MarineBio Contributors
The success of MarineBio is largely due to the contributions of the following people who help make this site a leading source of online information for the marine life sciences. We sincerely appreciate your contributions and hard work. Your help is opening the door to a future full of possibilities to protect the ocean and marine life.

We're always looking for volunteers and interns. If you're interested, please see our Volunteers & Internships page.

Our volunteers and contributors include photographers, marine biology students and several marine biologists (both academic and field biologists) who help out with the specific issues they specialize in (e.g. coral reefs, cephalopods, etc.). We also have marine biologists who help answer questions in the Plankton Forums.

Dr. Jeremy Montague – Contributing Scientist
Barry University's Dr. Jeremy Montague submitted the fascinating article "Global Warming And Hurricanes: Only Heat, Or Is There Light?" to MarineBio to help our readers understand the remarkable increase in the number of severe hurricanes that struck the U.S. coasts and to help predict what lies in store for the 2006 hurricane season.

Peter Moyle, PhD. – Essays on Wildlife Conservation
MarineBio is proud to present Essays on Wildlife Conservation written and edited by Dr. Peter Moyle, et al. for an introductory course on wildlife conservation taught at the University of California, Davis. The essays were written for students who are not only biology majors and are broad in scope. These chapters provide an introduction to the history of wildlife in North America, biodiversity, natural selection, conservation biology, ecology, conservation legislation, alien species, wildlife and pollution, and things we can all do to save wildlife. We think you will find that they are not only fascinating to read but also very useful toward understanding the myriad of issues concerning conservation efforts today.

David Hall – Contributing Photographer
"It has always been my hope that my fascination with, and respect for, all living things would show in my work and help to inspire similar feelings in others." http://www.seaphotos.com/

Wilhelm Bögershausen – Contributing Photographer
A wonderful collection of photos of many species from around the world: Clownfish underwater picture gallery

Massimo Boyer & Paola Bearzi – Contributing Photographers
Marine biologists in charge of the marine diversity laboratory: Edge of Reef in Manado, Indonesia.

Dave Harasti – Contributing Photographer
Dave is a marine scientist working for the NSW Fisheries Threatened Species Unit. Dave has a honours degree in Marine Science 1st class. He is an avid diver and an outstanding photographer. http://www.daveharasti.com/

Roberto Sozzani (Scubabob Underwater Photography) – Contributing Photographer
Roberto lives in Milan, Italy and is an avid diver and outstanding photographer. http://www.robertosozzani.it/

Rolf Hicker (Rainbow Productions) – Contributing Photographer
Rolf is a wildlife, travel, and nature photographer and owner of Rainbow Productions based in Canada. Rolf has traveled the globe and has had a number of remarkable experiences, including photographing Sir Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather, when they visited the Gulf of St. Lawrence to observe the Harp seals, a trip organized by the Humane Society of the United States.

Rolf Hicker Nature Photography

Peter Schulz – Contributing Photographer
Peter dives frequently off Boyton Beach, Florida and is an amazing photographer of Florida marine life. http://www.peterpeterpeter.com/

Andy Murch – Contributing Photographer
Andy runs Elasmodiver.com which is the only web-based field guide for diving with sharks and rays. He is also Shark Diver Magazine's Staff Photographer and is currently also working on an upcoming TV series called Shark Divers. "I don't think we're crazy, we just love diving with sharks and we want to show the world the sharks while there are still some left." - Shark Divers Trailer

Richard and Mary Field (Reef Fishes of the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman) – Contributing Photographers
The Field's have been photographing and studying reef fishes since 1989 and have built a library of photographs of about 600 species present around the Arabian peninsula, which includes the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and Southern Oman (Arabian Sea). http://richardfield.freeservers.com/

Rob L. Suisted – Contributing Photographer
"With a background in zoology, a professional career in conservation management & quality management systems, along with an extensive experience in remote/back-country areas & photography, Rob has developed Nature's Pic Images into a quality provider of New Zealand Nature & Scenic Stock Imagery." http://www.naturespic.com/

Clinton Bauder (The Metridium Fields) – Contributing Photographer
"When I'm not writing code for Apple Computer you're likely to find me underwater somewhere with my video camera. I've managed to get some good shots over the years and this is my forum for sharing them with you, the diving public." http://www.metridium.com/

Alison Gill (The Marine Team) – Contributing Photographer
Alison contributes photographs of marine mammals to MarineBio.org as a member of The Marine Team's http://marineteam.com network of freelance professionals working in the marine environment who are dedicated to the conservation of marine species and their habitat.

Frances M. Cleveland – Contributing Photographer
Frances provides MarineBio.org with beautiful photos of Antarctic wildlife. http://fcleve.com/

Marcus Martin – Contributing Photographer
Marcus Martin maintains the website http://www.photobirder.com featuring "Birds of the World by Marcus G. Martin." Marcus is based in New Mexico, US and generously provides photos to MarineBio.org of marine birds.

Interns/Volunteers:
Ashley Kurth, Biology student, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA (Submitted shearwaters...)

Benjamin Chen, B.S. Marine Science TAMU-Corpus Christi, RPCV - Micronesia 70 (2003-05), USA (Submitted corals, albatrosses, the Great Auk, boobies, penguins, ganets...)

Christine Bedore, Zoology student (concentration Marine Biology), Michigan State University, Jackson, MI, USA (Submitted reef fishes...)

Daisy Taylor, Marine Biologist, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

Denise Perez, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA (Submitted petrels...)

Ellie Pelletier (turtle fan**), Marine Biology student at Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu, HI, USA (Submitted reef fishes...)

Heidi Harding, Marine Biology Student - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Working on fishes...)

Jaclyn Mousoulias, Marine Biology student and works for the SCUBA department at the Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA (Submitted corals, sea horses...)

Josh Capp, Marine Biology student - University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

Kelly Woods, Marine Biology student - Penn State Shenango, Sharon, PA, USA (Submitted Phylum definitions...)

Kyle Scharkss, Aspiring Marine Biologist, high school student in Connecticut, USA (Submitted reef fishes...)

Laura Hewitt, Student - Falmouth Marine school for a Marine Science BSC, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

Leigh-Anne Baller, Biology student - Linfield College, Oregon, USA (Submitted marine mammals introductory information...)

Lenny, Marine Science student (specializing in Marine Zoology) - National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (Submitted the Sea lamprey...)

Mario Lebrato, Oceanography/Marine Biology student - Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK (Submitted photos and marine mammal information...)

Mary Bach - Mary has been interested in marine biology from an early age. Her main interest is cetaceans, particularly the lesser known ones such as the 20 species of beaked whales which she is currently helping MarineBio expand. Currently she is working full time in a non-marine science career. Although she is an aspiring photographer and would eventually like to try underwater photography, her dream job is tracking marine animals in the wild for research purposes. (Helped with beaked whale research...)

Ryan Buzzetti, Marine Biology student - Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI, USA

Ryan Day, Biology student, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, Marine Biology - James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Tania Woodcock, Marine Biology and Oceanography student, University of Plymouth, UK (Submitted reef fishes...)

If you have changes or additions (photos?) to the above information, email us asap.

We still need interns and volunteers! If you're interested, please see our Call for Interns! page.

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