Academic Staff - Stephen Wing

Associate Professor Stephen Wing PhD (Davis) Department of Marine Science University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin New Zealand Phone 64-3-479-9038 Fax 64-3-479-8336 Email: steve.wing@otago.ac.nz Director of the Ecology Degree Programme

Southern Oceans Ecosystems Programme

We are pleased to announce the opportunity for up to three PhD level positions in a Southern Oceans Ecosystems Programme for start date of Feb 1 2011 continuing through December 2013 in the Departments of Marine Science and Chemistry at University of Otago. Project leaders for these studies are Associate Professor Stephen Wing and Associate Professor Russell Frew (Director of Analytical Forensic Science at University of Otago). Link to more detail.

Web:

Ecology Programme
ERG
Fjord Systems Group
Larval Ecology Group

Research Interests:

Courses:

Mari 301 Marine Ecology
Mari 414 Principles of Marine Biology
Mari 419 Field Marine Science
MARI 425 Marine Fisheries Science
MARI 432 Subtidal Marine Ecology
EAOS 111 Earth and Ocean Science

Research Projects:

• Food web connectivity in the Fiordland ecosystem: an investigation of trophic links across ecotone boundaries - Marsden Fund.
  
• Analysis of biodiversity patterns and management decision making processes to support stewardship of marine resources and biodiversity in Fiordland- a case study - Ministry for the Environment / Ministry of Fisheries.
  
• Ecophysiology of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island- Otago Research Grant
  
• Biomass survey and yield estimates for the New Zealand littleneck clam (Austrovenus stutchburyi) in Papanui and Waitati Inlets, Otago - Ministry of Fisheries
  
• A Metapopulation Model for the New Zealand Sea Urchin Evechinus chloroticus in Fiordland: Influence of Larval Transport Patterns on Population Structure- Otago Research Grant.
  
• GIS tools for design of marine protected areas -Otago Research Grant/ Department of Conservation
  
• Using Molecular Genetics to Test a Hydrographic Model of New Zealand’s Fjords that Predicts their Ability to Act as Barriers to the Dispersal of Marine Organisms. - Marsden Fund.
• 2011–2014,  Does the sea ice microbial community contribute to secondary production in the Antarctic? Antarctica New Zealand
• 2011–2014,  Does bioaccumulation of iron by seabirds enhance productivity around sub-Antarctic Islands? Royal Society of New Zealand – Marsden Fund
• 2009-2010, Fiordland (Te Moana o Atawhenua) Marine Area Biodiversity Monitoring 2010, Department of Conservation.
• 2008, Implications of climate change for flux of organic matter in Antarctic coastal ecosystems, Antarctica New Zealand
• 2006-2008, Biodiversity research in Fiordland associated with the Fiordland marine reserve network and Fiordland Marine Management Act 2005 (3 projects), Department of Conservation.
  

