophyte, Acrosiphonia (Codiolales), with its
red algal hosts, Mastocarpus
and Mazzaella (Gigartinales).
Phycologia 44: 129-132. Download PDF
Breceda, A., V. Ortiz & R.
Scrosati 2005. Mauto (Lysiloma
divaricatum, Fabaceae) allometry as an indicator of cattle
grazing pressure in a tropical dry forest in northwestern Mexico. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:
85-88. Download PDF
Casas, G., R. Scrosati & M.L.
Piriz 2004. The invasive kelp Undaria
pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) reduces native seaweed
diversity in Nuevo Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina). Biological Invasions 6: 411-416. Download PDF
Steen, H. & R. Scrosati 2004.
Intraspecific competition in Fucus
serratus and F. evanescens
(Phaeophyceae, Fucales) germlings: effects of settlement density,
nutrient concentration, and temperature. Marine Biology 144: 61-70. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & B. Mudge 2004.
Effects of elevation, wave exposure, and year on the proportion of
gametophytes and tetrasporophytes in Mazzaella
parksii (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) populations. Hydrobiologia 520: 199-205. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & B. Mudge 2004.
Persistence of gametophyte predominance in Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinaceae) from Nova Scotia after 12 years. Hydrobiologia 519: 215-218. Download PDF
Zis, T., V. Ronningen & R.
Scrosati 2004. Minor improvement for intertidal seaweeds and
invertebrates after acid mine drainage diversion at Britannia Beach,
Pacific Canada. Marine Pollution
Bulletin 48: 1040-1047. Download PDF
Keppel, E. & R. Scrosati 2004.
Chemically mediated avoidance of Hemigrapsus
nudus (Crustacea) by Littorina
scutulata (Gastropoda): effects of species coexistence and
variable cues. Animal Behaviour
68: 915-920. Download PDF
Heaven, C. & R. Scrosati 2004.
Feeding preference of Littorina
snails (Gastropoda) for bleached and photosynthetic tissues of the
seaweed Mazzaella parksii
(Rhodophyta). Hydrobiologia
513: 239-243. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2004. Synchrony of
frond dynamics among patches of the clonal seaweed Mazzaella parksii (Rhodophyta) at
local spatial scale. Journal of the
Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84: 883-886.
Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2004. A discrete-time
logistic model of frond dynamics for Mazzaella
parksii (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales). Journal of Applied Phycology 16:
69-72. Download PDF
Mudge, B. & R. Scrosati 2003.
Effects of wave exposure on the proportion of gametophytes and
tetrasporophytes of Mazzaella oregona
(Rhodophyta: Gigartinales) from Pacific Canada. Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the United Kingdom 83: 701-704. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2002. An updated
definition of genet applicable to clonal seaweeds, bryophytes, and
vascular plants. Basic and Applied
Ecology 3: 97-99. Download PDF
Servière-Zaragoza, E. &
R. Scrosati 2002. Reproductive phenology of Pterocladiella capillacea
(Rhodophyta: Gelidiales) from southern Baja California, Mexico. Pacific Science 56: 285-290. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2002. Morphological
plasticity and apparent loss of apical dominance following the natural
loss of the main apex in Pterocladiella
capillacea (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales) fronds. Phycologia 41: 96-98. Download PDF
Jamieson, G.S., R. Scrosati, C.
Schwarz, C. Levings & B. Smiley 2002. Review of data quality and
sampling protocols of the Shorekeepers Guide. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat,
Research Document 2002/121: 1-42. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2001. Demography of
genets of clonal red seaweeds: current limitations and proposed
solutions using genetic markers from experimental populations. Hidrobiológica 11: 149-155. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2001. Population
dynamics of Caulerpa sertularioides
(Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales) from Baja California, Mexico, during El
Niño and La Niña years. Journal
of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81:
721-726. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2001. Interannual
variation of the abundance of Mazzaella
cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from Pacific Canada in
relation to changes in abiotic variables. Journal of Applied Phycology 13:
457-460. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2001. Predicting the
impact of El Niño on seaweeds from Baja California, Mexico. Marine Biological Association News
26: 11. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 2000. The
interspecific biomass-density relationship for terrestrial plants:
where do clonal red seaweeds stand and why? Ecology Letters 3: 191-197. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & E.
