Ernst S. Reese

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1960
Professor of Zoology

Research Interests:

My teaching and research interests are in animal behavior. Currently I am working on the social behavior of reef fishes. I am particularly interested in the relationship of food and feeding behavior to sociobiology and life history characte ristics, coevolution of corals and reef fishes, orientation behavior of butterflyfishes, and the use of butterflyfishes as indicators of conditions on coral reefs.

Recent Publications:

Reese, E.S. 1983. Evolution, neuroethology, and behavioral adpatations of crustacean appendages, 57-81. IN Studies in Adpation, S. Rebach and D.W. Dunham, editors. John Wiley, New York

Reese, E. S. 1987. Terrestrial environments and ecology of Enewetak Atoll, pp. 187-202. In The Natural History of Enewetak Atoll, Volume I, D. M. Devaney, E. S. Reese, B. L. Burch, and P. Helfrich, eds., U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Hourigan, T.F., and E.S. Reese. 1987. Mid-ocean isolation and the evolution of Hawaiian reef fishes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2: 187-191.

Hourigan, T. F., T. C. Tricas, and E. S. Reese. 1988. Coral reef fishes as indicators of environmental stress on coral reefs, 107-135. In Marine Organisms as Indicators, D. F. Soule and G. S. Kleppel, editors. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Reese, E. S. 1989. Orientation behavior of butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidal) on coral reefs: spatial learning of route specific landmarks and cognitive maps. Environ. Biol. Fishes, 25:79-86.

Reese, E. S. 1991. How behavior influences community structure of butterflyfishes (family Chaetodontidae) on Pacific coral reefs. Ecology Intern. Bull. 19:29-41.

Reese, E. S. 1993. Reef fishes as indicators of conditions on coral reefs. Proceedings of the Colloquium on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs. University of Miami, Florida:59-65.

Reese, E.S. 1995. The use of indicator species to detech change on coral reefs: Butterflyfishes of the Family Chaetondontiadae as indicators for Indo-Pacific coral reefs, 6 pp. U.S. EDA and NOAA Symposium, Annapolis, Maryland

Special Recognition and Achievements:
President, Animal Behavior Society, 1975
Delegate, International Ethological Congress Committee, 1972-78
President, Hawaii Academy of Science, 1985-86
Lecturer, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1985, 1986, 1987
Fellow, Animal Behavior Society, 1986
Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Energy, 1988
Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science, 1991
Elected Member, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea, 1991
Member, Executive Committee of the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, 1995
Co-host, 24th International Ethological Confrence, Honolulu,1995 Research Support
Edwin W. Pauley Foundation, 1990, with George Losey. Special Legislative Grant, Puako Field Station, State of Hawaii, 1990-1991,
Mauna Lani Puako Reef Research Support, 1991-1993,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research Contract, 1992-1993,
NOAA, Department of Interior Man and the Biosphere Program, 1995-1996,
NOOA, Department of Interior Man and the Biosphere Program, 1996-1997

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