Publications

• Beer NA and SR Wing (2013) Trophic ecology drives spatial variability in growth among subpopulations of an exploited temperate reef fish. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (in press)
• Jack L and SR Wing (2012) A safety network against regional population collapse: mature subpopulations in refuges distributed across the landscape. Ecosphere (in press)
•  Wing SR, NA Beer and L Jack (2012) The resource base of blue cod (Parapercis colias) subpopulations in marginal fjordic habitats is linked to chemoautotrophic production. Marine Ecology Progress Series 466:205-214
• Wing SR and L Jack (2012) Resource specialization among suspension feeding invertebrates on rock walls in Fiordland is driven by water column structure and feeding mode. Marine Ecology Progress Series 452:109-118
• Davis JP and SR Wing (2012) Niche partitioning in the Fiordland wrasse guild. Marine Ecology Progress Series 446:207-220
• Wing SR, RJ McLeod, JJ Leichter, RD Frew, and MD Lamare (2012) Sea ice microbial production supports Ross Sea benthic communities: influence of a small but stable subsidy. Ecology 93:314-323
• Jack L and SR Wing (2012) Individual variability in trophic position and diet of a marine omnivore is linked to kelp bed habitat.  Marine Ecology Progress Series doi:10.3354/meps09468 
• Davis JP and SR Wing (2012) Niche partitioning in the Fiordland wrasse guild.  Marine Ecology Progress Series doi:10.3354/meps09452\
• Beer, NA, SR Wing and SE Swearer (2012) Trace elemental evidence for spatial structuring of an exploited temperate reef fish population.  Marine Ecology Progress Series doi:10.3354/meps09407
• Wing SR, RJ McLeod, JJ Leichter, RD Frew, and MD Lamare (2012) Sea ice microbial production supports Ross Sea benthic communities: influence of a small but stable subsidy. Ecology (in press)
• Stokes D, JJ Leichter, SR Wing and RD Frew (2011) Heterogeneity of stable isotopic signatures of algae and carbonates on a Floridian coral reef is driven by temperature variability. Marine Ecology 2011:1-16
• Beer NA, SR Wing and Y Hu (2011) Physical versus biological control of trace element incorporation into biogenic carbonate: an in situ experiment in a New Zealand fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series 433:289-301 
• Richards DK, CL Hurd, DW Prichard SR Wing and CD Hepburn (2011) Photosynthetic response of monospecific macroalgal communities to density. Aquatic Biology 13:41-49
• Miller SM, CL Hurd and SR Wing (2011) Variations in growth, erosion, productivity and morphology of Ecklonia radiata (Alariaceae: Laminariales) along a fjord in southern New Zealand.  Journal of Phycology DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.00966.x
• Wing SR and JJ Leichter (2011) Variation in environmental conditions in a subtidal prey refuge: effects of salinity stress, food availability and predation on mussels in a fjord system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 422:201-210
• Wing SR (2011) Population networks with sources and sinks along productivity gradients in the Fiordland Marine Area, New Zealand: a case study on the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus.  In: Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability. J. Liu, V. Hull, A. Morzillo and J. Weins (eds), Cambridge University Press.
• Lawton RJ, SR Wing and AM Lewis (2010) Evidence for discrete subpopulations of sea perch (Helicolenus percoides) across four fiords in Fiordland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44:309-322
• McLeod RJ, SR Wing and J Skilton (2010) High incidence of invertebrate-chemoautotrophic symbioses supports the macro-infaunal community in the New Zealand fjords. Limnology and Oceanography 55:2097-2106
• Jack L and SR Wing (2010) Maintenance of old-growth size structure and fecundity of the red rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) among marine protected areas in Fiordland, New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 404: 161-172
• McLeod RJ, SR Wing and JP Davis (2010) Habitat conversion and species loss alters the composition of carbon sources to benthic communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 411:127-136
• Freeman DJ, BA Marshall, S Ahyong, SR Wing and R Hichmough (2010) Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44:129-148
• Hepburn, CD, B Flack, DK Richards, and SR Wing (2009) Application of local ecological information to management of paua fisheries within taiapure and mataitai. Proceedings of the Nga Kete a Rehua Inaugural Maori Research Symposium.
• Jack L and SR Wing (2010) Maintenance of old-growth size structure and fecundity of the red rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) among marine protected areas in Fiordland, New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press)
• Freeman DJ, BA Marshall, S Ahyong, SR Wing and R Hichmough (2010) Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (in press)
• McLeod, RJ and SR Wing (2009) Strong pathways for flux of terrestrially-derived organic matter into a benthic marine food web.  Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 82:645-653
• Jack L, SR Wing, and RJ McLeod (2009) Prey base shifts in rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii in response to habitat conversion in Fiordland marine reserves: implications for effective spatial management.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 381:213-222
• Wing SR (2009) Population networks with sources and sinks along productivity gradients in the Fiordland Marine Area, New Zealand: a case study on the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus.  In: Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability. J. Liu (ed), Cambridge University Press. (in press)
• Wing SR (2009) Decadal scale dynamics of sea urchin population networks in Fiordland, New Zealand are driven by juxtaposition of larval transport against benthic productivity gradients. Marine Ecology Progress Series 378:125-134
• Suring E and SR Wing (2009) Isotopic turnover rate and fractionation in multiple tissues of red rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) and blue cod (Parapercis colias): Consequences for ecological studies.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 370:56-63
• Clark AS, EE Zydervelt and SR Wing (2008) Modelling count and growth data with many zeros.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 365:86-95
• Wing SR, RJ McLeod, KL Clark, and RD Frew (2008) Plasticity in diet of two echinoderm species across an ecotone: microbial recycling of forest litter and bottom-up forcing of population structure.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 360:115-123
• McLeod RJ and SR Wing (2008) Influences of freshwater input on infaunal bivalves: population response to an altered salinity regime. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78:529-540
• Rodgers KL and SR Wing (2008) Spatial structure and movement of blue cod (Parapercis colias) in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, inferred from d13C and d15N. Marine Ecology Progress Series 359:239-248
• Wing SR (2008) Subtidal Invertebrates of New Zealand: A Divers’ Guide. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch (ISBN 978-1-877257-58-2)
• Wing SR, JJ Leichter, CM Perrin, SM Rutger, MH Bowman and CD Cornelisen (2007) Topographic shading and wave exposure influence morphology and ecophysiology of Ecklonia radiata (C. Agardh 1817) in Fiordland, New Zealand. Limnology and Oceanography 52(5):1853-1864
• Mcleod RJ and SR Wing (2007) Hagfish populations in the New Zealand fjords are supported by chemoautotrophy of forest litter carbon. Ecology 88:809-816
• Wing SR (2007) Subtidal Invertebrates of New Zealand: A Diver’s Guide. Canterbury University Press, 164 p. (in press)
  