Servière-Zaragoza 2000. Ramet dynamics for the clonal seaweed Pterocladiella capillacea
(Rhodophyta, Gelidiales): a comparison with Chondrus crispus and with Mazzaella cornucopiae
(Gigartinales). Journal of Phycology
36: 1061-1068. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede
1999. Demographic models to simulate the stable ratio between
ecologically similar gametophytes and tetrasporophytes in populations
of the Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta). Phycological
Research 47: 153-157. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 1999. Regeneration and
reproduction of Mazzaella cornucopiae
(Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) after frond harvesting. Journal of Applied Phycology 10:
531-537. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 1998. Mechanisms of
recolonization of the clonal intertidal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinaceae) after disturbances. Canadian
Journal of Botany 76: 1717-1724. Download
PDF
Scrosati, R. 1998. Population
structure and dynamics of the clonal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinaceae) from Barkley Sound, Pacific coast of Canada. Botanica Marina 41: 483-493. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede
1998. The impact of frond crowding on frond bleaching in the clonal
intertidal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae
(Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) from British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Phycology 34: 228-232. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. 1997. On the analysis
of self-thinning among seaweeds. Journal
of Phycology 33: 1077-1079. Download PDF
Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede
1997. Dynamics of the biomass-density relationship and frond biomass
inequality for Mazzaella cornucopiae
(Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae): implications for the understanding of
frond interactions. Phycologia
36: 506-516. (Rowe Award from
the Canadian Botanical Association) Download
PDF
Scrosati, R. 1996. Implications of
the sampling procedure used to estimate mean plant biomass for the
analysis of plant self-thinning. Canadian
Journal of Botany 74: 1543-1544.
Scrosati, R. 1996. The relationship
between stand biomass and frond density in the clonal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinaceae). Hydrobiologia
326/327: 259-265.
Scrosati, R., D.J. Garbary &
J.L. McLachlan 1994. Reproductive ecology of Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinales) from Nova Scotia, Canada. Botanica Marina 37: 293-300. Download PDF
Albertó, E., R.A. Scrosati
& G.A. Díaz 1993. Feeding preference of the Argentine
shrimp, Pleoticus muelleri
(Crustacea, Decapoda), from San Jorge Gulf, Argentina. Gayana, Zoología 57: 279-284.
Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1993. Scanning
electron microscopy of Corallina
officinalis and Bossiella
orbigniana ssp. orbigniana
(Rhodophyta, Corallinales) from Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de
Botánica 29: 179-182. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1993. Anatomical
study of Lessonia nigrescens
(Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) from Chile. Darwiniana 32: 271-278. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1992. Anatomical
study on a ligulate morphotype of Desmarestia
(Phaeophyceae, Desmarestiales) from central Chile. Gayana, Botánica 49: 17-24. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1991. Anatomical
studies on Lessonia vadosa
(Phaeophyta, Laminariales) from Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de
Botánica 27: 165-171. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1991. Presence of Iridaea crispata (Rhodophyta:
Gigartinales) in Chubut and Santa Cruz, Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de
Botánica 27: 129-130. Download PDF
Scrosati, R.A. 1989. Morphology and
anatomy of Desmarestia ligulata
from Argentina and D. menziesii
from Antarctica (Phaeophyceae). Physis
47: 89-98. Download PDF
STUDENTS
Ph.D.
Raja Wetuschat (2011-ongoing),
University of New Brunswick (Canada) - Co-supervisor (with Jeff
Houlahan).
Julius Ellrich (2010-ongoing), University of Bremen (Germany) -
Co-supervisor (with Markus Molis).
Ehab El Belely (2008-ongoing), Al Azhar University (Egypt) -
Supervisor.
