Lecturer Sandra Diamond

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

I received my PhD in Fisheries Ecology from North Carolina State University in 1999, after working for the California Department of Fish and Game as a Marine Biologist for 7 years. In 1998, I began working as an academic staff member at Texas Tech University, reaching the level of Associate Professor in 2005. I have been at UWS since 2007, first as a Research Associate and currently as a Lecturer.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

• Marine Biology
• Fisheries
• Climate Change
• Population Modeling
• GIS and spatial analysis

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Grants / Current Projects

My major research interests are Marine Ecology and Fisheries Biology. I am particularly interested in studying the effects of human impacts on marine populations and communities, and the ecology and population dynamics of fishes and marine mammals. My current research projects involve:

1. Studying the effects of climate change on marine populations (fish, sharks, invertebrates, and marine mammals).

2. Using GIS and spatial analysis techniques to delineate ecological communities and habitats, and to investigate potential locations for Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of Mexico (USA).

3. Studying the effects of catch and release fishing on fish populations, including estimating the magnitude of immediate and delayed mortality, investigating the effects of barotrauma (problems caused by decompression of deep water fish), and testing ways to quantify and reduce mortality.

4. Using the chemical elements stored in fish earbones (otoliths) as natural tags to study movements of fish and foraging habits of sea lions.

5. Understanding the population dynamics of temperate reef fish populations, including the effects of recruitment variability, harvest refuges, and changes in habitat.

6. Studying the life history and population dynamics of estuarine-dependent species such as Atlantic croaker, using population models and analysis of age and growth using earbones, or otoliths.

7. Studying the population effects of bycatch on marine fishes and marine mammals

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Awards and Recognition

2003 Mortar Board Society Apple Polishing Award for Teaching Excellence

2002 Best Student Paper: Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., Diamond, S. L. , Thomas, P. and L. A. Fuiman. 2002. Modeling population-level responses of Atlantic croaker to endocrine disrupting chemicals using linked simulation models and laboratory studies. International Congress on the Biology of Fish, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

1997 Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowship, Resources for the Future. Five or fewer awarded annually in the US. $12,000 USD

1996 J. Frances Allen Scholarship for Outstanding Female Doctoral Student in U.S. Fisheries. American Fisheries Society. One awarded annually. $2,500 USD.

1995 Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

1993-1996 US National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. Premier graduate fellowship in the United States. $40,000 USD.

1993 Distinguished Scholarly Achievement, North Carolina State University

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Publications

Journal Articles

Ferenbaugh, J., R. E. Strauss, D. J. Tollit, X. Chen, and S. L Diamond., (2009) Potential of Otolith Microchemistry to Improve Estimates of Diet in Pinnipeds. Marine Biology. (in press).

Diamond, S. L., and M. D. Campbell., (2009) Linking delayed discard mortality to ‘sink or swim’ indicators in red snapper using condition indices. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. (in press).

Rose, K. A., A. T. Adamack, C. A. Murphy, S. E. Sable, S. E. Kolesar, J. K. Craig, D. L. Breitburg, P. Thomas, M. H. Brouwer, C. F. Cerco, and S. L. Diamond., (2009) Does hypoxia have population-level effects on coastal fish? Musings from the virtual world. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. (in press).

Jang, S. R.-J., and S. L. Diamond., (2009) Stability analysis of a continuous-time model of populations: a two-host/two-parasitoid interaction with a chemical response. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems (Series A): 155–161.

Diamond, S. L., M. Campbell, D. Olson, Y. Wang, J. Zeplin and S. Qualia., (2007) Movers and Stayers: Individual Variability in Site Fidelity and Movements of Red Snapper off Texas. In Patterson, W.F. III, Cowan, J.H., Jr., Fitzhugh, G. R. and Nieland, D. L. (eds) Red Snapper Ecology and Fisheries in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. American Fisheries Society Symposium 60:163-187.

Jang, S. R.-J., and S. Diamond., (2007) A host-parasitoid interaction with Allee effects in the host. Computers and Mathematics with Applications 53(1):89-103.

Diamond, S. L. (2004) Bycatch quotas in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery: can they work? Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 14: 207-237.

Diamond, S. L. (2003) Estimation of shrimp trawl bycatch: comparing methods using field and simulated data. Fishery Bulletin. 101(3):484-500.

Rose, K. A., C. Murphy, S. Diamond, P. Thomas, and L. Fuiman., (2003) Using nested models and laboratory data for predicting population effects of contaminants: a case study using PCB effects on Atlantic croaker. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 9(1): 231-257.

Jang, S. R.-J., and S. Diamond., (2003) Population-level effects of density dependence in a size-structured fishery model. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 139:133-155.

Diamond, S. L., L. G. Cowell, and L. B. Crowder., (2000) Population impacts of shrimp trawl bycatch on Atlantic croaker. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:2010-2021.

Diamond, S. L., L. B. Crowder, and L. G. Cowell., (1999) Catch and bycatch: the qualitative effects of fisheries on population vital rates of Atlantic croaker. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128:1085-1105.

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