Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) 2006, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Thesis title: Sea Turtle Ecology and Conservation on the North Coast of Trinidad
Masters of Research (M.Res with distinction), 2001, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Thesis title: The Application of Geographical Information Science (GIS) to the Spread of Introduced Japanese Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) in Scotland
Bachelor of Science with Hons in Zoology (BSc.), 1999, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Thesis title: Do Male Frogs Choose to Deposit their Larvae in Certain Pools to Avoid Predation? - A Comparison Between Two Populations of C. trinitatis with Respect to Reproductive Behavioural Ecology
Research interests
Marine conservation and ecology, herpetology and sea turtle ecology and population biology.
My research position here at ODU is as the Programme Officer for the IUCN Global Marine Species Assessment (GMSA), working with Dr Kent Carpenter, the project coordinator. The GMSA intends to complete the first global review of every marine vertebrate species, and of selected marine invertebrates and plants, to determine their conservation status and possible extinction risk. The project involves compiling and analyzing all existing data on approximately 20,000 marine species. Please visit this site if you wish to know more: http://sci.odu.edu/gmsa/
Selected published papers
Lukoschek, V. and Livingstone, S.R. 2008. Extinction risk of sea snakes to be assessed under IUCN Red List Criteria. Reef Encounters. In Press.
Carpenter, K.E, M. Abrar, G. Aeby, R.B. Aronson, S. Banks, A. Bruckner, A. Chiriboga, J. Cortés, J.C. Delbeek, L. DeVantier, G.J. Edgar, A.J. Edwards, D. Fenner, H.M. Guzmán, B.W. Hoeksema, G. Hodgson, O. Johan, W.Y. Licuanan, S.R. Livingstone, E.R. Lovell, J.A. Moore, D.O. Obura, D. Ochavillo, B.A. Polidoro, W.F. Precht, M.C. Quibilan, C. Reboton, Z.T. Richards, A.D. Rogers, J. Sanciangco, A. Sheppard, C. Sheppard, J. Smith, S. Stuart, E.Turak, J.E.N Veron, C. Wallace, E. Weil, E. Wood. 2008. One third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts. Science 25 July 2008, pp. 560 - 563 DOI: 10.1126/science.1159196.
Livingstone, S.R. 2007. Threats to leatherback and olive ridley nests in the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas, Gabon, with a focus on crab predation. Testudo 6: 25-42.
Livingstone, S.R. Sea turtle ecology and conservation on the north coast of Trinidad. 2006 . University of Glasgow, PhD thesis.
Livingstone, S.R. and Verhage, S.B. 2006. Leatherback nest ecology in the Gamba Complex, Gabon: Improving hatchery output. Proceedings of the 26 th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation ( Crete, Greece).
Livingstone, S.R. and Downie, J.R. 2006. Trinidad's leatherbacks: the net cost? - Assessment of bycatch in the artisanal gillnet fishery on the north coast. Proceedings of the 26 th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation ( Crete, Greece).
Livingstone, S.R., Senn, H. and Pemberton, J. 2006 . The distribution and spread of Japanese sika deer ( Cervus nippon ) in Scotland. DEER 13:21-23.
Pemberton, J., Swanson, G., Goodman, S., Barton, N., Livingstone, S.R. and Senn. H. 2006. Hybridisation between red and sika deer in Scotland. DEER 14:22-26.
Livingstone, S.R. and Downie, J.R. 2005. Marine turtle conservation on the north coast of Trinidad - a Darwin Initiative project. Testudo 6:3-16.
Livingstone, S.R. 2005. Report of olive ridley ( Lepidochelys olivacea ) nesting on the north coast of Trinidad. Marine Turtle Newsletter 109:6.
Livingstone, S.R. and Downie, J.R. Metabolic heating in leatherback turtle nests on the north coast of Trinidad. 2005. Proceedings of the 25 th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (Savannah, USA).
Lavery, C., Downie, J.R. and Livingstone, S.R. 2005. Growth rate of Ailsa Craig slow-worms: prey preference and temperature effects. Glasgow Naturalist 24:79-85.
Livingstone, S.R. and Downie, J.R. 2004. Marine turtle conservation in Trinidad - the role of rural communities on the north coast. Proceedings of the 24 th Annual International Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation ( San Jose, Costa Rica).
Murphy, K.J., Dickinson, G., Thomaz, S.M., Bini, L.M., Dick, K. Greaves, K., Kennedy, M., Livingstone, S.R., McFerran, H., Milne, J. Oldroyd, J. and Wingfield, R. 2003. Aquatic plant communities and predictors of diversity in a sub-tropical river floodplain: the upper Rio Paraná, Brazil. Aquatic Botany 77:257-276.
Downie, J.R., Livingstone, S.R., and Cormack. J. 2001 . Selection of tadpole deposition sites by male Trinidadian stream frogs, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae) as an example of anti predator behaviour. Journal of Herpetology 11:91-100.
Contact information
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0266, USA
Work: + 757 683 3481
Cell: + 757 512 4488
Email: srliving@odu.edu
Skype: suzanne.rachel.livingstone
