LAURA ROGERS-BENNETT

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Bodega Marine Laboratory 2099 Westside Rd. Bodega Bay, CA. 94923 Phone: (707)875-2035 Fax: (707)875-2009 email: [email protected] www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/Invertebrates/Survey-Assessment-Project

Education Ph.D. Ecology 1994 University of California, Davis, CA M.S. Applied Marine Ecology 1989 University of Massachusetts/Boston, MA B.A. Zoology, 1983 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Certifications American Academy of Underwater Sciences 1995 National Assoc. Commercial Scuba Divers, Diver/Tender 1992 Dive Master, Assistant SCUBA Instructor, NITROX, N.A.U.I. 1991 U.C. Research Diving Certified, 1987 SCUBA Certified, Reg # 741212 N.A.U.I. 1981

Positions 2011- Present Senior Environmental Scientist, California Dept. Fish and Wildlife 2008 - Present Research Associate, UC, Davis, Karen C. Drayer, Wildlife Health Center 2006-2011 Senior Biologist Specialist (Marine/Fisheries), Ca. Dept. Fish and Game 2000-2008 Research Assoc., UC, Davis, John Muir Inst. Environment. 1999-2006 Associate Biologist (Marine/Fisheries), Ca. Dept. Fish and Game 1989-1999 Post Graduate Researcher V, Bodega Marine Lab, UC, Davis. 1998 Visiting Lecturer, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington. 1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Univ. of Washington. 1995-1996 Postdoctoral Researcher, Inst. of Marine Sciences, UC, Santa Cruz 1992-1994 Post Grad. Res. IV, Wildlife and Fish Conservation Biology, UC, Davis. 1992 Post Graduate Researcher IV, Vet. Med. Medicine, UC, Davis. 1989-1991 Sea Grant Trainee, Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC, Davis. 1987-1989 Laboratory Assistant III, Bodega Marine Lab, UC, Davis.

