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: Population and Community
Ecology of Marine Rocky Shores
My lab investigates the ecology of marine rocky shores, focusing on
seaweeds and invertebrates 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:
- Tests of environmental stress models of
species richness and functional-group
diversity
- Role of macroalgal ecosystem engineers on intertidal communities
- Resource supply and abiotic stress as determinants of barnacle
recruitment
- Effects of wave exposure on grazer-alga interactions
- Biogeographic
patterns in mussel populations
- Epiphyte-host interactions in seaweed beds
- Influence of winter 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 Publications (with
PDF links), read on...
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: St.
Francis
Xavier University, Department of Biology, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G
2W5,
Canada
Phone:
1-902-867-5289
- Fax: 1-902-867-2389
Email: rscrosat@stfx.ca
PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
• Doctor of
Philosophy
(Ph.D.) in Marine Sciences
- University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (1997)
• Licenciado en
Ciencias
Biológicas (Lic.)
- University
of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1987)
LANGUAGES
English and Spanish
. 
HISTORY OF 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
(56)
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, in
press. Download PDF
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.
Ehab El Belely (2008-ongoing), Al Azhar University (Egypt) - Supervisor.
Adriana Radulovici (2008-ongoing), University of Quebec (Canada) -
Committee member.
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.
Elise Keppel (2010-ongoing), Saint Francis
Xavier University (Canada) -
Supervisor.
Jordan Musetta-Lambert (2009-ongoing), University of New
Brunswick (Canada) - Co-supervisor (with Simon Courtenay).
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-ongoing), Saint Francis
Xavier University (Canada) and
Helgoland Marine Biological Station (Germany) -
Co-supervisor (with Markus Molis).
Mary O'Connell (2009-ongoing), 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
Teaching Assistant
• May-July 1987 (University of
Buenos
Aires -UBA-, Argentina)
Introductory Zoology
• May 1987 - July 1990 (UBA,
Argentina)
Ecology
• September 1987 - February 1992
(UBA, Argentina)
Introductory Botany
Morphology of
Cryptogams
• September 1992 - April 1993
September 1993 - April 1994
September - December 1994
(University of British Columbia -UBC-, Canada)
Biology 209
(Non-Vascular
Plants)
Biology 210 (Vascular
Plants)
• July-August 1994 (UBC, Canada)
Biology 101-102
(Introductory
Biology)
• January-April 1994, 1995, 1996
(UBC, Canada)
Biology 320 (Biology
of algae)
• July-August 1995 (UBC, Canada)
Biology 110-115-120
(Introductory Biology)
Professor
• 23-27 September 1996 (Marine
Sciences Interdisciplinary Centre, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
Experimental design,
statistical analysis, and seaweed ecology
• January-April 1999, 2000 (Northwest
Biological Research Center -CIBNOR-, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
Marine Ecology
• October 1999 (CIBNOR, Mexico)
Introductory Ecology
• June 2000 (CIBNOR, Mexico)
Biology of Algae
• September-December 2001 (UBC,
Canada)
Biology 140
(Experimental
marine ecology)
• January-April 2002 (UBC, Canada)
Biology 140
(Experimental
freshwater ecology)
• June-July 2002 (equivalent to
annual course; 6 credits)
Marine
Ecology (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, British Columbia, Canada)
• September-December 2002
(Bamfield
Marine Sciences Centre, Canada)
External Advisor,
Directed
Studies programme
• January-April 2003 (UBC, Canada)
Biology 405 (Marine
Ecology)
Biology 448 (Directed
Studies)
• September-December 2004-2009
(Saint Francis Xavier University, Canada)
Biology
311 (Marine Biology I)
Biology 511 (Advanced
Marine Ecology)
• January-April 2006-2010 (Saint
Francis
Xavier University, Canada)
Biology 384
(Experimental Research in Biology)
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
Leaders Opportunity Grant,
Can$ 74,900 (2010).
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO), Can$ 30,000 (2010-2011).
- Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
grant, Can$ 500,000
(2009-2014).
- NSERC (Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) 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
1) 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).
2) Scrosati, R.A. 1994. Anatomical
studies on Desmarestia muelleri (Phaeophyceae) from central
Chile.
4th International
Phycological
Congress (Durham, NC, USA).
3) 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).
4) Scrosati, R. 1994. The
biomass-density
relationship in clonal red algae.
UBC Botany Department
Symposium
(Vancouver, BC, Canada).
