
Ronald Baker, Ph.D.
Senior Marine Scientist I
Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama
Bio
Ronald Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama, and Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. He completed his undergraduate and PhD at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, and post-docs with NOAA Fisheries in Galveston Texas and the Smithsonian at the Marine Station in Fort Pierce Florida. Ron’s research focuses on the functional roles of coastal ecosystems in support of fisheries, particularly their role as nurseries for fishery species. Ron also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on fish, fisheries, and coastal ecology at DISL/USA.
Courses:
Marine vertebrate zoology
Quantitative Methods in Fisheries and Ecology
Research Interest
Projects
Publications
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2022
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2021
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R. Baker and M. Sheaves. Predation in littoral habitats is a complex process: Comment on Whitfield. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 662:205-208. doi.org/10.3354/meps13677.
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Bradley, M., Nagelkerken, I., Baker, R. et al. Local Environmental Context Structures Animal-Habitat Associations Across Biogeographic Regions. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00651-7.
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2020
Bradley, M., I. Nagelkerken, R. Baker, and M. Sheaves. Context Dependence: A Conceptual Approach for Understanding the Habitat Relationships of Coastal Marine Fauna. BioScience. biaa100. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa100. https://bit.ly/3jcLD88.
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Baker, R., M.d. Taylor, K.W. Able, M.W. Beck, J. Cebrian, D. D. Colombano, R. M. Connolly, C. Currin, L. A. Deegan, I. C. Feller, B. L. Gilby, M. E. Kimball, T. J. Minello, L. P. Rozas, C. Simenstad, R. E. Turner, N. J. Waltham, M. P. Weinstein, S. L. Ziegler, P. S.E. zu Ermgassen, C. Alcott, S. B. Alford, M. A. Barbeau, S. C. Crosby, K. Dodds, A. Frank, J. Goeke, L. A. Goodridge Gaines, F. E. Hardcastle, C. J. Henderson, W. R. James, M. D. Kenworthy, J. Lesser, D. Mallick, C. W. Martin, et.al.. Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science.Vol. 370, Issue 6517. pp. 670-671. DOI: 10.1126/science.abe9332.
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2019
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Donaldson, J.A., P. Drews, Jr., M. Bradley, D.L. Morgan, R. Baker, and B.C. Ebner . Countering low visibility in video survey of an estuarine fish assemblage. Pacific Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1071/PC19019.
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Deleon, S.N., J.W. Krause, and R. Baker. Variability in microphytobenthos biomass and carbon isotopic values in shallow coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf and Caribbean Research. 30, SC22-SC27. doi: 10.18785/gcr.3001.11.
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