Publications Rogers-Bennett, L., Aquilino, K.M., Catton, C.A., Kawana, S.K., Walker, B.J., Ashlock, L.W., Marshman, B.C., Moore, J.D., Taniguchi, I.K., Gilardi, K.V., Cherr, G.N. Implementing a restoration program for the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) in California. J. Shell. Res. In press. Rogers-Bennett, L. Dondanville, R.F., Catton, C.A., Juhasz, C.I., Horii, T., Hamaguchi, M., 2016. Detecting larval, newly settled and juvenile red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) recruitment in northern California. J. Shell. Res. In press. Rogers-Bennett, L. and D.W. Rogers 2016. A two-step growth curve: An approach to the von Bertalanffy and Gompertz equations. Advances in Pure Mathematics: 6: 321-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/apm.2016.65023 Catton, C.A., Stierhoff, K. Rogers-Bennett, L., 2016. Modeling restoration of endangered California white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) populations. J. Shell. Res. In press. Jurgens, L.J., Rogers-Bennett, L., Raimondi, P.T., Schiebelhut, L.M., Dawson, M.N., Grosberg, R.K., Gaylord, B. 2015. Patterns of mass mortality among rocky shore invertebrates across 100 km of northeastern Pacific coastline. PLoS One DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0126280: 1-21. Braje, T.J., Rick, T.C., Erlandson, J.M. Rogers-Bennett, L., C. Catton 2015. Historical ecology can inform restoration site selection: The case of black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) along California’s Channel Islands. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2561 1-12. Rogers-Bennett, L. and C.I. Juhasz 2014. The rise of invertebrate fisheries and the fishing down of marine food webs in California. California Fish and Game. 100:218-233. De Wit, P, Rogers-Bennett, L. Kudela, R, and S. Palumbi 2014. Forensic genomics as a novel tool for identifying the causes of mass mortality events. Nature Communications 5: Article 3652 doi:10.1038/ncomms4652 Rogers-Bennett, L., K. Hubbard and C. Juhasz 2013. Dramatic declines in red abalone populations after opening a “de facto” marine reserve to fishing: Testing temporal reserves. Biological Conservation 157:423-431 Catton, C.A. and L. Rogers-Bennett 2013. Assessing the recovery of pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) by incorporating aggregation into a matrix model. J. Shell. Res. 32:181-187. Andrews, A. H. Leaf, R.T., Rogers-Bennett, L., Neuman, M., Hawk, H., G.M. Cailliet 2013. Bomb radiocarbon dating of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni): investigations of age, growth and lifespan. Marine and Freshwater Research. 64:1029-1039. Maguire, A.K, and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2013. An ecotoparasitic snail (Evalea tenuisculpita) infects red abalone in northern California. California Fish and Game 99:80-89. Taniguchi, I.K., Stein, D., Lampson, K. and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2013. Testing translocation as a recovery tool for pink (Haliotis corrugata) and green abalone (H. fulgens), in southern California. J. Shell. Res. 32:209-216. Rogers-Bennett, L. Kudela, R., Nielsen, K. Paquin, A., O’Kelly, C. Langlois, G., Crane, D. and Moore, J. 2012. Dinoflagellate bloom coincides with marine invertebrate mortalities in northern California. Harmful Algae News 46:10-11. Koslow, J. A., Rogers-Bennett, L. and D. Neilson 2012. A time series of California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) phyllosoma from 1951 to 2008 links abundance to warm oceanographic conditions in southern California. CalCOFI Reports 53:132-139. Rogers-Bennett, L., Allen, B.L. and D.R. Rothaus 2011. Ecosystem engineers, northern abalone and species richness in the Pacific Northwest. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21:573-581. Button, C. A. and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2011. Vital rates of pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) estimated from mark-recapture data to inform recovery. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 431:151-161. Rogers-Bennett, L., Dondanville, R.F., Moore, J.D. and L.I. Vilchis 2010. Response of red abalone reproduction to warm water, starvation and disease stressors: Implications of ocean warming. J. Shellfish Res. 29:599-611. White, J.W. and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2010. Incorporating physical oceanographic proxies of recruitment into population models to improve fishery and Marine Protected Area management. CalCOFI Reports 51:128-149. Jiao, Y., L., Rogers-Bennett, L. Taniguchi, J. Butler and P. Crone 2010. Incorporating temporal variation in the individual growth of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) using hierarchical Bayesian growth models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 67:730-742. Rogers-Bennett, L. and D.W. Rogers 2008. Modeling dispersal of cloning echinoderm larvae with a Gaussian distribution: Forever young? CalCOFI Reports 49:232- 240. Leaf, R.T., Rogers-Bennett, L., Y. Jiao 2008. Exploring the use of a size-based Egg-per- Recruit model for the red abalone fishery in California. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 28:1638-1647. Bracken, M.E.S., B.E. Bracken and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2007. Species diversity and foundation species: Potential indicators of fisheries yields and marine ecosystem functioning. CalCOFI Reports 48:82-89. Rogers-Bennett, L. 2007. Is climate change contributing to range reductions and localized extinctions in northern, (Haliotis kamtschatkana), and flat, (Haliotis walallensis), abalones? Bull. Mar. Sci. 81:283-296. Rogers-Bennett, L., Rogers, D.W. and S. Schultz. 2007. Modeling growth and mortality of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) in northern California. J. Shellfish Res. 26:719-727. Leaf, R.T., Rogers-Bennett, L. and P.L. Haaker. 2007. Spatial, temporal, and size- specific variation in mortality estimates of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, from mark-recapture data in California. Fisheries Research: 83:341-350. Marko, P.B., Rogers-Bennett, L. and A.B. Dennis. 2007. MtDNA population structure and gene flow in lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus): limited connectivity despite long- lived pelagic larvae. Marine Biology 150:1301-1311. Rogers-Bennett, L. and A.S. Melvin. 2007. Size differences in wild and farmed red abalone: Developing enforcement tools to combat illegal commercialization. California Fish and Game 93:77-85. Rogers-Bennett, L. and D.W. Rogers. 2006. Estimating growth transitions for stage- based matrix models of endangered species with limited data. Ecological Modelling 195:237-246. Rogers-Bennett, L. and R.T. Leaf. 2006. Elasticity analyses of size-based red and white abalone matrix models: Management and conservation. Ecological Applications 16:213-224. Harley, C.D.G. and Rogers-Bennett, L. 2004. The potential synergistic effects of climate change and fishing pressure on exploited invertebrates on rocky intertidal shores. CalCOFI Reports 45:98-110. Rogers-Bennett, L., Allen, B.L. and G.E. Davis. 2004. Measuring abalone (Haliotis spp.) recruitment in California to examine recruitment overfishing and recovery criteria. J. Shellfish Res. 23:1201-1207. Bennett, W.A., Roinestad, K., Rogers-Bennett, L. Kaufman and B. Heneman 2004. Inverse regional responses to climate change and fishing intensity by the recreational rockfish fishery in California. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61:2499-2510. Rogers-Bennett, L., Dondanville, R.F. and J.V. Kashiwada. 2004. Size specific fecundity of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens): Evidence for reproductive senescence? J. Shellfish Res. 23:553-560. Rogers-Bennett, L., Rogers, D.W. Bennett, W.A. and T.A. Ebert 2003. Modeling red sea urchin growth using six growth models. Fishery Bulletin 101:614-626. Rogers-Bennett, L., Haaker, P.A., Huff, T.O., P.K. Dayton 2002. Estimating baseline abundances of abalone in California for restoration. CalCOFI Reports 43:97-111. Rogers-Bennett, L., P.L. Haaker, K.A. Karpov and D. J. Kushner. 2002. Using spatially explicit data to evaluate Marine Protected Areas for abalone in southern California. Conservation Biology 16:1308-1317. Karpov, K., Tegner, M.J., Rogers-Bennett, L., Kalvass, P., Taniguchi, I. 2001. Interactions among red abalones and sea urchins in fished and reserve sites in northern California: implications of competition to management. J. Shellfish Res. 20:743-753. Rogers-Bennett, L. 2001. Evaluating stocking as an enhancement strategy for red sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: depth-specific patterns in recoveries. Echinoderms: 2000 Tenth International Echinoderm Conf. (Ed.). M. Barker. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Neth. 527-531. Rogers-Bennett, L. and J.S. Pearse. 2001. Indirect benefits of marine protected areas for juvenile abalone. Conservation Biology 15:642-647. Karpov, K., Haaker, P., Taniguchi, I., Rogers-Bennett, L.. 2000. Serial depletion and the collapse of the California abalone (Haliotis spp.) fishery. Canadian Special Publication Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 130:11-24. Rogers-Bennett, L. and J.S. Pearse. 1998. Experimental seeding of hatchery-reared juvenile red abalone Haliotis rufescens in northern California. J. Shellfish Res. 17:877-880. Rogers-Bennett, L., Fastenau, H.C. and C.M. Dewees. 1998. Recovery of red sea urchins beds following experimental harvest. Echinoderms: San Francisco. Proceeds. 9th Intern. Echinoderm Conf. (Eds). R. Mooi and M. Telford. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Neth. 805-809. Rogers-Bennett, L., Bennett, W.A., Fastenau, H.C., and C.M. Dewees 1995. Spatial variation in red sea urchin reproduction and morphology: implications for harvest refugia. Ecological Applications 5:1171-1180.

