Peter J. Etnoyer

Background

I am a Graduate Research Associate at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) with a background in biogeography, marine ecology, and spatial information systems. I graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988, and a Master's degree in Coastal Environmental Management (2001) from Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment. I returned to school after a ten year career in film and video production in Los Angeles and New York working on feature films, commercials, music videos, and medical industrials. I am an avid scuba diver and kayaker, filmmaker, author, husband and father. My field research experience began in the Philippine Sulu Sea, and has since taken me to shallow tropical sites throughout the Caribbean, and deep sites in the North Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico using submersibles and ROV's.

Contact:

Peter J. Etnoyer
Graduate Research Associate
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Dr.
Corpus Christi, Texas 78412

Office Phone: 361-825-2031
Email: peter.etnoyer(AT)tamucc.edu

Research Interests

• My research interests include benthic and pelagic ecology, octocoral systematics, remote sensing, and marine GIS, with special emphasis on marine conservation applications.
  • Advisors: Dr. Thomas Shirley, Endowed Chair for Biodiversity and Conservation

Publications

Etnoyer, P. and J. Warrenchuk. accepted for publication. Occurrence of a catshark nursery in a deep-sea octocoral field in the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Etnoyer, P, SD Cairns, JA Sanchez, J Reed, S Brooke, A Baco-Taylor, L Watling et al.. in press. “Deep-Sea Coral Collection Protocols”. US Dept. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMF-OPR-28. 45pp.

Etnoyer, P, D Canny, B Mate, J Ortega-Ortiz, LE Morgan, WJ Nichols. 2006. Satellite measurements of sea surface temperature gradients across blue whale and sea turtle foraging trajectories off Baja California Peninsula. Deep Sea Research II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 53:340-358.

Ehrlich, H., P. Etnoyer, S. D. Litvinov, M. Olennikova, H. Domaschke, T. Hanke, R. Born, H. Meissner, H. Worch. 2006. Biomaterial structure in deep-sea bamboo coral (Alcyonacea: Isididae): perspectives for the development of bone implants. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 37:6, pp. 553-557.

Etnoyer, P. and LE Morgan. 2005. Habitat Forming Deep-Sea Corals in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. in Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Etnoyer, P. 2005. Seamount resolution in satellite derived bathymetry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 6, Q03004, doi:10.1029/2004GC000833.

Etnoyer, P, D Canny, B Mate, LE Morgan. 2004. Persistent Pelagic Habitats in the Baja California to Bering Sea Ecoregion. Oceanography 17:1. pp. 90-101