biology banner

CLFS_logo


A - Z

titleboxMARJORIE REAKA titlebox

professor pictureProfessor, Director of Departmental Honors Program

email:mlreaka@umd.edu
phone:
301.405.6944 (office)

fax:301.314.9358
office:4202 Bio-Psych
graduate programs: Biology, BEES, MEES
bullet Honors Program   bullet most recent publications


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Reaka and her laboratory have focused on biodiversity and extinction on coral reefs and in fossil and contemporary Crustacea, with applications to conservation and management of marine environments. Some of this work culminated in a book, Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Natural Resources, which was co-edited with D. E. Wilson and E. O. Wilson and published by the National Academy of Science's Joseph Henry Press. Her recent research has included the biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeny of stomatopod Crustacea in the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Atlantic.

Representative Publications


Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 2002. Habitat specialization in Crustacea and its relation to conservation policy. In: Escobar-Briones, E., and F. Alvarez (eds.), Modern Approaches to the Study of Crustacea, pp. 211-221. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, N. Y.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 2001. (Historical and contemporary biodiversity in) Crustacea. In: Simon A. Levin (ed.), Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Vol. 1, pp. 915-943. Academic Press, N. Y.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 2001. Coral reefs: Biodiversity and conservation. In: H. M. Hernandez, A. N. Garcia Aldrete, F. Alvarez, and M. Ulloa (eds.), Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Biodiversity, Instituto de Biodiversity, pp. 221-243. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. (translated into Spanish).

Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 2001. Known and unknown biodiversity, risk of extinction, and conservation strategy in the sea. Waters in Peril, pp. 19-33. Kluwer Academic Publishers, N. Y.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 2000. The evolution of endemism in insular faunas: Stomatopod Crustacea. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20: 56-70.

Carlton, J. T., J. B. Geller, M. L. Reaka-Kudla, and E. A. Norse. 1999. Historical extinction in the sea. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 515-538.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L. 1997. The global biodiversity of coral reefs: A comparison with rainforests. In: Reaka-Kudla, M. L., D. E. Wilson, and E. O. Wilson (eds.), Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Natural Resources, pp. 83-108. Joseph Henry/National Academy Press, Washington, D. C.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L., D. E. Wilson, and E. O. Wilson. 1997. Santa Rosalia, the turning of the century, and a new age of exploration. In: Reaka-Kudla, M. L., D. E. Wilson, and E. O. Wilson (eds.), Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Natural Resources, pp. 507-524. Joseph Henry/National Academy Press, Washington, D. C.

Reaka-Kudla, M. L., J. S. Feingold, and P. W. Glynn. 1996. Experimental studies of rapid bioerosion of coral reefs in the Galapagos Islands. Coral Reefs 15: 101-107.