Nicholas Wolff

Marine Spatial Ecology Lab
School of Biological Sciences
University of Queensland
St. Lucia Brisbane, Qld 4072
Australia

tel: +61 (07) 336-51671
email: nhwolff@gmail.com
skype: nicholas.wolff

Career

2010-present Senior Research Fellow, Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia
2002-2010 Research Associate, University of Southern Maine, Department of Environmental Science, USA
2000-2002 Research Associate, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA
1998-2000 Research Assistant, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA
1996-1998 Research Assistant, California Department of Fish and Game, USA
1993-1996 Research Assistant, Virgin Islands National Park, USVI

Qualifications

1996 MSc Biological Oceanography, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, USA
1989 BA Art History, Bowdoin College, USA
1987 Completed semester (W-87), Sea Education Association, USA

Journal publications

  • Wolff, N., R. Dunsmore, J. Beets and C. Rogers. 1999. A comparison of fish trap performance in coral reef and gorgonian reef habitats. Environmental Biology of Fishes 55:81-90.
  • Fautin, D., P. Dalton, L. S. Incze, J-A. C. Leong, C. Pautzke, A. Rosenberg, P. Sandifer, G. Sedberry, J.W. Tunnell, Jr., I. Abbott, R. E. Brainard, M.Brodeur, L. G. Eldredge, M. Feldman, P. S. Vroom, M. Wainstein, N.Wolff. 2010. An overview of marine biodiversity in United States waters. PloS-One. 5(8): e11914
  • Incze, LS, H Xue, N Wolff, D Xu, C Wilson, R Steneck, R Wahle, P Lawton, N Pettigrew, Y Chen. 2010. Connectivity of lobster populations in the Gulf of Maine. Part II. Coupled biophysical dynamics. Fish. Oceanogr. 19: 1-20.
  • Xue, H, LS Incze, D Xu, N Wolff, N Pettigrew. 2008. Connectivity of lobster populations in the coastal Gulf of Maine. Part I: Circulation and larval transport potential. Ecol. Model. 210: 193-211.
  • Stevick, PT, LS Incze, SD Kraus, S Rosen, N Wolff, A Baukus. 2008. Trophic relationships and oceanography on and around a small offshore bank. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 363:15-28.
  • Annis, ER, LS Incze, N Wolff, RS Steneck. 2007. Estimates of in situ larval development time for the lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Crust. Biol. 27: 454-462.
  • Incze, LS, RA Wahle, N Wolff, C Wilson, R Steneck, E Annis, P Lawton, H Xue and Y Chen. 2007. Early life history and a modeling framework for lobster populations in the Gulf of Maine. J. Crustacean Biol.
  • Incze, LS, N.Wolff and R Wahle. 2003. Can scientific observations of early life stages be scaled up to the level of a fished population? A case study using Homarus americanus. Fish. Res. 65: 33-46.
  • Incze, LS, D Hebert, N Wolff, N Oakey, D Dye. 2001. Changes in copepod distributions associated with increased turbulence from wind stress. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 213: 229-240.

Book chapters and conference proceedings

  • Incze, L.S., P. Lawton, S.L. Ellis and N.H. Wolff. 2010. Biodiversity knowledge and its application in the Gulf of Maine Area. Chapter 3 (pp. 43-64)  In: (McIntyre, Ed.) Marine Life: Diversity, Abundance and Distribution, Wiley-Blackwell.