PATRICIA RAMEY

Curriculum Vitae Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History
Museum, Frankfurt

Patricia Ramey-Balcı                       Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main,
                                                                     Germany

Email patricia.ramey@Senckenberg.de

Education

Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Ecology and Evolution 2001-2008

M.Sc. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada,

Biological Sciences (with distinction) 1998-2001

B.Sc. Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Biology (Honours) 1992-1997

Research Interests

Current research interests include marine invertebrate taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetics and population ecology using molecular approaches. Other interests lie in the areas of community ecology, behavioral ecology, and climate change. Emphasis is on 1. biodiversity, phylogeography, and phylogeny of Polychaeta (Annelida) using molecular analyses, light microscopy, and transmission/scanning electron microscopy (TEM/SEM) 2. the role of pre- and post-settlement dispersal and habitat selection play in creating benthic community patterns at multiple spatial and temporal scales; 3. linking pattern and process using experimental approaches; and 4. multidisciplinary/collaborative research.

Professional Experience

2010-present Research Scientist, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History
Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

2008-10 Postdoctoral Research Faculty, Benthic Ecology, Institute of Marine and

Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey,USA

2002-08 Graduate Assistant, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

2001-02 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA

2000-01 Oceanographic Research Assistant, Fisheries Conservation Chair, Fisheries and
Marine Institute, Newfoundland, Canada

1998-00 Laboratory Demonstrator, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

1994-97 Laboratory Demonstrator, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada

1994-95 Field and Laboratory Environmental Research Technician, Kejimkujik
National Park and Acadia Center for Estuarine Research, Nova Scotia, Canada

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

2010 Invertebrate Taxonomy

2003-05        Invertebrate Taxonomy
2002             Behavioral Biology
2001             General Biology Lab
2000             Introductory Biology
2000             Ecology of Open Waters: Plankton Biology
1999             Benthic Biology
1998-99        Biology of Invertebrates
1996-97        Arthropod Biology
1995-96        Invertebrate Zoology and Aquatic Ecology
1994-95        Introductory Ecology

Mentoring Student Research

Advised undergraduate students in independent research projects

2009-10 (3 terms), Yirong Chen, undergraduate research experience (4 credits), Rutgers
         University, “Growth of the commercially important surfclam, Spisula solidissima in
          relation to temperature, food concentration and habitat”. Acting as Y. Chen’s advisor she
          received an Aresty Research Grant ($800), and will present a poster at the 39^th Annual
          Benthic Ecology Meeting (BEM), March 10-13, 2010, Wilmington, North Carolina, and at
          the Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rutgers, Apr. 23, 2010.

2009-10 (Sep-Apr), Ashley Wenke, undergraduate Research Assistant ($1000 stipend), “Does
          shell- hash covering sandy sediments on the continental shelf provide a refuge from
          predators for newly settled, juvenile surfclams (Spisula solidissima)? Will present a poster
          at the Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rutgers, Apr. 23, 2010.

2009 (Sep-Dec), Anthony Vastano, undergraduate Research Assistant ($500 stipend) awarded
through the Aresty Research Center (ARC), Rutgers University, “Does distance
information improve exploratory efficiency in fiddler crabs?”.

2009 (Jun-Aug), Julia Goss, NSF (National Science Foundation)/REU, first place poster award
“Recruitment and mortality of Spisula solidissima: field and flume experiments. Will
present poster at Ocean Sciences AGU conference in Portland, Oregon, Feb. 22-26 2010.

2009 (Jun-Aug), Perrine Ruamps, international research internship (for credit), Master’s student,
ENESAD, France, “An experimental model to assess the exploratory activity and
efficiency in invasive versus native species of marine crabs”.

2008 (Jun-Aug), Andrea Zasoski, NSF/REU, “Carcinus maenas: An optimal forager?”
2008 (Jun-Aug), Maddie Schroth-Miller, NSF/REU, first place poster award
          “Long-term variability in surfclam recruitment in relation to climate and local physical
          factors”. Presented poster at the American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco,
          California Dec. '08.

