K. David Hyrenbach, Ph. D

Assistant Professor of Oceanography

HPU Email: khyrenbach@hpu.edu

Lab Web-site: www.pelagicos.net

Office Telephone: (808) 236-3563

Office Location: CTSA Building, The Oceanic Institute

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Appointments

Assistant Professor (2008), Hawaii Pacific University

Adjunct Professor (2008), Duke University

Visiting Scholar (2005 - 2007), University of Washington, Seattle

Research Scientist (2002 - 2007), Duke University Marine Laboratory

Research Associate (2002 - 2007), Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Postdoctoral Researcher (2001 - 2002), Duke University Marine Laboratory

Postdoctoral Researcher (2001 - 2002), Point Reyes Bird Observatory

Education

Ph.D. Oceanography (2001). Scripps Institution of Oceanography

B.S. Ecology, Behavior & Evolution (1993). University of California San Diego

Current Professional Service:

Scientific Editor, Public Library of Science (PLoS-1), July 2011 – present.

Member, Federal Marine Protected Area Advisory Committee, July 2010 – present.

Review Editor, Marine Ecology Progress Series. March 2006 – present

Publications

Since Coming to HPU (January 2008):

Adams, J., MacLeod, C., Suryan, R.M., Hyrenbach, K.D., and Harvey, J.T. 2012. Summer-time use of west coast US National Marine Sanctuaries by migrating sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus). Biological Conservation, In Press.

Lewison, R., Oro, D., Godley, B., Underhill, L., Bearhop, S., Wilson, R., Ainley, D., Arcos, J.M., Boersma, P.D., Borboroglu, P., Boulinier, T., Frederiksen, M., Genovart, M., González-Solís, J., Green, J.A., Grémillet, D., Hamer, K.C., Hilton, G.M., Hyrenbach, K.D., Martínez-Abraín, A., Montevecchi, W.A., Phillips, R.A., Ryan, P.G., Sagar, P.M., Sydeman, W.J., Yorio, P., Wanless, S., Watanuki, Y., and Weimerskirch, H. 2012. Research Priorities for seabirds: Improving seabird conservation and management in the 21st century. Endangered Species Research, In Press.

Titmus, A.J., and Hyrenbach, K.D. 2011. Habitat associations of marine birds and floating debris in the North East Pacific at two spatial scales. Submitted to Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(11): 2496-2506.

Gilman, E., Dunn^, D., Read, A., Warner, R., and Hyrenbach, K.D. 2011. Designing Criteria Suites to Identify Sites and Networks of High Value Across Manifestations of Biodiversity. Biodiversity Conservation, 20(14): 3363-3383.

Schick, R.S., Halpin, P.N., Read, A.J., Urban, D.L., Best, B.D., Good, C.P. Good, Roberts, J.J. Roberts, LaBrecque, E.A., Dunn, C., Garrison, L., Hyrenbach, K.D., McClellan W.A., Pabst, D.A., Palka, D.L., Stevick, P., and Whitehead, H. 2011. Community structure in pelagic cetaceans. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 434: 165-193.

Nur, N., Jahncke, J., Herzog, M.P., Howar, J., Hyrenbach, K.D., Zamon, J.E., Ainley, D.G., Wiens, J.A., Morgan, K., Ballance, L.T., Stralberg, D. 2011.Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System. Ecological Applications, 21 (6) : 2241-2257.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2011. Tale of Two Years: Monitoring Wedge-tailed Shearwaters at Freeman Seabird Preserve in Black Point, O’ahu. 'Elepaio 71(3): 17-20.

Hooker, S.K., Cañadas, A., Hyrenbach, K.D., Corrigan, C., Polovina, J.J., Reeves, R.R. 2011. Making protected area networks effective for marine top predators Endangered Species Research 13:203-218.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2010. Pelagic Reserves for Marine Top Predators: How Big and How Many? Current 26(2): 29-33.

Ainley, D.G., Hyrenbach, K.D. 2010. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Factors Affecting Seabird Population Trends in the California Current System (1985-2006). Progress in Oceanography, 84 (3-4): 242-254.

Nevins H.M., Adams J., Moller H., Newman J., Hester M., Hyrenbach K.D. 2009. International and cross-cultural management in conservation of migratory species. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 39 (4): 183-185.

Hart K.M., Hyrenbach K.D. 2009. Satellite telemetry of marine mega-vertebrates. Endangered Species Research 10: 9-20.

Hyrenbach, D., Nevins, H., Hester, M., Keiper, C., Webb, S., Harvey, J.2009. Seabirds Indicate Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment. In: Marine debris in Alaska : coordinating our efforts : proceedings of the Marine Debris in Alaska Workshop, February 14-15, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska / Michael Williams and Erika Ammann, (Editors), Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 57-61.

McClatchie, S., Goericke, R., Koslow, J.A., Schwing, F.B., Bograd, S.J., Charter, R., Watson, W., Lo, N., Hill, K., Gottschalk, J., L’Heureux, M., Xue, Y., Peterson, W.T., Emmett, R., Collins, C., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Durazo, R., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B.G., Hyrenbach, K.D., Sydeman, W.J., Bradley, R. W., Warzybok, P., Bjorkstedt, E. 2008. The State of the California Current, 2007-2008: La Niña Conditions and Their Effects on the Ecosystem. CalCOFI Reports 49: 39-76.

