PETER H. WIEBE

Biologist, Senior Scientist B.S., North Arizona University, 1962

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ph.D. Physics, University of California, 1968

98 Water Street, MS# 11 Tel: (508) 289- 2757

Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1053

OVERALL EXPERIENCE

Quantitative population ecology of zooplankton with emphasis on zooplankton small scale distribution and abundance, organic matter transport into the deep-sea, the biology of Gulf Stream Rings, zooplankton associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents, dynamics of populations on Georges Bank and on the continental shelf region of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, and the acoustical determination of zooplankton biomass, abundance, and size.

POSITIONS HELD

Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1962-1968

Postdoctoral Fellow, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, 1968-1969

Temporary Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, July-August, 1969

Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1969-1974

Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1974-1984

Director, Center for Analysis of Marine Systems (WHOI), January 1983- December 1986

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1984-present

Adjunct Professor, Boston University, 1989-2003

Department Chairman, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1988-1992 Senior Scientist, 1994-present; Associate Scientist with Tenure, 1988-1993, Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution

Chair, University-Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), 2004-2006

PUBLICATIONS:

Five Significiant Publications:

1990 Wiebe, P.H., C.H. Greene, T. Stanton, and J. Burczynski, “Sound scattering by live zooplankton and micronekton: empirical studies with a dual-beam acoustical system,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 2346-2360.

1994 Wiebe, P.H. and C.H. Greene, “The use of high frequency acoustics in the study of zooplankton spatial and temporal patterns,” Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology, 7: 133-157.

1994 Stanton, T.K., P.H. Wiebe, D. Chu, L. Goodman, “Acoustic characterization and discrimination of marine zooplankton and turbulence,” ICES J. Mar. Sci., 51: 469-479.

1994 Stanton, T.K., P.H. Wiebe, D. Chu, M. Benfield, L. Scanlon, L. Martin, and R.L. Eastwood, “Acoustic characterization of zooplankton,” ICES J. Mar. Sci., 51: 505-512.

1996 Benfield, M.C., C.S. Davis, P.H. Wiebe, S.M. Gallager, R. G.Lough, and N.J. Copley. “Comparative distributions of calanoid copepods, pteropods, and larvaceans estimated from concurrent video plankton recorder and MOCNESS tows in the stratified region of Georges Bank,” Deep-Sea Research II, 43: 1925-1945.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Member of the Advisory Committee for the NSF Geoscience Division

Member of the ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology

Member (U.S. representative) of the ICES Oceanography Committee (appointed in June 1999).

Ex-officio member of U.S. GLOBEC National Steering Committee

Chairman of the U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program Executive Committee (1993 to present)

COLLABORATORS: (last five years)

WHOI Scientific Collaborators:

 Dr. Astthor Gislasen, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland

Dr. Dezhang Chu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nancy Copley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Scott Gallager, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Andone Lavery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Heidi Sosik, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Timothy Stanton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Non-WHOI Scientific Collaborators:

Dr. Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University

Dr. Glenn Flierl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Louis Goodman, ONR, Arlington, Virginia

Dr. Charles Greene, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Dr. Greg Lough, NMFS/NEFC, Woods Hole, MA

Dr. Stein Kaartvedt, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Dr. Charles Miller, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Dr. David Mountain, NMFS/NEFC, Woods Hole, MA

Dr. Bruce Monger, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Dr. Hein Rune Skjoldal, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway

Dr. Joe Warren, Southampton College, NY

GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE ADVISORS

Graduate Advisor: Dr. John McGowan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Postdoctoral Advisor: Dr. Malvern Gilmartin, University of Maine

THESIS ADVISOR AND POSTGRADUATE-SCHOLAR SPONSOR

Dr. Linda Martin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr. Joe Warren, Southampton College, Graduate Student

Dr. Armando Tamse, Boston University Marine Program, Graduate Student

Dr. Linda Martin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student

Dr. Mark Benfield, Louisiana State University

Dr. Fredrika Norrbin, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Dr. Duncan McGehee, Tracor, Inc. San Diego

Dr. Erhan Mutlu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Gareth Lawson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Graduate Student