Marissa L. Baskett
Department of Environmental Science & Policy
University of California, Davis
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
mlbaskett(at)ucdavis.edu

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Education
2003-2006          Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dissertation Topic: Marine Reserve Design and Life History Variation, Advisor: Simon A. Levin

2001-2003         M.A.,  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1997-2001         B.S., Biological Sciences (Minor: Mathematics), with Distinction, Stanford University, Stanford CA
Honors Thesis: A Polygenic Model of Genomic Imprinting Evolution, Sponsor: Marcus W. Feldman

Research Interests
My research interests are at the interface between theoretical evolutionary ecology and conservation biology: I use mathematical models and simulations to investigate how anthropogenic impacts cause rapid evolution and community change.  While researching a wide range of biological topics from life history evolution to ecosystem resilience, I develop theory relevant to conservation management decisions, particularly in marine systems. 


Professional Experience
2008-present   Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Science & Policy, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

2006-2008      Postdoctoral Associate
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA

Teaching Experience

Spring 2009            Co-professor, Environmental Analysis
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis

Fall 2004            Teaching Assistant, Conservation Biology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

Spring 2004       Teaching Assistant, Theoretical Ecology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Sample handouts: notes1.pdf (lecture notes from first computer lab), matlabHelpAll.pdf (useful Matlab commands)


Publications
M.L. Baskett, R.M. Nisbet, C.V. Kappel, P.J. Mumby, and S.D. Gaines.  Conservation management approaches to protecting the capacity for corals to respond to climate change: a theoretical comparison.  In press, Global Change Biology.

M.L. Baskett and A.K. Salomon.  Recruitment facilitation can drive alternative states on temperate reefs.  In press, Ecology.  

R.A. Pelc, M.L. Baskett, T. Tranci, S.D. Gaines, and R.R. Warner.  Quantifying larval export from South African marine reserves.  In press, Marine Ecology Progress Series.  

E.S. Dunlop, M.L. Baskett, M. Heino, and U. Dieckmann.  2009.  The propensity of marine reserves to reduce the evolutionary effects of fishing in a migratory species.  In press, Evolutionary Applications 2(3):371-393.  
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M.L. Baskett, S.D. Gaines, and R.M. Nisbet.  2009.  Symbiont diversity may help coral reefs survive moderate climate change.  Ecological Applications 19(1):3-17.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Appendix

M.L. Baskett and B.S. Halpern.  2009.  Marine Ecosystem Services.  In: Guide to Ecology (S.A. Levin, ed.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, pp. 619-624. 

M.L. Baskett.  2007.  Simple fisheries and marine reserve models with species interactions: an overview and example with facilitation.  CalCOFI Reports 48:71-81.  
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M.L. Baskett, J.S. Weitz, and S.A. Levin. 2007. The evolution of dispersal in reserve networks.  American Naturalist 170(1):59–78.
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M.L. Baskett, F. Micheli, and S.A. Levin. 2007. Designing marine reserves for interacting species: Insights from theory.  Biological Conservation 137(2):163-179.
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M.L. Baskett. 2006. Prey size refugia and trophic cascades in marine reserves.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 328:285-293.
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M.L. Baskett, M. Yoklavich, and M.S. Love. 2006. Predation, competition, and the recovery of overexploited fish stocks in marine reserves.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(6):1214-1229.
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M.L. Baskett, S.A. Levin, S.D. Gaines, and J. Dushoff. 2005. Marine reserve design and the evolution of size at maturation in harvested fish.  Ecological Applications 15(3):882-901. 
[Abstract] [PDF] [Appendix]

L. Jin, M.L. Baskett, L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, L.A. Zhivotovsky, M.W. Feldman and N.A. Rosenberg. 2000. Microsatellite evolution in modern humans: a comparison of two data sets from the same populations.  Annals of Human Genetics 64:117-134.
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Publications in preparation, review, or revision

J.L. Orrock, R.D. Holt, and M.L. Baskett.  Refuge-mediated apparent competition in plant-consumer interactions. 

J.L. Orrock, M.L. Baskett, and R.D. Holt.  Spatial coincidence of consumer foraging and plant competition determine the strength of refuge-mediated apparent competition and drive the invasion ratchet. 

 
Scholarly Presentations
*Invited

2009
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Aquatic Ecology Seminar Series, University of California, Berkeley*
International Temperate Reef Symposium, Adelaide, Australia*
2008
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans, Gijon, Spain*
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island*
Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis*

2007
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Ventura, California
Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research Symposium, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California*
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, California
Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments: An International Summit, University of California, Los Angeles
2006
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis*
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Annual Conference, Pacific Grove, California*
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Redmond, Washington
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara*
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis*
Western Groundfish Conference, Newport, Oregon
2005
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Seaside, California
2004
Managing for Resilience: An Integrated Approach to Coastal Marine Science and Conservation, University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories, Washington
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Ecological and Environmental Economics workshop on Spatial Aspects of Reserve Design Optimization under Economic Constraints, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy*
2003
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Interfaces in Science Fellows' Retreat, Coronado Island, San Diego, California

Awards and Grants

The interaction between spatially and temporally heterogeneous selection: Salmon as a model system, National Science Foundation, 8/1/09-7/31/11, $132,691 (PI)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006

Burroughs Wellcome Program in Biological Dynamics Training Grant, 2001-2006

Professional Memberships and Service

Steering Committee member, Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization, 2009-2010
Member, Ecological Society of America, 2004-present


Referee Activities

Aquatic Living Resources
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecology Letters
Environmental Conservation
Fisheries Research
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Oikos
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Public Library of Science ONE
Theoretical Ecology
Theoretical Population Biology


Community Service
2007-2008        Volunteer, Kids Do Ecology
2002-2006        Member, Greening Princeton
2003-2004        Participant, Scholars in the Schools
1998-2001        Volunteer, Students for Environmental Education
 



Last updated 9/2009