Lucas Molina (2008), University of the South (Argentina) -
Exchange
program.
Luca Lavelli (2008), University of Barcelona (Spain) - External
reviewer.
Henning Steen (2001-2003), University of Oslo (Norway) - Committee
member.
Rosalba Alonso (1999-2004), Northwest Biological Research Centre
(CIBNOR, Mexico) - Committee member.
M.Sc.
Arne Beermann (2012-ongoing),
University of Rostock (Germany) - Co-supervisor (with Markus Molis)
Elise Keppel (2010-ongoing), Saint Francis
Xavier University (Canada) -
Co-supervisor (with Simon Courtenay).
Jordan Musetta-Lambert (2010-ongoing), University of New
Brunswick (Canada) - Committee member.
Raja Wetuschat (2010-2011), University of Rostock (Germany) -
Supervisor.
Cortney Watt (2007-2009),
Saint Francis Xavier University
(Canada) -
Supervisor.
Barbara van Genne (2007-2008), University of Groningen (The
Netherlands) - Supervisor.
Stephen Cole (2006-2009), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada) -
Supervisor.
Jamie Tam (2006-2008), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada) -
Supervisor.
Caroline Longtin (2006-2008), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
- Supervisor.
Lindsay Eckersley (2005-2007), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
- Supervisor.
Christine Heaven (2004-2006), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
- Supervisor.
Mónica Rivera (1999-2002), Northwest Biological Research Centre
(Mexico) - Supervisor.
Gabriela Mendoza (1999-2001), Northwest Biological Research Centre
(Mexico) - Co-supervisor (with Norma Hernández).
Víctor Ortiz (1999-2001), Northwest Biological Research Centre
(Mexico) - Co-supervisor (with Aurora Breceda).
B.Sc. Honours
Bradley Johnston (2010-2011), Saint Francis
Xavier University (Canada) and
Helgoland Marine Biological Station (Germany) -
Co-supervisor (with Markus Molis).
Mary O'Connell (2009-2010), Saint Francis Xavier
University (Canada)
- Supervisor.
Amanda Knox (2008-2009), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada) and
Helgoland Marine Biological Station (Germany) -
Co-supervisor (with Markus Molis).
Kiva-Marie Belt (2007-2008), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada) -
Supervisor.
Gillian Whalen (2007-2008), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada) -
Supervisor.
Heather MacDonald (2006-2007), Saint Francis Xavier University (Canada)
- Supervisor.
Elizabeth MacPherson (2006-2007), Saint Francis Xavier University
(Canada) - Supervisor.
B.Sc. Directed Studies
Thalia Zis (2003), University of British Columbia (Canada) - Supervisor.
12 students (summer 2002), Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (Canada) -
Supervisor.
6 students (fall 2002), Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (Canada) -
Supervisor.
COURSES
Taught as a professor
(Associate Professor since 2007):
September-December 2004-2011 (Saint Francis Xavier University, NS)
Biology 311
(Coastal Marine Ecology)
Biology 511 (Advanced Marine Ecology)
January-April 2006-2012 (Saint Francis Xavier University, NS)
Biology 384
(Experimental Research in Biology)
January-April 2003 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 405 (Marine Ecology)
Biology 448 (Directed Studies)
September-December 2002 (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, BC)
Directed Studies fall programme, External Advisor
June-July 2002 (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, BC)
Marine
Science 430 (Marine Ecology), 6-credit summer course
January-April 1999-2000 (Northwest Biological Research Centre -CIBNOR-,
Mexico)
Marine Ecology
June 2000 (Northwest Biological Research Centre -CIBNOR-, Mexico)
Phycology
October 1999 (Northwest Biological Research Centre -CIBNOR-, Mexico)
Introductory Ecology
23-27 September 1996 (40 hours) (Marine Sciences Interdisciplinary
Centre -CICIMAR-, Mexico)
Experimental Design and Statistical Analyses in Seaweed Ecology
Taught as a
Teaching Assistant:
September 2001 - April 2002 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 140 (Experimental Freshwater Ecology)
Biology 140 (Experimental Marine Ecology)
July-August 1995 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 110-115-120 (Introductory Biology)
January-April 1994-1996 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 320 (Survey of the Algae)
July-August 1994 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 101-102 (Introductory Biology)
September 1992 - December 1994 (University of British Columbia, BC)
Biology 209 (Non-Vascular Plants)
Biology 210 (Vascular Plants)
September 1987 - August 1992 (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Introductory Botany
Biology of Cryptogams
May 1987 - July 1990
Introductory Ecology
May 1987 - July 1987 (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Introductory Zoology
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- NSERC (Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council) Discovery Grant, Can$ 130,000
(2012-2017).