2006 (May-Aug), Erica Bodnar, NSF/REU, first place poster award “Polygordius,
an ambitious marine worm”. Presented poster at the American Society.
of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb. '07.

2005 (May-Aug), Chris Ballew, NSF/REU, “Polygordius sp. nov. what this marine
         worm and other macrofauna can tell you about where to live and when to move”.
2003 (Jun-Aug), Joel Berley, undergraduate research intern (for credit) . Oral presentation
         “The influence of temperature on bioturbation of benthic macrofauna” and
         publication: Berley, J. 2005. “Bioturbation”, A Posteriori: Rutgers Undergraduate
         Research Journal:22-28

Student Supervision

2009 ThirumalaiVenkatesan, undergraduate (SEBS General Honors program) Rutgers
University, research experience

2008 Justin Oleksiak, Rutgers University, undergraduate research experience
2008 Elizabeth Teichman, Rutgers University, undergraduate research experience

2005-2007 Tiara Johnson, Rutgers University, work study student
2005-06 Kate Douglas, Rutgers University, work study students

Grants

2010 (June) German Science Foundation, Title: Systematic revision and phylogeny of the Polygordiidae Czerniavsky, 1881 (Annelida: Polychaeta) based on morphological and molecular methods, Principal Investigator: D. Fiege, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Muesum, Frankfurt. Co-Investigators/collaborators: P.A. Ramey (2.5 year Postdoctoral Research Scientist position), G. Purschke, and Torsten Struck, University of Osnabrück. Awarded ~133,933 Euro

2009 (June) sub-contract/proposal from an existing grant, Title: New Jersey Coastal Ocean Assessment: Benthic index development. Principal Investigator: M. Kennish, Rutgers University and Department of Environmental Protection (Bob Connell). Principal Investigator of sub-contract: P. Ramey, Co-Investigators R. Petrecca, J. Grassle. Awarded $16,881.

2009 (May) National Science Foundation – rapid response (NSF-RAPID), Title: Role of Ephemeral Bottom Roughness Patches in Unpredictable Recruitment of Surfclams on the Continental Shelf. Principal Investigator C.M. Fuller, Co-Investigators P.A. Ramey, H. L. Fuchs, J.P. Grassle, G. L. Taghon. Awarded $99,989, May 2009-10.

2003-06 Graduate Student Research Grants, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), Rutgers University, NJ-USA. Principal Investigator P. Ramey. Awarded $3500 (received from four separate proposals).

Publications

a. Peer–reviewed Contributions

Fiege, D., Ramey, P.A., Ebbe B. (2010) Diversity and distributional patterns of Polychaeta in the deep South Atlantic. Deep-sea Research I 57: 1329-1344

Grassle, J.F., Ramey, P.A., and Petrecca, R.F. (2009) Temporal and spatial variation in infaunal community structure in physically active continental shelf sediments at a long-term ecosystem observatory (LEO-15) off New Jersey, USA. Journal of Marine Research 67: 869-897

Ramey, P.A, Grassle, J.P., Grassle, J.F., and Petrecca, R. M. (2009) Small-scale, patchy distributions of infauna in hydrodynamically mobile continental shelf sands: Do ripple crests and troughs support different communities? Continental Shelf Research Continental Shelf Research 29: 2222-2233

Ramey, P.A., Teichman, L., Oleksiak, J., and Balci, F. (2009) Spontaneous alternation in marine crabs: Invasive versus native species. Behavioral Processes 82: 51-55

Avery, L., Ramey, P.A. and Wilson, R. 2009. New Polygordiidae (Polychaeta) from the Australian Region. Zootaxa 2068: 59-68

Schofield, O., Chant, R., Cahill, B., Castelao, R., Gong, D., Kahl, A., Kohut, J., Montes-Hugo, M., Ramadurai, R., Ramey, P., Yu, X. and Glenn, S. (2008) The decadal view of the Mid-Atlantic Bight from the COOLroom: is our coastal system changing? Oceanography 21: 109-117

Ramey, P.A. and Bodnar, E. (2008) Active post-settlement selection by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, for sands with relatively high organic content. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 1512-1520

Ramey P.A. (2008a) Life history and population dynamics of a dominant polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, in inner continental shelf sands of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA.
Marine Biology 154: 443-452