5) 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]
6) Scrosati, R. 1996. Spurious
correlation
in data analysis.
UBC Botany Department
Symposium
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
7) 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).
8) 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).
9) 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).
10, 11, 12) 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).
13) 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).
14) Scrosati, R. 2000. Comparative
ramet dynamics for clonal red seaweeds.
85th Congress of the
Ecological
Society of America (Snowbird, UT, USA).
15) 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).
16) 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).
17) Scrosati, R. 2001. Monitoring
seaweed invasions: predicting the spatial variability of their
population
dynamics. Workshop
on Marine Biological
Invasions (Halifax, NS, Canada).
18) Ladah, L. & R. Scrosati 2002.
Predicting the effects of El Niño on seaweeds from Baja
California,
Mexico. El
Niño Symposium
(Viña
del Mar, Chile).
19) 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).
20) 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).
21,
22) 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).
23) Scrosati, R. 2006.
Ecology of
marine rocky shores: seaweeds, invertebrates, and environment. 4th
Workshop,
Centre of Environmental and Molecular Algal Research (Sackville, NB,
Canada).
24) 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).
25)
Scrosati, R. 2006. My contributions to marine ecology:
Rob's
academic impact multiplies. Marine Population and Community Ecology
Symposium (Vancouver, BC,
Canada).
26)
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).
27,
28, 29, 30) 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).
31)
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) meeting
(Sydney, NS, Canada).
32)
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).
33)
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).
34, 35, 36) 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).
37) Watt, C. & R.A. Scrosati 2008. Effects of benthic ecosystem
engineers on intertidal species diversity. Atlantic Canada Coastal and
Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) meeting (Halifax, NS, Canada).
38,
39, 40) 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.
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution meeting (Vancouver, BC,
Canada).
41,
42) 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).
43) 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).
44) 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).
45, 46)
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).
CONGRESS ORGANIZATION
• Co-Organizer, 3rd Mexican
Congress
of Phycology (La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 25-29 October 1999)
INVITED LECTURES
• October 1996. National
Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
The rocky
intertidal
community of Pacific Canada.
• January 2001. Institute
of Ocean Sciences (Sidney, British Columbia, Canada)
Recent
developments
and future directions in seaweed ecological research.
• November 2001. Bamfield
Marine Sciences Centre (Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada)
Incorporating
modelling and spatial analyses in seaweed ecology.
• September 2002. Victoria
University of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand)
Recent
developments
and future directions in seaweed population ecology.
• May 2003. Saint
Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, NS, Canada)
Recent progress
in the population ecology of coastal marine producers.
• October 2004. Interdisciplinary
Studies on Aquatic Resources program (ISAR, Antigonish, NS, Canada)
and
Environmental
Sciences Research Centre (ESRC, Antigonish, NS, Canada)
Clonality in
seaweeds: population dynamics and adaptive significance.
• December 2005. University
of New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB, Canada)
• March 2006. Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB,
Canada)
Ecology of marine rocky shores: seaweeds,
invertebrates, and environment.
• October 2007. Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada)
Testing environmental stress models of community
diversity and organization using rocky intertidal systems.
• April 2008. University of Barcelona
(Barcelona, Spain)
Marine algal resources from rocky shores:
interactions with invertebrates and the environment.
• July 2008. Helgoland Marine
Biological Station (Helgoland, Germany)
Intertidal community organization across
environmental stress gradients.
• September 2008. Fisheries and
Oceans, Gulf Centre (Moncton, NB, Canada)
Ecology of rocky intertidal systems on the southern
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
REFEREE/EDITOR FOR
JOURNALS AND GRANT AGENCIES
• Referee for Journals
(57 reviews)
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, Ecology,
Ecovision World Monograph
Series, European Journal of Phycology, Evolutionary Ecology, Functional
Ecology,
Hidrobiológica, 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,
Phycologia,
Phycological
Research, Polar Biology, Proceedings of the International Seaweed
Symposium.
• Referee for Grant Agencies (13
reviews)
NSERC (Canada), Canada Research
Chairs, NSF (USA), CONACYT
(Mexico), FONCYT
(Argentina)
• Editorial Work
- Journal of Phycology
(2007-2010), Associate Editor
- Ecological Applications (2008), Guest Subject Matter Editor
- Ciencias Marinas (2006-2009), Associate Editor
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Ecological
Society of America
• Centre
for Environmental and Molecular Algal Research
• Environmental
Sciences Research Centre
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
Marine weather - Canada
Tides - Canada
Tides - World
