Michelle Staudinger

NE CASC Staff
Science Coordinator, DOI Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
413 ­577­-1318
mstaudinger@usgs.gov

Affiliations: 

National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Early Career Climate Forum
ECO Department at UMass Amherst

Education: 

M.S.: Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, 2004
Certificate of Graduate Study in Conservation Biology, Columbia University, 2000
B.S.: Marine Biology; Environmental Science, Boston University, 1997
Ph.D.: Marine Science and Technology; Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010

Website: 

http://eco.umass.edu/people/adjunct-faculty/staudinger-michelle/

Experience: 

Postdoctoral Fellow, USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, and Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Reston, VA. 2011-2013.
Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC. 2010-2011.
Consultant, Laboratory of Dr. Roger Hanlon, Marine Biological Laboratory, Marine Resources Center, Woods Hole, MA. 2009-present.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC. 2011-present.

Research Interests: 

 

Expertise

 Aquatic and marine species vulnerability and adaptive capacity • phenology • adaptation and conservation strategies.

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Recent Publications

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Staudinger, M. D., Goyert H., Suca J. J., Coleman K., Welch L., Llopiz J. K., et al. (2020).  The role of sand lances (Ammodytes sp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem: A synthesis of current knowledge with implications for conservation and management. Fish and Fisheries.
Markowitz, E. M., & Staudinger M. D. (2019).  Final Report -Early Career Climate Communications and Networking.
Staudinger, M. D., Mills K. E., Stamieszkin K., Record N. R., Hudak C. A., Allyn A., et al. (2019).  It’s about time: A synthesis of changing phenology in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Fisheries Oceanography.
Lipton, D., Carter S. L., Peterson J., Crozier L. G., Fogarty M., Gaichas S., et al. (2018).  Chapter 7 : Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II.
Staudinger, M. D., & Jones K.L.. (2018).  A REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM GRAY AND HARBOR SEAL STRANDING EVENTS.
Powell, E. J., Tyrrell M. C., Milliken A., Tirpak J. M., & Staudinger M. D. (2018).  A review of coastal management approaches to support the integration of ecological and human community planning for climate change. Journal of Coastal Conservation.
Staudinger, M. D. (2017).  The role of sand lance in the Northwest Atlantic ecosystem.
Powell, E. J., Tyrrell M. C., Milliken A., Tirpak J. M., & Staudinger M. D. (2017).  A synthesis of thresholds for focal species along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: A review of research and applications. Ocean & Coastal Management. 148, 75 - 88.
Grimm, N. B., Groffman P., Staudinger M. D., & Tallis H. (2016).  Climate change impacts on ecosystems and ecosystem services in the United States: process and prospects for sustained assessment. Climatic Change.
Beever, E. A., O’Leary J., Mengelt C., West J. M., Julius S., Green N., et al. (2015).  Improving Conservation Outcomes with a New Paradigm for Understanding Species’ Fundamental and Realized Adaptive Capacity. Conservation Letters. 9(2), 131-137.
Staudinger, M. D., Morelli T.. L., & Bryan A. (2015).  Integrating Climate Change into Northeast and Midwest State Wildlife Action Plans. DOI Northeast Climate Science Center Report. 201 pp.
Thompson, L. M., Staudinger M. D., & Carter S. L. (2015).  Open-File Report: Summarizing components of U.S. Department of the Interior vulnerability assessments to focus climate adaptation planning.
Teffer, A.K.., Staudinger M. D., & Juanes F.. (2015).  Trophic niche overlap among dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and co-occurring tunas at the northern edge of their range in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology.
Butler, C.. M., Logan J.. M., Provaznik J.. M., Hoffmayer E.. R., Staudinger M. D., Quattro J.. M., et al. (2014).  Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) feeding ecology in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a preliminary description of diet from the western Atlantic spawning grounds. Journal of Fish Biology. 86, 365 - 374.
Staudinger, M. D., McAlarney R. J., McLellan W. A., & D. Pabst A. (2014).  Foraging ecology and niche overlap in pygmy ( Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales from waters of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast. Marine Mammal Science. 30,
Teffer, A. K., Staudinger M. D., Taylor D. L., & Juanes F. (2014).  Trophic influences on mercury accumulation in top pelagic predators from offshore New England waters of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Environmental Research. 101, 124 - 134.
Staudinger, M. D., Carter S. L., Cross M. S., Dubois N. S., J Duffy E., Enquist C. A. F., et al. (2013).  Biodiversity in a changing climate: a synthesis of current and projected trends in the US. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11, 465 - 473.
Grimm, N. B., Staudinger M. D., Staudt A., Carter S. L., F Chapin S., Kareiva P., et al. (2013).  Climate-change impacts on ecological systems: introduction to a US assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11(9), 456 - 464.
Staudinger, M. D., Juanes F.., Salmon B.., & Teffer A.K.. (2013).  The distribution, diversity, and importance of cephalopods in top predator diets from offshore habitats of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 182-192.
Hanlong, R. T., Buresch K., Moustahfid H., & Staudinger M. D. (2013).  Doryteuthis pealeii, Longfin inshore squid.. (Rosa, R., Pierce G., & O’Dor R., Ed.).Advances in Squid Biology, Ecology, and Fisheries. 205-240.
Staudinger, M. D., Grimm N., Staudt A., Carter S. L., Chapin, III F. S., Kareiva P., et al. (2012).  Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services: Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment.. Cooperative Report to the the 2013 National Climate Assessment. 296 p.
Staudinger, M. D. (2011).  Species- and size-specific variability of mercury concentrations in four commercially important finfish and their prey from the northwest Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 62, 734 - 740.