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Infrastructure Operating Fund, Can$ 20,000 (2011).
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Leaders Opportunity Grant,
Can$ 75,000 (2010).
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO), Can$ 40,000 (2010-2011).
- Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
grant, Can$ 500,000
(2009-2014).
- NSERC Discovery
Grant, Can$ 105,500
(2006-2011).
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO), Can$ 30,000 (2006-2008).
- Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
grant, Can$ 500,000 (2004-2009).
- Canada
Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Equipment Grant, Can$ 112,000 (2004-2005).
- Saint Francis Xavier University
start-up research grant, Can$
15,000
(2004-2006).
- NSERC Visiting Fellowship (2002-2003).
- Scientist-in-Residence Award (Bamfield Marine
Sciences Centre, Bamfield, Canada), Can$ 8,750 (2002-2003).
- CONACYT (Mexican
Science and Technology Council) research grant, Can$ 74,000
(2001-2002).
- CIBNOR (Northwest Biological
Research Center, Mexico) research grants, US$ 5,800 (2000) and US$
7,500 (1999).
- Travel Funds (CIBNOR, Mexico), US$ 2,000 to attend the XVI
International Botanical Congress (St. Louis, USA, 1999).
- CONACYT "Visiting Professor"
fellowship, US$ 16,800 (1998).
- Organization
of American States (OAS) Graduate Fellowship, US$ 9,400 (1996) and US$
3,500 (1997).
- Kit Malkin Scholarship
(University
of British Columbia -UBC-, Canada), Can$
1,000 (1995).
- University of British Columbia
Graduate Fellowship (UGF), Can$
19,000
(1995-1997).
- Edith Ashton Memorial
Scholarship
(UBC), Can$ 500 (1995).
- Travel Funds (Organizing
Committee
of XIII ISS-Vancouver), Can$ 600 (1994) to attend
the XV International Seaweed Symposium (Valdivia, Chile).
- Travel Funds (UBC), Can$ 500 (1994) to attend
the XV International Seaweed Symposium (Valdivia, Chile).
- Bamfield Marine Sciences
Centre
(Canada) Graduate Award, Can$
500 for field work.
- Red
Latinoamericana de Botánica (Latin-American Botany Network), US$ 500 + registration fee
(1994) to attend the VI Latin-American Congress of Botany (Mar del Plata, Argentina).
- Research Funds (Ron Foreman,
UBC, Canada), Can$ 2,000 (1994) as
research
support for the 1994 summer.
- International Organization for
Migrations (IOM) Travel Funds, US$ 900
(1992) to move to
Canada to start my PhD program.
- Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) and World
University Service of Canada (WUSC) Research Fellowship, Can$ 8,000 (1991), held at
Saint Francis
Xavier
University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Canadian International
Development
Agency (CIDA) and Congress Organizing Commitee. Travel Funds, US$ 1,000 (1991) to attend
the IV International Phycological Congress, Duke University, USA.
- Red Latinoamericana de
Botánica
(Latin-American Network of Botany) Research Fellowship, US$ 1,700 (1990), held at
the University of
Concepción, Chile.
- Student Society of UBA
(University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina) Travel Funds (1985) to attend the XII
National Congress of Ecology, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2009
- Canada Research Chair (Tier 2).