• Cornelisen, CD, SR Wing, KL Clark, MH Bowman, RD Frew, and CL Hurd (2007) Patterns of macroalgal stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures: Interaction between physical gradients and nutrient source pools. Limnology and Oceanography 52:820-832
  
• Hepburn CD, JD Holborow, SR Wing, RD Frew and CL Hurd (2007) Exposure to waves enhances the growth rate and nitrogen status of the giant kelp Macrocyctis pyrifera. Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press)
  
• Wing SR and RJ McLeod (2007) Salinity stress. In: Encyclopedia of Tidepools. Denny MW, Gaines S (eds) University of California Press, Berkeley
  
• Lusseau SM and SR Wing (2006) Importance of pelagic subsidies versus local production to the diet of a closed population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.). Marine Ecology Progress Series 321:283-293
  
• Rutger SM and SR Wing (2006) Effects of freshwater input on shallow water infaunal communities in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 314:35-47
  
• Miller, SM, SR Wing and CL Hurd (2006) Photoacclimation of Ecklonia radiata (Laminariales, Heterokontophyta) in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland. Phycologia 45(1):44-52
  
• Goebel NL, SR Wing and PW Boyd (2005) A mechanism for onset of diatom blooms in a fjord with persistent salinity stratification. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 64:546-560
  
• Perrin C, SR Wing and MS Roy (2004) Population genetic structure amongst populations of the sea star Coscinasterias muricata in the New Zealand fjords. Molecular Ecology 13:2183-2195
  
• Tallis HM, SR Wing and RD Frew (2004) Historical evidence for habitat conversion and local population decline in a New Zealand fjord. Ecological Applications 14:546-554
  
• Skøld M, SR Wing and PV Mladenov (2003) Genetic subdivision of the sea star Coscinasterias muricata in the fjords of New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series 250:163-174
  
• Wing SR, LW Botsford, LE Morgan, JM Diehl and CJ Lundquist (2003) Inter-annual variability in larval supply to populations of three invertebrate taxa in the northern California Current. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 56:1-14
  
• Wing SR, MT Gibbs and MD Lamare (2003) Reproductive sources and sinks within the sea urchin (Evechinus chloroticus) population of a New Zealand fjord. Marine Ecology Progress Series 248:109-123
  
• Wing SR (2003) Fiordland, In New Zealand Reefs (Neil Andrew and Malcolm Francis (eds)) (in press)
  
• Lamare MD, PE Brewin, MF Barker and SR Wing (2002) Reproduction of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinodea) in a New Zealand fjord. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36(4):219-232
  
• Perrin C., MS Roy and SR Wing (2002) Genetic differentiation amonst populations of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus and the sea star Coscinasterias muricata in New Zealand's fiords. In 6th European Conference on Echinoderms (ed JP Feral).
  
