Education
PhD, Michigan State University (Kellogg Biological Station), 1988
BA, University of California Santa Barbara, 1980
Honors, Awards, and Achievements
ESA Fellow, 2015-life
Honorary Research Associate, Victoria University Wellington, 2007-2009
Invited Professor, Universite de Perpignan, 2007
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, 2002-2005
WT Edmondson Lecturer, Univ. of Washington, 2001
Faculty Opponent, University Omea, 2000
Research Interests
Research Interests
Size- and stage-structured dynamics and species interactions; meta-analysis; environmental impacts assessment (BACIPS designs); competition; predator-prey interactions; density dependence
- Aquatic Ecology (marine and freshwater)
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Organismal Ecology
- Conservation Ecology
- Mathematical Ecology
Selected Publications
Jacobs, GR, RF Thurow, CE Petrosky, CW Osenberg, SJ Wenger. 2024. Life-cycle modeling reveals high recovery potential of at-risk wild Chinook salmon via improved migrant survival. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81:297-310. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0167.
Stier, AC, CW Osenberg. 2024. Coral guard crabs. Current Biology 34:R5-R7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.067.
Stier, AC, CW Osenberg. 2024. How fishes and invertebrates impact coral resilience. Current Biology 34:R613-R615. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.071.
Curtis, JS, JW Galvan, A Primo, CW Osenberg, AC Stier. 2023. 3D Photogrammetry improves measurement of growth and biodiversity patterns in branching corals. Coral Reefs 42:623-627. doi: 10.1007/s00338-023-02367-7.
Pappalardo, P, C Song, BA Hungate, CW Osenberg. 2023. A meta-evaluation of the quality of reporting and execution in ecological meta-analyses. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0292606. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292606.
Shima, JS, CW Osenberg, SH Alonzo, EG Noonburg, SE Swearer. 2022. How the moon shapes environments, life histories, and ecological interactions on coral reefs. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences doi: 10.1042/ETLS20210237.
Atkins, RL, KM Clancy, WT Ellis, CW Osenberg. 2022. Thermal traits vary with mass and across populations of the marsh periwinkle, Littoraria irrorata. Biological Bulletin 242:173-196. doi: 10.1086/719850.
Cryan, DM, NHN Low, SY Litvin, CW Osenberg, F Micheli. 2022. Trophic ecology of an abundant kelp forest echinoderm, the bat star Patiria miniata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 696:57-68. doi: 10.3354/meps14127.