Government of Canada.
2004
- Canada Research Chair (Tier
2). Government of Canada.
1999
- Member of the Mexican
Research
System (SNI - CONACYT) for 1999-2002.
1998
- Honours Diploma for
undergraduate
studies (1982-1987). University of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
1998
- J. Stan Rowe Award (Cdn$
250) for the 1997 Best Plant Ecology Paper published by a Canadian
student.
Canadian Botanical Association.
1995
- Best Student Paper Award,
Second Prize (US$ 500). XV International Seaweed Symposium (Valdivia,
Chile).
CONGRESS PRESENTATIONS (59)
Ellrich, J., M. Molis & R.A.
Scrosati 2012. Predator chemical cue effects on barnacle recruitment
depend on nearshore pelagic food supply for prey. Atlantic Canada Coastal and
Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) annual congress (Halifax, NS,
Canada).
Ellrich, J., M.
Molis & R.A.
Scrosati 2012. Predator chemical cue effects on barnacle recruitment
depend on nearshore pelagic food supply for prey. Congress of the
Canadian Society of Zoologists (Sackville, NB, Canada).
Keppel, E.A., R.A. Scrosati &
S.C. Courtenay 2012. Effects of ocean acidification and warming on
lobster. 19th Congress of the Fishermen & Scientists Research
Society (Truro, NS, Canada).
Scrosati, R.A., J.C. Tam &
S.W.B. Cole 2011. Environmental determinants of the regional
distribution of NW Atlantic rocky intertidal invertebrates. 9th
International Temperate Reefs Symposium (Plymouth, UK).
Musetta-Lambert, J., E.A. Keppel, R.A. Scrosati, M. Skinner, P.
MacDonald & S.C. Courtenay 2011. Rocky breakwaters do not offer the
same quality of habitat for benthic intertidal biota as natural rocky
environments. 9th Bay of Fundy Science Workshop (Saint John, NB,
Canada).
Keppel, E.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2011. Predicting the effects of ocean
acidification and warming on lobsters. Atlantic Lobster Sustainability
Foundation workshop (Moncton, NB, Canada).
Ellrich, J., M. Molis & R.A.
Scrosati 2011. Do
snail predation risk and food supply interactively affect barnacle
recruitment? Keppel,
E., R.A. Scrosati & S.
Courtenay 2011. Effects of ocean acidification and warming on a
mussel-seastar system. Musetta-Lambert, J., S. Courtenay, R.A.
Scrosati & E. Keppel 2011. Intertidal habitat ecology of
breakwaters in the
southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Atlantic Canada Coastal and
Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) annual congress (Antigonish, NS,
Canada).
Keppel, E.A., R.A. Scrosati & S.C.
Courtenay 2011. Current and future environmental determinants of
intertidal and shallow-water benthic communities on the Northumberland
Strait. Ellrich, J. & R.A. Scrosati 2011. Are
barnacle recruits attracted by barnacle adults? Fisheries and
Oceans Canada, Northumberland Strait workshop (Moncton, NB, Canada).
Lesniowski, T., E. El Belely, B.
Nietsch, R.A. Scrosati, M. Wahl & M. Molis 2010. Stress‐modulated
species interactions between macroalgae and mesoherbivores. 45th
European Marine Biology Symposium (Edinburgh, UK).
El Belely, E., R.A. Scrosati & M. Molis 2010. Resource-mediated
environmental regulation of herbivore feeding capabilities:
experimental evidence using rocky intertidal systems. III Congress of
the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (Quebec, QC, Canada).
Watt, C.A. & R.A. Scrosati 2009. Effects of ecosystem engineers on
community indices across environmental stress gradients. Cole, S.W.B.
& R.A. Scrosati 2009. Spatial scales of variability in abundance of
dominant seaweeds and invertebrates from Gulf of St. Lawrence rocky
shores. II Congress of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
(Halifax, NS, Canada).
