Curriculum Vitae

bengt j. allen

2007    Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

                Dissertation: Costs of Sexual Selection in a Fiddler Crab

                Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton

1999    M.S, in Biology (Ecology Program Area), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

                Thesis: Native Seagrass Controls Invasive Mussel by Food Limitation

                Advisor: Dr. Susan L. Williams

1991    B. A. in Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

2007-present    Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University,

                            Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

2007               Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

2007                President’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students, Stony Brook University

2003-2006       STAR Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $86,500

1999-2004       Graduate Council Fellowship, Stony Brook University, $75,000

1997                Biology Department Scholarship, San Diego State University, $1,000

External

2011    NSF, Biological Oceanography (co-PI with M. Denny; Stanford University), RUI

                Collaborative Research: Environmental Variability, Functional Redundancy, and the

                Maintenance of Ecological Processes: Experiments in a Model Ecosystem, $754,693

                ($393,175 to CSULB)

            NOAA, Restoration Division (co-PI with C. Whitcraft and C. Lowe; CSULB), Assessing

                Regional Connectivity of Fish Populations Among Newly-Restored Coastal Wetlands in

                Southern California, $64,698

2010    NOAA, Restoration Division (co-PI with C. Whitcraft and C. Lowe; CSULB), Developing

                Function-Based Targets and Evaluation Metrics for Coastal Wetland Restoration,

                $286,174

2009    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program

                (co-PI with C. Whitcraft and C. Lowe; CSULB), Evaluating Functional Recovery of a

                Restored Coastal Wetland in Southern California: Habitat Utilization by Juvenile

                Halibut, $108,532

2008    California Sea Grant, Program Development Grant (co-PI with C. Whitcraft, CSULB),

                Evaluating Functional Recovery of Restored Coastal Wetlands in Southern California,

                $9,999

2005    NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Costs of Sexual Selection in a Fiddler Crab,

                $9,836

            PADI Foundation Research Grant, Invasive Shore Crab Threatens Key Salt Marsh Species:

                the Importance of Direct and Indirect Interactions, $2,422

2004    American Museum of Natural History, Lerner-Gray Grant in Support of Marine Research,

                Behavior, Physiology, and the Cost of Reproduction in a Fiddler Crab, $1,707

2002    Sigma Xi, Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, Foraging and Thermal Strategies of Fiddler Crabs:

                Ecological Consequences of Microhabitat Selection, $650

1997    American Museum of Natural History, Lerner-Gray Grant in Support of Marine Research,

                Food Limitation of the Introduced Mussel Musculista senhousia in Native Eelgrass

                Zostera marina L., $800

            Sigma Xi, Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, Reproductive Response of the Introduced Mussel

                Musculista senhousia to Food Limitation, $720

            Sigma Xi, San Diego Chapter, Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, $300

Internal

2011    CSU COAST Collaborative Resource Sharing Awards (co-PI with L. Tomanek; CPSUSLO)

                Proteomic responses of rocky intertidal organisms to thermal stress: predicting changes

                in community structure and ecosystem function in response to a warming climate,

                $5,000

2008    CSULB, SCAC Award (Mini-Grant), Testing the Relative Importance of Positive and

                Negative Interactions in Rocky Shore Communities, $5,500

2007    CSULB SCAC Award (Summer Stipend), Predicting Community Disassembly in Response to

                Climate Change Using Functional Traits, $4,650

2010    LI-COR Environmental Education Fund (LEEF), Incorporating Modern Ecophysiological

                Methods into Undergraduate Education, $48,000

(*graduate or **undergraduate student coauthor)

*Fitzgerald-DeHoog, L., **J. Browning & B. J. Allen (2012) Food and heat stress in the California

        mussel: evidence for an energetic trade-off between survival and growth. Biological Bulletin

        223:205-216

Allen B.J., **B. Rodgers, *Y. Tuan & J. S. Levinton (2012) Size-dependent temperature and

        desiccation constraints on performance capacity: implications for sexual selection in a fiddler

        crab? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 438:93-99

*Martin C., B. J. Allen & C. Lowe (2012) Environmental impact assessment: detecting changes in

        fish community structure in response to disturbance with an asymmetric multivariate BACI

        sampling design. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 111:119–131

Allen, B. J. & J. S. Levinton (2007) Costs of Bearing a Sexually Selected Ornamental Weapon in a

        Fiddler Crab. Functional Ecology 21:154-161.

Vencl, F. V. & B. J. Allen (2005) Failure Time Analyses of the Effectiveness of Larval Shield

        Defenses in Tortoise Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Hispinae). Bonner zoologische Beitrage

        54:287-294

Vencl, F. V., F. Nogueira-de-Sá, B. J. Allen, D. M. Windsor & D. J. Futuyma (2005) Dietary

        Specialization Influences the Efficacy of Larval Tortoise Beetle Shield Defenses. Oecologia

        145:404-414

Williams, S. L., T. A. Ebert & B. J. Allen (2005) Does the Recruitment of a Non-Native Mussel in

        Native Eelgrass Habitat Explain Their Disjunct Adult Distributions? Diversity and Distributions

        11:409-416

Levinton, J. S. & B. J. Allen (2005) The Paradox of the Weakening Combatant: Trade-Off Between

        Closing Force and Gripping Speed in a Sexually Selected Combat Structure. Functional

        Ecology 19:159-165

Levinton, J. S., L. Suatoni, W. Wallace, R. Junkins, B. Kelaher & B. J. Allen (2003) Rapid Reverse

