Dr. Peter J. Etnoyer

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Field of Focus
  • Ecology
Area of Expertise
Biogeography; Marine Conservation; Spatial Information Systems; Deep-sea Corals
Education
  • Ph.D. in Coastal and Marine System Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A., 2009
  • M.E.M. in Coastal Environmental Management, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., 2000
  • B.A. in English, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., 1988

Peter Etnoyer is a Marine Biologist at NOAA's Coastal Center for Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research (CCEHBR) in Charleston, SC and a Research Fellow at the Schmidt Research Vessel Institute. His field research began in the Philippine Sulu Sea and has since taken him to the Caribbean, North Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico using manned submersibles and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Peter's areas of expertise include octocoral systematics, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and video production.

His current research interests include:

  • Deep coral ecology
  • Octocoral age, growth, reproduction
  • Benthic habitat characterization
  • Global biogeography
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