Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation BiologyLouis W. Botsford:
Professor
lwbotsford@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1041 Academic Surge
Lab: 1351 Academic Surge
Phone: 530-752-6169
Alternative Phone: 530-752-1270
Research Interest:
Population dynamics of animal populations, primarily marine. Fisheries, marine protected areas, climate change.
Academic History:
BS University of California, Berkeley
MS University of California, Davis
Ph.D., 1978, University of California, Davis
Selected Publications:
Botsford, L.W., C.A. Lawrence, E.P. Dever, A. Hastings and J. Largier. 2006 Effects of variable winds on biological productivity on continental shelves in coastal upwelling systems. Deep Sea Reseearch II 53: 3116-3140.
Kaplan, D.M., L.W. Botsford and S. Jorgensen. 2006 Dispersal per recruit: an efficient method for assessing sustainability in marine reserve networks. Ecological Applications 16: 2248-2263.
Hastings, A. and L.W. Botsford.2006 Persistence of spatial populations
depends on returning home. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, U.S. 103: 6067-6072.
O'Farrell, M.R. and L.W. Botsford.2005 Estimation of change in lifetime
egg production from length frequency data. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 1626-1639.