University of New England

Stephan Zeeman, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Sciences
(207) 602-2410
szeeman@une.edu

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Education 

A.A. - Biology, 1971
           Pasadena City College
    
B.A. - Environmental Biology, 1973 
           University of California, Santa Barbara
    
M.S. - Botany, 1977 
           University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Ph.D. - Marine Science, 1982
            University of South Carolina, Columbia

Post-Doc - Phytoplankton Physiology
                  Harbor Branch Oceanographic Instute, Florida

Courses 

BIO150  Introduction to Oceanography  
    
BIO224  Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems 
    
BIO310  Phycology 

BIO350  Ecology 

BIO360  Oceanography

BIO381  Limnology

BIO411  Photobiology

  

Research Interests

Phytoplankton physiology and ecology in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean  
    
Biogeochemistry as it relates to coastal ecosystems 
    
Remote sensing and geographic information systems

    
Selected Publications 

Summers EL, Estrada JA, Zeeman SI (2006) A note on geographic and seasonal fluctuations in the isotopic composition of baleen in four North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) Journal of Cetacean Research & Management 8(3):241-245.

Jahncke J, Coyle KO, Zeeman SI, Kachel NB, Hunt GL (2005) Distribution of foraging shearwaters relative to inner front of SE Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 219-233.

Mordy CW, Stabeno PJ, Ladd C, Zeeman S, Wisegarver DP, Salo SA, Hunt GL (2005) Nutrients and primary production along the eastern Aleutian Island Archipelago. Fisheries Oceanography 14 (1), 55-76.

Merico A, Tyrrell T, Lessard EJ, Oguz T, Stabeno PJ, Zeeman SI, Whitledge TE (2004) Modelling the Bering Sea shelf ecosystem: role of climate influences and trophic interactions in generating Emiliania huxleyi blooms 1997-2000. Deep Sea Research I 51: 1803-1826.

Stockwell DS, Whitledge TE, Zeeman SI, Coyle KO, Napp JM, Brodeur RD, Pinchuk AI, Hunt Jr. GL (2001) Anomalous conditions in the southeastern Bering Sea, 1977: Nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton, Fisheries Oceanography 10: 99-116.  
    
Hunt Jr. GL, BaduiniL, Broduer RD, Coyle KO, Kachel NB, Napp JM, Salo SA, Schumacher JD, Stabeno PJ, Stockwell DA, Whitledge TE,  Zeeman SI (1999) The Bering Sea in 1998: The second consecutive year of extreme weather-forced anomalies, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 80: 565-566.  
    
Vance TC, Schumacher JD, Baier CT, Wyllie-Echeverria T, Tynan CT, Brodeur RD, Napp JM, Coyle KO, Decker MB, Hunt Jr. GL, Stockwell DA, Whitledge TE, Jump M, Zeeman SI (1998) Aquamarine waters recorded for the first time in eastern Bering Sea, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 79(10): 121-126. 
    

    

Grants and Awards 

Joint NASA Center for Remote Sensing at the University of New England (2003) NASA NAG13-03027, $581,000, 1 year.

Collaborative Proposal: Cross-Shelf Transport and Post-Bloom New Production Near the Pribilof Islands (2003). NSF OPP-0326415, $128,479, 2 years.

Students and Scientists: Together Advancing Science Knowledge (2002) NSF ESI-0222740, $350,000, 3 1/2 years.

Saco Bay Scallop Stock Enhancement Project, Northeast Consortium (2002), $25,000, 1 year.

Characterization of Steller sea lion foraging habitat in the Aleutian Islands (2001) Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, $157,207, 2 years.  
    
Climate-driven bottom-up processes and killer whale abundance as factors in Steller sea lion population trends in the Aleutian Islands (2001) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $20,670,1 month.  
    
Equipment to enhance coastal biogeochemistry research and training  (2000) Maine Science and Technology Foundation, $90,150, 2 years.  
    
Phytopia: Showcasing our oceans' smallest life forms in a multimedia environment (2000) National Science Foundation, $90,000.  
   
Improving biology education for non-science majors: Environmental change and carbon dynamics as the focus of inquiry-based laboratories (2000) National Science Foundation $55,000, 3 years.