Ramey, P.A., Fiege, D. and Leander B.S. (2006) A new species of Polygordius (Polychaeta: Polygordiidae) from the inner continental shelf and in bays and harbours of the north-eastern United States. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86:1025-1034

Leander, B.C., Ramey, P.A., and Fiege, D. (2006) Cellular identity of a novel small subunit rDNA sequence clade of apicomplexans. Description of the marine parasite Rhytidocystis polygordiae n. sp. (Host: Polygordius sp., Polychaeta). Journal of Eukaryote Microbiology 53: 280-291

Ramey P.A. and Snelgrove P.V.R. (2003) Spatial patterns in coastal and shelf sedimentary macrofaunal communities on the south coast of Newfoundland in relation to surface oceanography and sediment characteristics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 262:215-22

b. Non-peer reviewed contributions

Ramey, P.A. (2010) New Jersey Coastal Ocean Assessment: benthic index development. Preliminary Report. Prepared for: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey 130 pp.

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2007) “A famous-- or infamous marine worm”. Global Marine Environment 5, pg. 16

Ramey. P.A. (1997) Stream Invertebrates. In: Brylinsky, M. Grafton Watershed Ecological Restoration Monitoring Project, Kejimkujik National Park: Phase II Final Report. Center for Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Acadia University. For: Environment Canada Parks and Supply and Services Canada: Contract No. C4600-5- 0059/01-Hal 130 pp

c. Thesis and dissertations

Ramey P.A. (2008b) Processes affecting macrofaunal community structure in sandy sediments on the New Jersey inner continental shelf with a focus on the dominant polychaete Polygordius jouinae. PhD Dissertation, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Ramey, P.A. (2001) Factors influencing patterns in distribution, abundance and diversity of sedimentary macrofauna in deep, muddy sediments of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and adjacent shelf. Masters Dissertation, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Ramey, P.A. (1997) Recolonization and changes in community structure of benthic macroinvertebrates associated with habitat changes in Grafton Lake Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia. Honor Thesis, Acadia University

d. In Preparation

Ramey, P.A., Fiege, D. and Purschke, G. Polygordiidae Czerniavsky, 1881. Introduction and Phylogeny. In: Handbook of Zoology. (Book Chapter)

Ramey, P.A., Fuller, C., Taghon, G., Grassle, J.P., Noji, C., Fuchs, H., and Chen, Y. Bottom roughness and turbulent flow on growth of the commercially valuable Atlantic Surfclam, Spisula solidissima in laboratory flumes (prepared for Limnology and Oceanography)

Ramey, P.A., Ambler, J., and Fiege, D. Spatial and seasonal patterns in distribution and abundance of Polygordius larvae along the east coast of the United States (prepared for Marine Ecology Progress Series)

Ramey, P.A., P. Ruamps and F. Balci. An experimental model to assess the exploratory activity and efficiency of the green crab in the absence and presence of a competitor (prepared for Behavioral Processes)

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. Three new species of Polygordius (Polychaeta: Polygordiidae) from North America (prepared for Journal of Marine Biological Association of UK)

Ramey, P.A., Quijón, P., and Snelgrove, P.V.R. Infaunal spatial patterns on the Canadian continental shelf using polychaete functional groups (prepared for Polar Biology)

e. Oral Presentations and Posters (published abstracts)

Ramey, P.A., Ambler, J., and Fiege, D. (2010). Spatial and seasonal patterns in distribution and abundance of Polygordius larvae along the east coast of the United States. International Polychaete Conference, Lecce, Italy, June 17-23

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2010). Three new species of Polygordius (Family: Polygordiidae) from North America. International Polychaete Conference, Lecce, Italy, June 17-23

Ramey, P.A., Balci, F.; Ruamps, P.; Oleksiak, J.; and Teichman, E. (2010). An experimental model to assess the exploratory activity and efficiency in invasive vs. native species of marine crabs. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA March 10-14

Chen, Y, and Ramey, P.A. (2010). Effect of habitat on growth rate of juvenile Atlantic surfclams, Spisula solidissima, in an annular flume: shell-hash vs. flat sand bed. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA March 10-14

