Monica Moritsch, Ph.D.

Marine Ecologist and GIS Specialist

Research Expertise

marine ecology

blue carbon

ecosystem services

GIS

marine spatial planning

About

* Marine/coastal ecologist with strong interest in applying scientific information to support sustainability and conservation. * Background in communicating details of scientific studies to interdisciplinary teams. * Over 11 years of GIS and research experience, with a particular focus on climate adaptation, spatial analysis, climate impacts modeling, and 5 years of experience in blue carbon science

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Publications

Long-Term Studies Contribute Disproportionately to Ecology and Policy

BioScience

2017

Ecology of harvest‐driven trait changes and implications for ecosystem management

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

2018

Incorporating blue carbon sequestration benefits into sub-national climate policies

Global Environmental Change

2021

Up in Arms: Immune and Nervous System Response to Sea Star Wasting Disease

PLOS ONE

2015

Estimating blue carbon sequestration under coastal management scenarios

Science of The Total Environment

2021

Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors

Coral Reefs

2020

Best practices: social research methods to inform biological conservation

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

2018

Reduction and recovery of keystone predation pressure after disease‐related mass mortality

Ecology and Evolution

2018

How might sea level change affect arthropod biodiversity in anchialine caves: a comparison of Remipedia and Atyidae taxa (Arthropoda: Altocrustacea)

Organisms Diversity & Evolution

2014

Modelling blue carbon farming opportunities at different spatial scales

Journal of Environmental Management

2022

Coral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India, following successive coral bleaching events

Coral Reefs

2021

Modeling watershed carbon dynamics as affected by land cover change and soil erosion

Ecological Modelling

2021

Prioritizing reef resilience through spatial planning following a mass coral bleaching event

Coral Reefs

2019

Seaweed blue carbon: Ready? Or Not?

Marine Policy

2023

Embedding the value of coastal ecosystem services into climate change adaptation planning

PeerJ

2022

Can Coastal Habitats Rise to the Challenge? Resilience of Estuarine Habitats, Carbon Accumulation, and Economic Value to Sea-Level Rise in a Puget Sound Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

2022

Climate and land change impacts on future managed wetland habitat: a case study from California’s Central Valley

Landscape Ecology

2022

Beach environmental etiquette: Assessing public awareness of marine reserves on the central coast of California

Ocean & Coastal Management

2019

Coastal Ecosystem Services Modeling in Latin America to Guide Conservation and Restoration Strategies: The Case of Mangroves in Guatemala and El Salvador

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

2022

Expansion of intertidal mussel beds following disease-driven reduction of a keystone predator

Marine Environmental Research

2021

Knowledge coproduction on the impact of decisions for waterbird habitat in a changing climate

Conservation Biology

2023

A Decade of Death and Other Dynamics: Deepening Perspectives on the Diversity and Distribution of Sea Stars and Wasting

The Biological Bulletin

2023

Predicting global soil organic carbon dynamics in tidal marshes

Unknown Venue

2024

Where are resilience-based management strategies appropriate for coral reefs? Mapping environmental conditions and trends in coral cover in Guam and American Samoa

Ciencias Marinas

2023

Corrigendum: Long-Term Studies Contribute Disproportionately to Ecology and Policy

BioScience

2017

Education

University of California Santa Cruz

PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology / August, 2018

Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Experience

Marine Biologist and GIS Specialist (Self-Employed)

April, 2024 — Present

Environmental Defense Fund

Blue Carbon Scientist / March, 2022 — April, 2024

United States Geological Survey

Research Ecologist / September, 2019 — March, 2022

Deakin University - Warrnambool Campus

Interim Postdoctoral Research Fellow / March, 2019 — September, 2019

Center for Ocean Solutions

Spatial Research Assistant / April, 2017 — November, 2017

Science and Policy Intern / June, 2016 — September, 2016

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