Hebshi, A.J., Duffy, D.C., Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Associations between seabirds and subsurface predators around Oahu, Hawaii. Aquatic Biology 4: 89-98.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Applying Spatially-explicit Measures for Albatross Conservation, In: De Roi, T., Jones, M.,and Fitter, J. (Eds). Albatross: their World, their Ways. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY. pp. 118-120.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Around our Necks. (Invited letter to the editor). Natural History 115 (5): 6.

Selected Samples (Before coming to HPU):

Pelagic Biogeography

Batten, S.D., Hyrenbach K.D., Sydeman, W.J. Morgan, K.H., Henry, M.F., Yen, P.P.Y., & Welch, D.W. 2006. Characterising Meso-Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 53:270-290.
Halpin, P.N., Read, A.J., Best, B.D., Hyrenbach, K.D., Fujioka, E., Coyne, M.S., Crowder, L.B., Freeman, S.A. & Spoerri, C. 2006. OBIS-SEAMAP: Developing a Biogeographic Research Data Commons for the Conservation of Marine Mammals, Seabirds and Sea Turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 316:239-246.
Baduini, C.L., & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2003. Biogeography of Procellariiform foraging strategies: does ocean productivity influence provisioning? Marine Ornithology, 31:101-112.

Marine Protected Area (MPA) Designs

Louzao, M., Hyrenbach, K.D., Arcos, J.M., Abelló, P., Gil Desola, L., & Oro, D. 2006. Oceanographic Habitat of a Critically Endangered Mediterranean Procellariiform: Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas. Ecological Applications, 16(5):1683-1695.
Gerber, L.R., Hyrenbach, K.D. , & Zacharias, M.A. 2005. Do the largest reserves protect whales or whalers? Science, 307:525-526.
Hyrenbach, K.D., Forney K.A., & Dayton , P.K. 2000. Marine Protected Areas and Ocean Basin Management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 10:437-458.

Seabird Distributions and Habitats

Hyrenbach, K.D., Veit, R.R., Weimerskirch, H., Metzl, N., & Hunt, Jr., G.L. 2007. Community Structure Across a Large-scale Ocean Productivity Gradient: Marine Bird Assemblages of the southern Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 54(7):1129-1145.
Hyrenbach, K.D., Veit, R.R., Weimerskirch, H., & Hunt, Jr., G.L. 2006. Seabird associations with mesoscale eddies: the subtropical Indian Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 324:271-279.
Yen, P.P.W., Sydeman, W.J. , Bograd, S.J., & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2006. Spring-time distributions of migratory marine birds in the southern California Current: Oceanic eddy associations and coastal habitat hotspots over 17 years. Deep-Sea Research II, 53:399-418.

Seabirds as Indicators of Ocean Variability

Sydeman, W.J., Bradley, R.W., Warzybok, P., Jahncke, J., Hyrenbach, K.D., Kousky, V., Hipfner, M.A., & Ohman, M.D. 2006.Krill and Krill Predators: Responses of Planktivorous Auklets Ptychoramphus aleuticus to the Anomaly of 2005. Journal of Geophysical Research, 33, L22S09.
Hyrenbach, K.D., & Veit, R.R. 2003. Ocean warming and seabird communities of the California Current System: response at multiple temporal scales. Deep-Sea Research II, 50(14-16):2537-2565.
Veit, R.R. & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2001. Changes in Seabird Communities of the California Current, 1987-1999. In: Green, R.E., Harley, M., Spalding, M., & Zöckler C. (Eds.), Impacts of climate change on wildlife. Proceedings of the "No place to go" Climate Change and Wildlife Conference. University of East Anglia , Norwich , England , September 16-19, 1999.

Albatross Satellite Tracking

Hyrenbach, K.D., Keiper, C., Allen, S.G., Anderson, D.J., & Ainley, D.G. 2006. Use of national marine sanctuaries by far-ranging predators: commuting flights to the California Current System by breeding Hawaiian albatrosses. Fisheries Oceanography, 15 (2):95-103.
Hyrenbach, K.D., & Dotson, R.C. 2003. Assessing the susceptibility of female Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) to longline fisheries during their post-breeding dispersal: An integrated approach. Biological Conservation, 112:391-404.
Hyrenbach, K.D., Fernández, P, & Anderson, D.J. 2002. Oceanographic habitats of two sympatric North Pacific albatrosses during the breeding season. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233:283-301.

Research Interests:

My main research interests are the oceanic habitats of far-ranging pelagic vertebrates (seabirds, turtles, cetaceans, tunas), and the physical mechanisms (upwelling, convergence) that define predictable areas of enhanced biological activity in pelagic systems. My objective is to incorporate an understanding of natural history and oceanography into the design of management and conservation strategies (i.e., gear modifications, area closures, Marine Protected Areas) to protect highly mobile pelagic species and their dynamic habitats.

Research News:

Summer 2012: Winged Ambassadors program launched

Spring 2011: Shearwater monitoring in O’ahu: E’lepaio Newsletter

Summer 2008: Check out albatross tracks from Kure Atoll and Cordell Bank

Courses Regularly Taught at HPU:

BIOL3081 (Ecology Laboratory)

BIOL4909 (Biometry)

BIOL 6090 (Advanced Biometry)

MARS 6400 (Marine Conservation Biology)