Goss, J. and Ramey, P.A. (2010) Recruitment and mortality of surfclams, Spisula solidissima: field and flume experiments. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA February 22-26

Schroth-Miller, M., Ramey, P.A., and Chant, R. (2008) Long-term variability in surfclam recruitment in relation to climate and local physical factors. American Geophysical Union (AGU), San Francisco, California, USA December 15-19

Schroth-Miller, M., Ramey, P.A., and Chant, R. (2008) Long-term variability in surfclam recruitment in relation to climate and local physical factors. Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Meeting (MABPOM), Woods Hole, MA., USA September 22-23

Ramey, P.A. (2008c) Climate variability and temporal trends in abundance of a dominant polychaete on the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf. ASLO 2008 Interactions On the Edge, St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada June 8-13

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2008) Undescribed diversity in the genus Polygordius (Annelida: Polychaeta): Pygidial glands as a useful taxonomic character. 18th International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society, Göttingen, Germany April 7-11

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D (2007) Undescribed diversity in the genus Polygordius: pygidial glands as a useful taxonomic character. International Polychaete Meeting (IPC), Portland Maine, USA August 12-18

Ramey, P.A. and Bodnar, E (2007) Active post-settlement habitat selection, by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, in a laboratory flume. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, USA. March 21-25

Ramey, P.A. and Quijón, P.A. (2007) Flumes and marine benthos: A single approach to tackle an array of research questions. #14 Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada February 23-25

Bodnar, E and Ramey, P.A. (2007) Polygordius, an ambitious marine worm. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA February 4-9

Ramey, P.A. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2003) Spatial patterns in coastal and shelf sedimentary macrofaunal communities on the south coast of Newfoundland in relation to surface oceanography and sediment characteristics. Gordon Research Conference on Permeable Sediments, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA June 15-20

Ramey, P.A. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2002) Macrofaunal community structure in muddy sediments in relation to surface oceanography and sediment characteristics off Newfoundland . #8 International Polychaete conference, Madrid, Spain July 5-9

Ramey, P.A. (2000) Does surface oceanography regulate pattern in coastal and shelf sedimentary communities on the South Coast of Newfoundland? Benthic Ecology Meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA March 9-12

f. Workshop and Meetings Attended

2010 Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS). Nutrient Solutions: Science-based
management of estuarine and coastal systems. Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. March 4-6

2009 New Jersey Coastal Benthic Index Development Workshop, New Jersey Coastal
          Assessment Project, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
          New Jersey, USA April 14-15
2008 International workshop on molecular bar-coding of deep-sea organisms. Organized by the
        Census of Abyssal Marine Life “CeDAMar” in cooperation with the Marine Barcode of
        Life Initiative “MarBoL”. Hosted by German center for Marine Biodiversity Research and
        Senckenberg Research Institute. Wilhelmshaven, Germany May 13-18

2006 New Jersey Coastal Assessment/Benthic Index Workshop, New Jersey Coastal
Assessment Project, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
New Jersey, USA November 1-2

2006 Teaching Evolution at Rutgers University- Symposium and Workshop, Rutgers
         University, New Jersey, USA February 8
2006 Hudson Canyon Workshop for proposal to Ocean Exploration (NOAA/OE) for
         exploration of the Hudson Canyon region off New York-New Jersey, Woods Hole
         Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA June 15-16

2003 Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) technical working group meeting
and international committee meeting, Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences,
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA (Student scribe) March 5-7

2002 U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy New Jersey Site Visit. (Student scribe)
Submitted a report of meeting details to the Commission. Official Contact: D.
Titley, USN Special Assistant to the Chairman, New Jersey, USA July 21-22

2001 International Committee Meeting to plan for U.S. Ocean Biogeographic
Information System (OBIS), Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers
University, New Jersey, USA (Student scribe) August 29-30

1998 Zooplankton identification. Huntsman Marine Science Center, New Brunswick, Canada
April 27-May 1

Guest Lectures

2009 Rider University, New Jersey, Marine Biology, “Undergraduate research experience: how
to get involved and research examples from two undergraduate summer projects”

