
Gerald J. Bakus
Expert on the ecology of coral reefs, marine exploration and Spanish guitar music
Professor of biological sciences, division of marine biology and biological oceanography, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Contact at: (213) 740-5790 or bakus@usc.edu
Expertise:
- ocean ecosystems
- marine ecology
- marine life
- coral reefs
- marine exploration in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Alaska and the Caribbean
- marine organism population sampling for environmental impact assessments and pollution studies
- general ecology
- quantitative ecology
- multimedia in biology
- Spanish guitar music, especially flamenco
- Author of Quantitative Analysis of Marine Biological Communities, John Wiley & Sons (2007), which covers all the important quantitative methods for use in marine biology and biological oceanography
- Author of Coral Reef Ecosystems (1994), Quantitative Marine Biology and Ecology (1990), Computers and Programs for Beginners (1984) and The Spanish Guitar: A Comprehensive Reference to the Classical and Flamenco Guitar (1977)
- Producer of multimedia CD-ROMs: Ecology (1995); Sponges (1996); Natural History of Southern California (1997); Natural History of Santa Catalina Island (1998); and Statistics and Modeling for Beginners (1998)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Foreign Languages:
Spanish
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For biographical information go to:
http://college.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003071
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