Book Chapters Eric Bjorkstedt, E., Field, J. Milton. L., Rogers-Bennett, L. Starr, R., 2015 California’s marine fisheries: trade-offs in transition. Pages 779-815. E. Zavaleta and H. Mooney (eds.) In Ecosystems of California, UC Press Rogers-Bennett, L. 2013. Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Chapt.. 27 In “Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology”, Third Edition”(J. M. Lawrence, Ed.), Elsevier, Oxford, United Kingdom. Pp 413-435. Foster, M.S., Reed, D.C., Carr, M.H., Dayton, P.K., Malone D.P., Pearse, J.S., Rogers- Bennett, L. 2013. Kelp Forests in California. Research and Discoveries: The revolution of science through Scuba. Smithsonian publication. 39:115-132 . McClatchie, S., Goericke, R., Schwing, F.B., Bograd, S.J., Peterson, W.J., Emmett, R., Charter, R., Watson, W., Lo, N., Hill, K., Collins, C., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B.G., Koslow, J.A., Gomez_Valdes, J., Lavaniegos, B.E., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Gottschalk, J., L’Heureux, M., Xue, Y., Manzano-Sarabia, M., Bjorkstedt, E., Ralston, S., Field, J., Rogers-Bennett, L., Munger, L., Campbell., G., Merkins, K., Camacho, D., Havron, A., Douglas, A., and J. Hildebrand 2009. The State of the California Current, Spring 2008-2009: Cold conditions drive regional differences. CalCOFI Reports 50: 43-68 Rogers-Bennett, L. 2007. The ecology of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Book Chapter In: Lawrence, J. (ed) Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology. Elsevier Amsterdam Chapter 19:393-425. Rogers-Bennett, L. (Ed.) 2002. Review of some California fisheries for 2001: Market squid, sea urchin, Dungeness crab, lobster, prawn, abalone, groundfishes, swordfish and sharks, Coastal Pelagic finfishes, ocean salmon, nearshore live- fishes, Pacific herring, white seabass, and kelp. CalCOFI Reports 43:13-30. Rogers-Bennett, L. (Ed.). 2001. Review of some California fisheries for 2000: Market squid, sea urchin, prawn, white abalone, groundfishes, ocean salmon, Pacific sardine, Pacific herring, Pacific mackerel, nearshore live-fishes, halibut, yellowfin tuna, white seabass, and kelp. CalCOFI Reports 42:12-28. Rogers-Bennett, L. (Ed.). 2000. Review of some California fisheries for 1999: Market squid, dungeness crab, sea urchin, prawn, abalone, groundfish, swordfish and shark, ocean salmon, nearshore finfish, pacific sardine, Pacific herring, Pacific mackerel, reduction, white seabass, and recreational. CalCOFI Reports 41:8-25. Leet, W.S., C.M. Dewees, R. Klingbeil, and E.J. Larson (eds.). 2000. California Living Marine Resources: A Status Report. Rogers-Bennett, L. Co-author on Chapters: Abalones, Red Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers, Wavy Turban Snails. CA Dept. of Fish and Game. UC Agriculture and Nat Res. Publ. SG01-11. Rogers-Bennett, L. 1997. Marine Protected Areas and the Red Urchin Fishery. California and the World Ocean ‘97, Proceeds of the Conf. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, California Sea Grant Publ. 412-423.

