Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
P: 207-859-4000
 
Loren E. McClenachan
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies


Office: Diamond 208
Phone: 207-859-5351
Fax: 5229
Email:

Mailing Address:
5351 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Semester Schedule
Education

Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2009
M.S. University of Oregon, 2003
B.A. Middlebury College, 1998

Areas of Expertise:
  • Marine conservation
  • Historical ecology
  • Coral reef ecology
Publications

McClenachan, L., F. Ferretti, and J.K. Baum. 2012. From archives to conservation: why historical data are needed to set baselines for marine animals and ecosystems. Conservation Letters, Early View, June 12.

McClenachan, L. and J. Kittinger. 2012 Multicentury trends and the sustainability of coral reef fisheries in Hawaii and the Florida Keys. Fish and Fisheries, Early View, March 20.

McClenachan, L., A. Cooper, K. Carpenter, and N. Dulvy. 2012. Extinction risk and bottlenecks in the conservation of charismatic species. Conservation Letters 5(1): 73-80.


Kittinger, J. N., J. M. Pandolfi, J. H. Blodgett, T. L. Hunt, K. Maly, L. E. McClenachan, J. K. Schultz, and B. A. Wilcox. 2011. Historical reconstruction reveals recovery in Hawaiian coral reefs. PLoS ONE 6(10).


McClenachan, L., M. Hardt, J. Jackson, and R. Cooke. 2010. Mounting evidence for historical overfishing and long-term degradation of Caribbean marine ecosystems. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 5(10): 165-169.


Ward-Paige, C., C. Mora, H.K Lotze, C. Pattengill-Semmens, L. McClenachan L, E. Arias-Castro, R.A. Myers. 2010. Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11968.


McClenachan, L. 2009. Documenting loss of large trophy fish from the Florida Keys with historical photographs. Conservation Biology. 23(3):636-643.


McClenachan, L. 2009. Historical declines in south Florida, USA goliath grouper populations. Endangered Species Research. 7:175-181.


McClenachan, L. and A. Cooper. 2008. Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275(1641): 1351-1358.


McClenachan, L. 2008. Social conflict, overfishing and disease in the Florida sponge fishery, 1849-1939. Chapter 3 In: Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations. D. Starkey, Editor. Earthscan Publications Limited, London.


McClenachan, L., J.B.C. Jackson, and M.J.H.Newman. 2006. Conservation implications of historic sea turtle nesting beach loss. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4(6): 290-296.


Pandolfi, J.M., R.H. Bradbury, E. Sala, T.P. Hughes, K.A. Bjorndal, R.G. Cooke, D. McArdle, L. McClenachan, M.J.H. Newman, G. Paredes, R.R. Warner, and J.B.C. Jackson. 2003. Global trajectories of the long-term decline of coral reef ecosystems. Science 301:955-958.