2009 Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution, Seminar in Ecology, Logistics of Completing a
PhD dissertation

Service and Academic Contributions

2008-09 Reviewer for Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine Biology, Journal of Marine
Biological Association of the UK, Estuaries and Coasts, Journal of Marine Systems

2009 Hosted speaker (Dr. A. Marsh, University of Delaware), IMCS fall seminar series, Dec. 7.

2009-Guided tours of IMCS flume facility for prospective students, parents, and governmental
representatives

2009 Participated in job shadow for a local high school student (Edison NJ).
2001-present PI for Benthic Ecology Laboratory
2007 Organized and hosted seminar speaker (Dr. Jeffrey Levinton, SUNY Stony Brook)
for the Ecology and Evolution graduate program seminar series, Rutgers. March 1

2007 Organized and hosted a special seminar speaker (Dr. Richard Zimmer, University of
California Los Angeles) for the Ecology and Evolution graduate program, April 10

2005-06 Organizer and moderator monthly discussion group covering current topics
such as biodiversity and climate change, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences,
Rutgers University, New Jersey. Nov-May
2001-08 Member, Graduate Student Association, Rutgers University, New Jersey USA

Specialized Courses

2008 Attended international workshop on molecular bar-coding of deep-sea organisms.
         Organized by the Census of Abyssal Marine Life “CeDAMar” in cooperation with the
         Marine Barcode of Life Initiative “MarBoL”. Hosted by German center for Marine
         Biodiversity Research and Senckenberg Research Institute. Wilhelmshaven, Germany May
        13-18

2002 Polychaetes as Biological and Ecological Models: from taxonomy to applied research.
Lecce, Italy. September 9-22

1997 Tropical Marine Invertebrates, Bermuda Biological Station for Research. June 1-28

Awards and Fellowships

2007 AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) award

2006/2004/2001 Conference travel award, Graduate School New Brunswick, Rutgers
2002 Pre-dissertation Award for course “Polychaetes as Biological and
         Ecological Models: from taxonomy to applied research” in Lecce, Italy 9-22
         September. Awarded by Graduate School New Brunswick, Rutgers University
1998-00 a) Graduate Fellowship, School of Graduate Studies, Memorial University,
       Newfoundland, Canada b) Fisheries Conservation Chair Fellowship, Fisheries and
         Marine Institute, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

1997 Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR), Scholarship for Canadian
Nationals, to cover travel and course fees for “Tropical Marine Invertebrates”

1997 The Murdock C. Smith Scholarship in Marine Biology

Research Cruises

2000-09 R/V Arabella, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Chief Scientist
P.Ramey, Benthic grabs and diver-collected sediment cores, LEO-15 off New
Jersey, USA (several day cruises)

2000 Shamook, Canadian Coast Guard Ship. Chief Scientist P. Snelgrove, benthic box
cores, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada May 13-16

1998 Mares, Marine Institute of Newfoundland . Chief Scientist P. Ramey, Benthic box
cores, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Canada (several day cruises)

1998 Teleost, Canadian Coast Guard Ship. Chief Scientist G. Rose, benthic box cores,
3PS (fishing zone off Newfoundland), Canada (10 day cruise in July)

Collaborators (outside Germany)

Dr. Gary Taghon, Dr. Judy Grassle, Dr. H. Fuchs, Char Fuller, Carola Noji, Rose Petrecca. Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences.

Dr. Julie Ambler (Ecosystem Ecology) Professor. Department of Biology, Millersville University Pennsylvania, USA

Dr. Robin Wilson (Polychaeta). Senior Curator, Marine Invertebrates. Sciences Department, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne Victoria, Australia. Email: rwilson@museum.vic.gov.au

Dr. Pedro Quijón (Benthic and larval biology) Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Email: pquijon@upei.ca

Dr. Claude Jouin-Toulmond, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France

Dr. Maria Cristina Gambi, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

Lynda Avery (Polychaeta) Research Associate, Marine Invertebrates, Sciences Department

Museum Victoria, Melbourne Victoria, Australia. Email: infaunadata@westvic.com.au