Manuscripts in Review/Revision Li, Y. and Rogers-Bennett, L. Incorporating habitat spatial structure and climate change into the restoration strategy evaluations for an endangered marine broadcast spawner. Endangered Species Research In Review. Reid, J. Rogers-Bennett, L., Pace, M., Eyler, R., Vasquez, F., Bruner, A., Catton, C.A., Kashiwada, J.V. and I.K. Taniguchi The economic value of the recreational red abalone fishery in northern California. California Fish and Game In Review. O’Leary, J.K., Barry, J.P., Gabrielson, P.W., Rogers-Bennett, L., Potts, D.C., Palumbi, S.R., F. Micheli 2014. Calcifying algae maintain settlement cues to larval abalone following extreme ocean acidification. Science Reports. In Review.

Awards, Fellowships, Traineeships and Teams 2015 Lifetime Membership Award: International Abalone Society 2012 Marine Region Award for Special Contribution 2009 Frances Clark Award for Scientific Excellence in Marine Science 2007 present: Trans-boundary Abalone Recovery Group 2002 present: White Abalone Recovery/Implementation Team, NOAA Fisheries 2005 Science Advisory Team, MLPA Initiative, State of California 2003 and 2006 Coordinator CalCOFI Program, Scripps, NOAA Fisheries, CDFG 1996 Friday Harbor Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Univ. Washington 1989 California Sea Grant Trainee

Teaching 1998 Instructor, Marine Conservation Biology, Friday Harbor Labs, Univ. WA. 1998 Guest Lecturer, Invertebrate Fisheries, School of Fisheries, Univ. WA. 1998 Girl’s Science Coordinator, American Association of University Women 1997 Assistant, U.C. Research Dive Class, University of California, Davis, CA 1992 Assistant, Basic SCUBA, University of California, Davis, CA. 1991 Assistant, Biology of Fishes, New England Aquarium, University of Mass./Boston, MA. 1985

Thesis and Dissertation Committees Alexis Estrada – Masters Thesis – Cal State University, Northridge Alison Laferriere – Ph.D. Dissertation – University of Wellington, New Zealand Martin Jinchen Guo – Masters Thesis – Moss Landing Marine Lab CSU Yan Li – Ph.D. Dissertation – Virginia Tech. Athena Maguire – Masters Thesis – Sonoma State University Kirby Morejohn – Masters Thesis – Cal State Univ. Humboldt Cynthia Button – Ph.D. Dissertation – Univ. of California, San Diego Nick Modisette – Masters Thesis- CSU Monterey Bay Heather Knoll – Masters Thesis – Sonoma State University Robert Leaf – Masters Thesis 2005 - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Clara Svedlund – Masters Thesis 2006 – University of California, Santa Barbara

Service 2015 - present CDFW – Science Institute Committee 2011- present Chair - UC Davis, Diving Control Board (member since 2002) 2011 - present Secretary - International Abalone Society 2000 - present CDFW Rep. – Cal. Coop. Oceanographic Fisheries Investigations 2005-2013 Editorial Board - Journal of Shellfish Research 2002-2011 Treasurer - International Abalone Society 2006 Science Advisory Team Marine Life Protection Act

