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 BA in English (1988), and a Master's in Coastal Environmental Management (2001) from 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, and medical industrials. 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 remotely operated vehicles. I am an avid scuba diver, kayaker, filmmaker, author, husband, and father.
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@tamucc.edu
Research Interests
- My dissertation research examines the diversity and distribution of deep-water Gorgonacea in the Gulf of Mexico using morphological taxonomy and multivariate statistics on a large georeferenced database of their occurrence.
- Advisors:
- Dr. Thomas Shirley, HRI Endowed Chair for Biodiversity and Conservation
- Dr. Wes Tunnell, HRI Asst. Director
- Dr. Ian MacDonald, TAMUCC
- Dr. Steve Cairns, Smithsonian NMNH
Publications
Etnoyer, P. accepted. A new species of Isidella bamboo coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Isididae) from Northeast Pacific seamounts. "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington"
Mc Clain & P Etnoyer. 2008. “Our Ocean Future: A Glass Half-empty or a Glass Half – full?” in The Open Laboratory: The Best Science Writing on Blogs. Ed Reed Cartwright. Coturnix, Chapel Hill, NC. pp 165-170.
Etnoyer, P and J Warrenchuk. 2007. A catshark nursery in a deep gorgonian field in the Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. “Bulletin of Marine Science” 81(3):553-559
Etnoyer, P and LE Morgan. 2007. Habitat model for deep gorgonians needs better resolution: Comment on Bryan and Metaxas (2007). “Marine Ecology Progress Series” 339: 311-312
Etnoyer, P, SD Cairns, JA Sanchez, J Reed, S Brooke, A Baco-Taylor, L Watling et al.. 2006. “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.
Stone, GS, LP Madin, K Stocks, G Hovermale, P Hoagland, M Schumacher, P Etnoyer, C Sotka. 2004. Seamount Biodiversity, Exploitation, and Conservation in Defying Ocean’s End: An Agenda for Action. Glover, LK and Earle, SA (eds), Island Press, Washington, DC.
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