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Professor REX, MICHAEL A. (Boston)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology

Phone: (617) 287-6678
Email: michael.rex@umb.edu

Teaching the following courses:

Marine Conservation Biology

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1972 - Ph.D., Harvard University

1968 - A.B., Indiana University, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional History:
Memberships:

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Ecological Society of America, Sigma Xi

Society for the Study of Evolution

Society of Systematic Biology

American Society of Naturalists.

Current Research Support:
Environmental Biology: Conservation of Biodiversity. The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Traineeships (GRE - 9552836), funded for five years starting 9/7/95, $562,500. M.A. Rex (PI), K.S. Bawa, E. Gallagher (Co - PI's).

Deep - Sea Biodiversity: Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Conservation Strategies. A Proposal to Form a Working Group. The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, funded 3/11/97, Michael A. Rex & Donald R. Strong, Jr. (Co - PIs).

Bathymetric Patterns of Genetic Variation in Deep - Sea Mollusks. The National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography & Population Biology, OCE - 9402855, funded for three years starting 10/1/94, $323,000, R.J. Etter (PI), M.A. Rex, J.M. Quattro (Co - PIs).

Selected Publications:
Rex, M.A., R.J. Etter and C.T. Stuart. 1997. Large - scale patterns of biodiversity in the deep - sea benthos. In R. Ormond, J.D. Gage and M.V. Angel, eds.. Marine Biodiversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 94 - 121.

Rex, M.A. 1997. An oblique slant on deep - sea biodiversity. Nature 385: 577 - 578.

Stuart, C.T. and M.A. Rex. 1994. The relationship between developmental pattern and species diversity in deep - sea prosobranch snails. In C.M. Young and K.J. Eckelbarger (eds.). Reproduction, Larval Biology and Recruitment in the Deep - Sea Benthos. Columbia University Press. pp. 118 - 136.

Rex, M.A., C.T. Stuart, R.R. Hessler, J.A. Allen, H.L. Sanders, G.D.F. Wilson. 1993. Global - scale latitudinal patterns of species diversity in the deep - sea benthos. Nature 365: 636 - 639.

Campbell Watts, M., R.J. Etter and M.A. Rex. 1992. Effects of spatial and temporal scale on the relationship of surface pigment biomass to community structure in the deep - sea benthos. In G.T. Rowe and V. Pariente (eds.). Deep - Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle. Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands. pp. 245 - 254.