• Ph.D. (Zoology) 1998, University of Hawaii
• M.S. (Biology & Living Resources) 1988, University of Miami
• B.S. (Biology & Environmental Science) 1982, WillametteUniversity

My research interests are concentrated in three areas: 1) movement patterns and habitat use of marine fishes; 2) conservation and wise utilization of marine resources; and 3) biochemical and physiological capabilities of marine fishes. These topics are interrelated by the major theme of environmental conditions and their influence on the biochemistry, physiology, short-term movements and ultimately, migration and distribution of fishes. Movement and distribution patterns are in turn major determinants of the potential or vulnerability of a population to withstand exploitation by humans, and thus are vital to efficient resource use and effective conservation.

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• Wetherbee, B.M., K.N. Holland, C.M. Meyer and C.G. Lowe. Submitted. Use of a marine reserve in Hawaii by the giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis. Fish. Res.


• Rechisky, E.L. and B.M. Wetherbee. Submitted. Movement patterns of juvenile sandbar sharks are dictated by tidalcurrents. Mar. Bio.


• Wetherbee, B.M. 2000. Assemblage of deep-sea sharks on the Chatham Rise, New Zealand. U.S. Fish. Bull. 98:189-198.


• Wetherbee, B.M. and P.N. Nichols. 2000. Lipid composition of the liver oil of deep-sea sharks from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 125(B):511-521.


• Holland, K.N., B.M. Wetherbee, C.G. Lowe and C. Meyer. 1999. Movements of tiger sharks along shorelines of Oahu, Hawaii. Mar. Biol. 134:665-673.


• Wetherbee, B.M., C.G. Lowe and G.L. Crow. 1997. Distribution, reproduction and diet of the gray reef shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos in Hawaii. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 151:181-189.