Grants and Contracts 2016 NOAA Section 6 “Next Steps in the White Abalone Recovery Plan: A Partnership for Wild Population Restoration Stocking” PI’s Gilardi, Rogers-Bennett, Moore, Cherr, Catton and Burton $4,287,439 2012 NOAA Section 6 “Developing Restoration Tools for the Critically Endangered White Abalone” PI’s Gilardi, Rogers-Bennett, and Moore $415,810 2011 NOAA Broad Agency Announcement “Environmental factors associated with successful captive breeding and restoration of the critically endangered white abalone.” PIs Cherr, Rogers-Bennett and Moore $444,075 2011 California Department of Fish and Game “Marine Resources Program” PI Cherr/Rogers-Bennett $49,716 2009 NOAA Fisheries – “Research and Culture of the White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) at the Bodega Marine Laboratory for Restoration” PIs Cherr, Rogers- Bennett and Moore $320,000 2008 California Dept. Fish and Game “Dive Surveys for Red Abalone and Sea Urchins Juveniles and Adults in Northern California” PI Rogers-Bennett - $48,945 2008 California Department of Fish and Game “Marine Resources Program” PI Williams/Rogers-Bennett $65,649 2008 SeaDoc “Evaluating Adult Aggregations of Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) For Restoration in the Puget Sound, Washington ” PI’s Rogers-Bennett and Bennett – $ 43,900 2007 California Dept. Fish and Game “Assessing Stock Structure of Red Abalone In California Using Trace Elemental Fingerprints in Shells: Developing Larval Tracking Tools” PI Rogers-Bennett - $148,990 2007 California Dept. Fish and Game “Dive Surveys for Red Abalone and Sea Urchins Juveniles and Adults in Northern California” PI Rogers-Bennett – $46,945 2005 SeaDoc Society, Wildlife Health Center, UCD. “Assessing Red Sea Urchin Spine Canopy Microhabitat for Juvenile Abalone and other Gastroopods: Measuring Marine Ecosystem Health.” PI Rogers-Bennett $38,157 2005 California Sea Grant “Using Matrix Models to Evaluate Abalone Conservation and Fishery Management Strategies: A Prospective Elasticity Analysis” PI Rogers-Bennett $38,943 2005 California Dept. Fish and Game “Assessing Abalone and Sea Urchins Populations in Northern California” PI Rogers-Bennett $40,800 2005 California. Department of Fish and Game “Marine Resources Program” PI Williams/Rogers-Bennett $52,278 2004 UC Mexus “Effect of food limitation on abalone post-larval survival and growth” PIs Rogers-Bennett and Sánchez-Saavedra $24,995 2002 California Dept. Fish and Game “Improving larval stocking methods for abalone restoration in southern California” PI Rogers-Bennett $39,745 2002 California. Department of Fish and Game “Marine Resources Program” PI Rogers-Bennett $40,125 2001 California Sea Grant Rapid Response “Assessing and evaluating Marine Protected Areas for abalone restoration in southern California” PI Rogers-Bennett 2001 Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Advisory Board “Assessing red abalone populations in northern California” PI Rogers-Bennett 1996 California Department of Fish and Game. “Spatial patterns in the growth and survival of juvenile red abalone in northern California”. Co-PI Rogers-Bennett and J.S. Pearse 1995 California Department of Fish and Game “Growth and survival of juvenile red abalone outplanted in and away from red sea urchin beds in northern California” Co-PIs Rogers-Bennett and Pearse 1995 California Department of Fish and Game “Enhancing the survival of newly settled red sea urchins in culture”. Co-PIs Rogers-Bennett and Pearse 1993 California Department of Fish and Game “Small-scale culturing of larval red sea urchins for experimental stocking studies in nursery habitats in Bodega Bay, Ca.” PI Dewees 1993 U.C. Natural Reserve System “Spatial patterns in the distribution and abundance of newly settled urchins in Bodega Bay, northern California.” PI Rogers-Bennett 1992 PADI Foundation Grant “Distribution and abundance of juvenile red sea urchins in Bodega Bay, California”. PI Rogers-Bennett

Referee Service Acta Oecologica Aquaculture Aquatic Biology Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Biological Conservation Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Channel Islands Proceedings Coastal Management Journal Conservation Biology Ecological Modelling Environmental Conservation Fisheries Management and Ecology Fisheries Oceanography Fisheries Research Fishery Bulletin ICES Journal Marine Sciences Invertebrate Reproduction and Development Invertebrate Zoology Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Journal of Shellfish Research - Editorial Board Marine Biology New Zealand Journal Marine and Freshwater Research

Professional Memberships American Academy of Underwater Sciences American Association for the Advancement of Science Ecological Society of America National Association of Underwater Instructors National Shellfish Association Society for Conservation Biology Western Society of Naturalists