Scrosati, R., B. van Genne & C. Watt 2008. Intertidal environmental
stress gradients and seaweed canopies as determinants of species
richness in trophic groups. I World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
(Valencia, Spain).
Scrosati, R.A. & S.W.B. Cole 2008. Marine ecological indicators
from rocky intertidal habitats. Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Research
Network (Moncton, NB, Canada).
Cole, S.W.B. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Spatial scales of variability of
intertidal invertebrates and seaweeds in the southern Gulf of St.
Lawrence. Tam, J.C. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Testing the abundant
centre hypothesis at local and regional scales using NW Atlantic
intertidal mussels. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
(ASLO) meeting (St. John's, NL, Canada).
Cole, S.W.B. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Spatial scales of variability of
intertidal invertebrates and seaweeds within the southern Gulf of St.
Lawrence. Longtin, C.M. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. The distribution of
epiphytes across environmental stress gradients and factors limiting
recruitment on hosts. Tam, J.C. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Testing the
abundant centre hypothesis at local and regional scales using NW
Atlantic intertidal mussels. I Congress of the Canadian Society for
Ecology and Evolution (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Watt, C. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Effects of benthic ecosystem
engineers on intertidal species diversity. Atlantic Canada Coastal and
Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) annual congress (Halifax, NS,
Canada).
Cole, S.W.B. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Spatial scales of variability of
intertidal invertebrates and seaweeds within the southern Gulf of St.
Lawrence. Longtin, C.M. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. The distribution of
epiphytes across environmental stress gradients and factors limiting
recruitment on hosts. Tam, J.C. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Testing the
abundant centre hypothesis at local and regional scales using NW
Atlantic intertidal mussels. 37th Benthic Ecology Meeting (Providence,
RI, USA).
Scrosati, R. & C. Heaven 2007. Spatial trends in community
diversity across rocky intertidal environmental gradients in Atlantic
Canada. 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (Kiel, Germany).
Scrosati, R.A. & C.S. Heaven 2007. Community richness, diversity,
and evenness across rocky intertidal environmental stress gradients in
Atlantic Canada. Ecological Society of America congress (San
José, CA, USA).
Cole, S.W.B. & R. Scrosati 2007. Spatial scales of variability of
macroalgae and invertebrates over the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) annual
congress
(Sydney, NS, Canada).
Cole, S. & R. Scrosati 2007. Spatial scales of variability of
macroalgae and invertebrates over the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Eckersley, L., R. Scrosati & D. Garbary 2007. Testing environmental
stress models of community organization using rocky intertidal habitats
from Nova Scotia. Longtin, C. & R. Scrosati 2007. Factors
influencing the distribution of algal epiphytes (Vertebrata lanosa,
Pilayella littoralis, and Elachista fucicola) on Ascophyllum nodosum.
Tam, J. & R. Scrosati 2007. Factors determining regional trends in
mussel (Mytilus spp.) population structure and abundance across the NW
Atlantic coast. Northeast Biology Graduate Student Conference (Halifax,
NS, Canada).
Heaven, C., L. Eckersley & R. Scrosati 2006. Rocky intertidal
community structure across gradients of elevation, wave exposure, and
ice scour in northern Nova Scotia. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization Symposium (Dartmouth, NS, Canada).
Scrosati, R. 2006. My contributions to marine ecology: Rob's academic
impact multiplies. Marine Population and Community Ecology Symposium
(Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Scrosati, R., C. Heaven, L. Eckersley & H. Beltrami 2006. Marine
environmental impact assessment: establishing baseline knowledge on
rocky shore biological communities in northern Nova Scotia. Energy
Research and Development Forum 2006 (Antigonish, NS, Canada).
Scrosati, R. 2006. Ecology of marine rocky shores: seaweeds,
invertebrates, and environment. 4th Workshop, Centre of Environmental
and Molecular Algal Research (Sackville, NB, Canada).
