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Mark Bertness

Mark D. Bertness (born July 13, 1949) is an American ecologist, known for his work on the community assembly of marine shoreline communities.[1]

Mark Bertness
Born (1949-07-13) July 13, 1949 (age 75)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsBrown University

Among his important work are the Stress Gradient Hypothesis (Bertness and Callaway 1994[2]) that predicts that positive species interactions are more important in biologically and physically stressful habitats than in biologically and physically benign habitats, his experimental research in a variety of marine intertidal communities elucidating the roles of biotic interaction across intertidal gradients[3][4] (Bertness and Hacker 1994,[5] Bertness et al. 1999,[6] Bertness 1999[7]), his pioneering of experimental community ecology in salt marsh ecosystems[8][9] and his work on apex predator depletion causing die-offs in salt marshes due to the release of herbivores from predator control [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Bertness is the Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and former chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University.[17] He has had visiting distinguished appointments at Groningen University, the Netherlands,[18] the Catholic University of Santiago, Chile[19] and the University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.[20]

In 2002 Bertness has been designated an ISI and Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Environmental Science;[21] this indicates that Dr. Bertness was among the 250 most-cited researchers in Environmental Science during a certain period of time.[22] In 2009, Bertness was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science;[23] this fellowship is a recognition of an individual's meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.[24] Bertness is also a trustee of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Bertness, M.D. 2006. Atlantic Shoreline Ecology: A Natural History. Princeton University Press
  2. ^ "Positive interactions in communities" (PDF). Planta.cn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Positive Stress ... Among Marsh Plants" (PDF). Sfsu.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  6. ^ Bertness, M. D.; Leonard, G. H.; Levine, J. M.; Schmidt, P. R.; Ingraham, A. O. (1999). "Testing the Relative Contribution of Positive and Negative Interactions in Rocky Intertidal Communities". Ecology. 80 (8). Ecological Society of America: 2711–2726. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2711:TTRCOP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-9658.
  7. ^ Bertness, M. D. (1989). "Intraspecific Competition and Facilitation in a Northern Acorn Barnacle Population". Ecology. 70 (1). Ecological Society of America: 257–268. Bibcode:1989Ecol...70..257B. doi:10.2307/1938431. JSTOR 1938431.
  8. ^ "Some water-loving plants may be out of a home as temperatures rise - the Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston". Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  9. ^ Bertness, M. D. (1991). "Zonation of Spartina Patens and Spartina Alterniflora in New England Salt Marsh". Ecology. 72 (1). Ecological Society of America: 138–148. Bibcode:1991Ecol...72..138B. doi:10.2307/1938909. JSTOR 1938909.
  10. ^ Lewis, Richard C. (2007-11-19). "Cape salt marsh decline linked to native crab". Boston.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Blue Crab Decline May Herald Salt Marsh Loss". Ens-newswire.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  12. ^ "As Crabs Dwindle, A Search for Clues". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Without Blue Crabs, Southern Salt Marshes Wash Away, Study Finds". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  14. ^ Johnson, Carolyn Y. (2010-07-06). "Crabs may be culprit in death of marsh grasses on Cape Cod". Boston.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Tampabay: Blue crabs melt away". Sptimes.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  16. ^ Altieri, Andrew H.; Bertness, Mark D.; Coverdale, Tyler C.; Herrmann, Nicholas C.; Angelini, Christine (2012). "A trophic cascade triggers collapse of a salt-marsh ecosystem with intensive recreational fishing". Ecology. 93 (6): 1402–1410. Bibcode:2012Ecol...93.1402A. doi:10.1890/11-1314.1. PMID 22834380.
  17. ^ "Welcome!". Brown.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Top 100 University - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen". Rug.nl. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  19. ^ "Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile". Uc.cl. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  20. ^ "Uniss - Homepage". Uniss.it. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  21. ^ "InCites". Archived from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  22. ^ "InCites". Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  23. ^ "5 Brown faculty elected to world's largest scientific body". Eurekalert.org. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  24. ^ "General Process". Aaas.org. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  25. ^ Steve Pewter. "Marine Biological Association of the UK". Mba.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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