Link to Kevin Weng's lab website

Education:

PhD, Biology: Standford University
MSc, Oceanography: University of Hawai'i at Manoa               
BA, Geology: Williams College

Appointments:

2009-Present    Manager, Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, University of Hawaii
2009-Present    Graduate Faculty, Oceanography Department, University of Hawaii
2007-2008       SOEST Young Investigator, University of Hawai'i

Research Interests:

Current Projects & Funding:

People:

• Christina Comfortm MSc student: Environmental Impacts of ocean energy development, biology of deep slope elasmobranchs (co-advised with Frank Sansone)
• Gen Del Rey, PhD student: Impacts of global change on the physiology, fitness and distribution of fishes
• Andrew Gray, MSc student: Biology and management of seamount fishes
• Eunjung Kim, PhD student: Changes in the environment of pelagic fishes caused by fish aggregating devices (co-advised with John Sibert)
• Tim Sippel, Postdoctoral scholar: Biology of pelagic fishes, ecological modeling
• Dodie Lau, Administrative Coordinator
• Jeff Muir, Research Associate
• David Itano, Senior Research Associate
• Johnoel Ancheta, Computer Programmer

Facilities:

Publications:

Croll, D., K. Newton, K. Weng, F. Galvan-Magna, and J. O'Sullivan, in review. Long-distance migration of a pelagic manta ray: behavior, habitat use and movement of the spine-tailed devil ray in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series.. 

H. Dewar, T.Thys, S.L.H. Teo, C. Farwell, J.O. Sullivan, T. Tobayama, M. Soichi, T. Nakatsubo, Y. Kondo, Y. Okada, D.J. Lindsay, G.C. Hays, A. Walli, K. Weng, J.T. streelman, S.A. Karl. 2010. Satelite tracking the world's largest jelly predator, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the Western Pacific. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. DOI 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.023  

K. Weng, M. Stokesbury, A. Boustany, S. Teo, S. Miller, B. Block. 2009. Habitat and behavior of yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in the Gulf of Mexico determined using pop-up satellite archival tags.  Journal of Fish Biology 74: 1434-1449

K. Weng, D. Foley, J. Ganong, C. Perle, G. Shillinger, B. Block. 2008. Migration of a high trophic level predator between distant ecoregions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 372: 253-264, doi: 10.3354/meps07706.

Weng K, Boustany A, Pyle P, Anderson S, Brown A, Block B. 2007.  Migration and habitat of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the eastern Pacific Ocean.  Marine Biology 152: 877-894 DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0739-4 .

K. Weng, J. O’Sullivan, C. Lowe, C. Winkler, H. Dewar, B. Block 2007.   Movement, behavior and habitat of juvenile white sharks in the eastern Pacific as revealed by electronic tags. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338: 211-224.

S. Teo, A. Boustany, H. Dewar, MJW Stokesbury, K. Weng, S. Beemer, A.C. Seitz, CJ Farwell CJ, ED Prince, B. Block, 2007.  Annual migrations, diving behavior, and thermal biology of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, on their Gulf of Mexico breeding grounds.  Marine Biology 151: 1-18

C. Stevenson, L. Katz, F. Micheli, B. Block, K. Heiman, C. Perle, K. Weng, R. Dunbar and J. Witting, 2007.   High apex predator biomass on remote Pacific islands. Coral Reefs perspective and recent observations.  26: 47-51 DOI 10.1007/s00338-006-0158-x

K. Weng, PC Castilho, JM Morrissette, A. Landiera, DB Holts, RJ Schallert, KJ Goldman and BA Block, 2005.   Satellite tagging and cardiac physiology reveal niche expansion in salmon sharks.  Science 310: 104-106.

Supplementary Inforamtion

BA Block, SLH Teo, A. Walli, A. Boustany, MJW Stokesbury, CJ Farwell, KC Weng, H. Dewar, and TD Williams, 2005.  Electronic tagging and population structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna.  Nature 434: 1121-1127.

K. Weng, and B. Block, 2004.   Diel vertical migration of the bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus), a species possessing orbital retia mirabilia. Fishery Bulletin 102: 221-229

S. Teo, A. Boustany, S. Blackwell, A. Walli, K. Weng, B. Block, 2004. Validation of geolocation estimates based on light level and sea surface temperature from electronic tags. Marine Ecology Progress Series 283: 81-98

A. Setiz, K. Weng, A. Boustany, and B. Block, 2002. Behavior of a sharptail mola in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology 60:1597-1602

B. Block, A. Boustany, S. Teo, A. Walli, CJ Farwell, T. Williams, ED Prince, M. Stokesbury, H. Dewar, A. Seitz and K. Weng, 2002. Distribution of Western Tagged Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Determined From Archival and Pop-Up Satellite Tags. Col. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 55, 1127-1139.

K. Weng, J. O'Sullivan, C. Lowe, C. Winkler, M. Blasius, K. Loke-Smith, T. Sippel, J. Ezcurra, S. Jorgensen, M. Murray, 2012. Back to the wild: release of juvenile white sharks from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. In: Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the Great White Shark, ed. Michael L. Domeier, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL

A. Boustany, K. Weng, S. Anderson, P. Pyle, B. Block, 2008. White Shark Movements in the North Pacific Pelagic Ecosystem. In: M. Camhi, EK Pikitch, EA Babcock (eds) Sharks of the Open Ocean. Blackwell, Oxford

Department of Oceanography
Last modified: March 21, 2012
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