Heaven, C. & R. Scrosati 2006. Patterns in rocky intertidal
community structure on the west and east coasts of northern Nova
Scotia. Eckersley, L., R. Scrosati & D. Garbary 2006. Assessing
environmental stress and testing community organization models using
rocky intertidal habitats from Nova Scotia. Northeast Biology Graduate
Student Conference (Bar Harbor, ME, USA).
Scrosati, R., C. Heaven & E. MacPherson 2005. Marine ecology lab:
understanding the link between environment and life on marine rocky
shores. Environmental Research Forum (Antigonish, NS, Canada).
Mendoza-Carrión, G., R. Scrosati & N.Y.
Hernández-Saavedra 2003. Genetic structure of Sargassum
lapazeanum (Sargassaceae: Phaeophyta) based on RAPD analysis at
regional, local, and intrapopulation scales. Marine Biotechnology
Conference 2003 (Chiba, Japan).
Ladah, L. & R. Scrosati 2002. Predicting the effects of El
Niño on seaweeds from Baja California, Mexico. El Niño
Symposium (Viña del Mar, Chile).
Scrosati, R. 2001. Monitoring seaweed invasions: predicting the spatial
variability of their population dynamics. Workshop on Marine Biological
Invasions (Halifax, NS, Canada).
Mendoza, G., N.Y. Hernández & R. Scrosati 2000. Optimization
of DNA extraction from the seaweed Sargassum lapazeanum (Sargassaceae,
Phaeophyta). 23rd Mexican Congress of Biochemistry (Acapulco, Mexico).
Mendoza, G., R. Scrosati & N.Y. Hernández 2000. Estimation
of potential dispersal patterns for Sargassum lapazeanum (Sargassaceae,
Phaeophyta) from genetic structure at intrapopulational, local, and
regional scales. 1st CIBNOR Congress of Biotechnology (La Paz, Baja
California Sur, Mexico).
Scrosati, R. 2000. Comparative ramet dynamics for clonal red seaweeds.
85th Congress of the Ecological Society of America (Snowbird, UT, USA).
Rivera, M.G. & R. Scrosati 2000. Demography of fronds of Sargassum
lapazeanum from southern Baja California, Mexico, during early stages.
54th Congress of the Phycological Society of America (San Diego, CA,
USA).
Scrosati, R. 1999. Demography of genets and ramets from populations of
clonal red seaweeds: models and unanswered questions. Scrosati, R., E.
Servière, G. Mendoza & P. Cruz 1999. Ecology and genetics of
seaweeds from Baja California: Pterocladiella (Rhodophyta) and Caulerpa
(Chlorophyta). Scrosati, R. 1999. Structure of a rocky intertidal
community from the Pacific coast of Canada. 3rd Mexican Congress of
Phycology (La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico).
Scrosati, R., E. Servière, G. Mendoza & P. Cruz 1999.
Ecology and genetics of seaweed populations from southern Baja
California. 16th International Botanical Congress (St. Louis, MO, USA).
Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede 1998. The ratio between
ecologically-similar gametophytes and tetrasporophytes in populations
of the Gigartinaceae: demographic models. 52nd Congress of the
Phycological Society of America (Flagstaff, AZ, USA).
Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede 1998. The significance of frond
crowding for the survival of the clonal intertidal alga Mazzaella
cornucopiae from Barkley Sound, Canada. ASLO (American Society of
Limnology and Oceanography) and ESA (Ecological Society of America)
Congress (St. Louis, MO, USA).
Scrosati, R. 1996. Spurious correlation in data analysis. UBC Botany
Department Symposium (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Scrosati, R. 1995. The relationship between stand biomass and frond
density in the clonal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta,
Gigartinaceae). 15th International Seaweed Symposium (Valdivia, Chile).
[Best Student Paper, 2nd Prize]
Scrosati, R. 1994. The biomass-density relationship in clonal red
algae. UBC Botany Department Symposium (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
Scrosati, R., D. Garbary & J. McLachlan 1994. Reproductive ecology
of clumps of Chondrus crispus (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from Nova
Scotia, Canada. 8th Northwest Algal Symposium (Arcata, CA, USA).