        Evolution of Genetically-Based Resistance to Metals, Following the Cleanup of a Superfund

        Site. PNAS 100:9889-9891

Kelaher, B. P., J. S. Levinton, J. Oomen, B. J. Allen & W. H. Wong (2003) Changes in Benthos

        Following the Clean Up of a Severely Metal-Polluted Cove in the Hudson River Estuary:

        Environmental Restoration or Ecological Disturbance? Estuaries 26:1505-1516

Allen, B. J. & S. L. Williams (2003) Native Eelgrass Zostera marina Controls Growth and

        Reproduction of an Invasive Mussel Through Food Limitation. Marine Ecology Progress Series

        254:57-67

Padilla, D. K. & B. J. Allen (2000) Paradigm Lost: Reconsidering Functional Form and Group

        Models in Marine Ecology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

        250:207-221

Allen, B. J. (2004) Statistics: Concepts and applications for science with workbook (D. LeBlanc).

        Quarterly Review of Biology 79:409

2012    Ecological Consequences of Thermal Stress: Behavior, Physiology, and Demography, San

                Diego State University, San Diego, CA

            Variation in Rocky Shore Community Structure in Response to Temperature Stress: Insights

                from a Model Ecosystem, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

            Coastal Wetland Restoration: How Do We Define Success? (with C. Whitcraft), CSULB

                CNSM Fellows Colloquium, Long Beach, CA

2009    Functional Recovery of the Huntington Beach Wetlands (with C. Whitcraft and C. Lowe),

                Montrose Settlements Restoration Program Symposium, Ventura, CA

2008    Sexual Selection and the Maintenance of the Fiddler Crab Mating System, California State

                University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

            Costs of Sexual Selection in a Fiddler Crab, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ

2000    Native Seagrass Controls Invasive Mussel by Food Limitation, Friday Harbor Laboratories,

                Friday Harbor, WA

2012    Physiological Consequences of Thermal Stress on Growth and Survival of the Marine Snail,

                Lottia gigantea, Western Society of Naturalists, Seaside, CA

            Food and Heat Stress in the California Mussel: Evidence for an Energetic Trade-Off

                Between Growth and Survival, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Norfolk, VA

2011    Functional Consequences of Variation in Community Structure in Response to Climate

                Change: Insights from a Model Ecosystem, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mobile, AL

2010    Quantifying Trophic Support for California Halibut in a Restored Coastal Wetland as a

                Metric for Restoration Success, Western Society of Naturalists, San Diego, CA

2009    Predicting Rocky Intertidal Community Disassembly in Response to Climate Change Using

                Functional Traits, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX

2008    Condition-Dependent Tenure at Breeding Sites by Male Sand Fiddler Crabs, Ecological

                Society of America, Milwaukee, WI

2007    Variable Responses of a Key Salt Marsh Facilitator to Multiple Invasive Predators,

                Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA

2006   Truth in Advertising: Tenure at Breeding Sites by Male Fiddler Crabs is Condition-

                Dependent, Western Society of Naturalists, Seattle, WA

2005    Thermal Constraints on the Activity of the Sand Fiddler Crab, Uca pugilator, Benthic

                Ecology Meeting, Williamsburg, VA

            Paradox of the Weakening Combatant, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,

                San Diego, CA

2004    Success of a Non-Indigenous Crab Threatens Salt Marsh Function, EPA STAR Graduate

                Fellows Conference, Washington, DC

            Trading Food and Shade for Sex: Costs of Reproduction in a Fiddler Crab, Benthic

                Ecology Meeting, Mobile, AL

2003    Fiddler Crab Fitness: Exercise and the Cost of Sex, Society for Integrative and Comparative

                Biology, Toronto, Canada

2002    Fiddler Crab Fitness: Exercise and the Cost of Sex, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Orlando, FL

2001   Paradigm Lost: Reconsidering Functional Form and Group Models in Marine Ecology,

                Benthic Ecology Meeting, Durham, NH

2000   Native Seagrass Controls Invasive Mussel by Food Limitation, Benthic Ecology Meeting,

                Wilmington, NC

1998    Effects of Food Limitation on Demographic Parameters of the Introduced Mussel Musculista

                senhousia, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Melbourne, FL

1997    Reproductive Response of the Introduced Mussel Musculista senhousia to Food Limitation,

                Benthic Ecology Meeting, Portland, ME

2012-present    Vice-President, Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

2011-present    External Advisory Committee for Research, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro,

                            CA

2010-2012       Board of Directors, Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

2009-present    Scientific Partner, California Mediterranean Research Learning Center and Cabrillo

                            National Monument, National Park Service

2008-present    Monitoring Program Leader, Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe;

                            www.marine.gov)

2007-present    Scientific Advisory Panel, Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy (PVPLC),

                            Rolling Hills Estates, CA

2005-2007       Board of Directors, Friends of Flax Pond, Old Field, NY

2003-2005       President, Ecology Club, Stony Brook University

1996-1999       SCUBA Diving Control Board, San Diego State University

Reviewer for: American Naturalist, Austral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Biological Bulletin, Biological Invasions, Functional Ecology, Invertebrate Biology, Journal of Ethology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Marine and Freshwater Research

Ecological Society of America

Sigma Xi

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Western Society of Naturalists

Professional Association of Diving Instructors, Open Water Scuba Instructor # 80727