Scrosati, R.A. 1994. Anatomical studies on Desmarestia muelleri
(Phaeophyceae) from central Chile. 4th International Phycological
Congress (Durham, NC, USA).
Scrosati, R.A. 1990. Morphology and anatomy of Desmarestia ligulata
from Argentina and D. menziesii from Antarctica (Phaeophyceae). 2nd
Latin-American Congress of Phycology (Lima, Peru).
INVITED LECTURES
• May 2011. Bedford Institute of Oceanography
(Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Northwest
Atlantic rocky intertidal habitats:
processes shaping benthic populations and biodiversity.
• February 2011. University of Quebec (Chicoutimi,
Quebec, Canada)
Northwest Atlantic rocky intertidal habitats:
processes shaping benthic populations and biodiversity.
• September 2008. Fisheries and
Oceans, Gulf Centre (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada)
Ecology of rocky intertidal systems on the southern
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• July 2008. Helgoland Marine
Biological Station (Helgoland, Germany)
Intertidal community organization across
environmental stress gradients.
• April 2008. University of Barcelona
(Barcelona, Spain)
Marine algal resources from rocky shores:
interactions with invertebrates and the environment.
• October 2007. Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada)
Testing environmental stress models of community
diversity and organization using rocky intertidal systems.
•
March 2006. Mount Allison University
(Sackville, New
Brunswick,
Canada)
• December 2005. University
of New Brunswick (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)
Ecology of marine rocky shores: seaweeds,
invertebrates, and environment.
• October 2004. Environmental
Sciences Research Centre (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Clonality in
seaweeds: population dynamics and adaptive significance.
• May 2003. Saint
Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Recent progress
in the population ecology of coastal marine producers.
• September 2002. Victoria
University of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand)
Recent
developments
and future directions in seaweed population ecology.
• November 2001. Bamfield
Marine Sciences Centre (Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada)
Incorporating
modelling and spatial analyses in seaweed ecology.
• January 2001. Institute
of Ocean Sciences (Sidney, British Columbia, Canada)
Recent
developments
and future directions in seaweed ecological research.
• October 1996. National
Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
The rocky
intertidal
community of Pacific Canada.
REFEREE/EDITOR FOR
JOURNALS AND GRANT AGENCIES
• Referee for Journals
Acta Oecologica, American
Naturalist, Animal
Behaviour, Annals of Botany, Aquatic Biology, Argentine Journal of
Botany, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological
Invasions, Botanica
Marina, Canadian Journal of Botany, Ciencias Marinas,
Cryptogamie-Algologie, Ecography, Ecological Research, Ecology,
Ecovision World Monograph
Series, European Journal of Phycology, Evolutionary Ecology, Functional
Ecology,
Helgoland Marine Research, Hidrobiológica, Hydrobiologia,
Journal of Applied
Ecology, Journal of Applied
Phycology,
Journal of Ecology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,
Journal
of Phycology, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Limnology and
Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine
Ecology
Progress Series, New Zealand
Journal
of Marine and Freshwater Research, Northeastern Naturalist, Oceanides,
Oecologia,
Phycologia,
Phycological
Research, Polar Biology, Proceedings of the International Seaweed
Symposium.
• Referee for Grant Agencies
NSERC (Canada), Canada Research
Chairs, NSF (USA), CONACYT
(Mexico), FONCYT
(Argentina)
• Editorial Work
- Journal of Phycology
(2007-2011), Associate Editor
- Ecological Applications (2008), Guest Subject Matter Editor
- Ciencias Marinas (2006-2009), Associate Editor
OPEN-SEA RESEARCH TRIPS
• Campaign OB-CURSO VIII/87
(Argentine
Sea), Research
Vessel
"Capitán Oca Balda", March 1987.
•
Antarctic Summer Campaign
1988-89
(Antarctica), Polarship
"Bahía
Paraíso", December 1988 - January 1989.

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