• Wing SR (2002) Free-floating larvae of crabs, sea urchins, and rockfishes. In Beyond the Golden Gate - Oceanography, geology, biology and environmental issues in the Gulf of the Farallones (US Geological Survey Circular 1198).
  
• Ostrow DG, SR Wing, PV Mladenov and MS Roy (2001) Genetic differentiation of Terebratella sanguinea in the New Zealand fjords: a dispersal barrier in the marine environment? In Brachiopods Past and Present (C Howard, C Brunton, L Robin, M Cocks and SL Long (eds)) The Natural History Museum, London.
  
• Wing, SR and ES Wing (2001) Overexploitation and its consequences on the prehistoric Leeward and Virgin Islands. Pp. 388-399 In Animals and Man in the Past (H. Buitenhuis and W. Prummel, eds.) ARC Publicatie 41, Groningen Netherlands.
  
• Wing SR and ES Wing (2001) Prehistoric fisheries in the Caribbean. Coral Reefs 20 (1) 1-8
  
• Wing, SR, MD Lamare and J Vasques (2001) Population structure of sea urchins (Evechinus chloroticus) along gradients in primary productivity in the New Zealand fjords. In Echinoderms: Dunedin (MF Barker ed), Balkema pp. 569-575
  
• Lamare MD and SR Wing (2001) Calorific content of New Zealand marine macrophytes. NZ J Mar Fresh Res 35 (2) 335-341
  
• Morgan LE, LW Botsford, SR Wing and BD Smith (2000) Growth estimates for the Red Sea Urchin in northern California. Can J Fish Aquatic Sci. 57:980-992
  
• Morgan LE, SR Wing, LW Botsford, CJ Lundquist and JM Diehl. (2000) Spatial variability in Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) cohort strength relative to alongshore upwelling variability in northern California. Fisheries Oceanography 9:83-98
  
• Wing SR, LW Botsford, SV Ralston and JL Largier (1998a) Meroplanktonic distribution and circulation in a coastal retention zone of the northern California upwelling system. Limnology and Oceanography 43(7):1710-1721
  
• Wing SR, JL Largier and LW Botsford (1998b) Coastal retention and onshore transport of meroplankton near capes in eastern boundary currents; with examples from the California Current. In Benguela Dynamics: Impacts of variability on Shelf-Sea Environments and their Living Resources. Pillar, SC, Moloney, CL, Payne, AIL and FA Shillington (Eds). South African Journal of Marine Science 19:119-127
  
• Wing SR, LW Botsford and JF Quinn (1998c) The impact of coastal circulation on the spatial distribution of invertabrate recruitment, with implications for management. In Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management. GS Jamieson and A Campbell (Eds). Can. Spec. Publ;. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 125. pp. 285-294
  
• Botsford LW, SR Wing and JL Largier (1998) Population dynamic implications of larval dispersal in meroplanktonic populations. In Benguela Dynamics: Impacts of variability on Shelf-Sea Environments and their Living Resources. Pillar, SC, Moloney, CL, Payne, AIL and FA Shillington (Eds). South African Journal of Marine Science 19:131-142
  
• Leichter JJ, G Shellenbarger, SJ Genovese, and SR Wing (1998) Breaking internal waves on a Florida (USA) coral reef: a plankton pump at work? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 166:83-97
  
• Smith BD, LW Botsford and SR Wing (1998) Estimation of growth and mortality parameters from size frequency distributions lacking age patterns: the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) as an example. Can J Fish Aquatic Sci 55:1236-1247
  
• Wing ES and SR Wing (1998) The introduction of animals as an adaptation to colonization of islands: an example from the West Indies. Anthropozoologica 25:269-278
  
• Wing SR and JJ Leichter (1997) Storm-generated physical variability on Conch reef, Florida Keys. Proc 8th Int Coral Reef Sym 2:1097-1102
  
• Leichter JJ, SR Wing, S Miller and MW Denny (1996) Pulsed physical variability on a coral reef: impact of internal tidal bores on Conch Reef, Florida Keys. Limnology and Oceanography 41:1490-1501
  
• Wing SR, JL Largier, LW Botsford and JF Quinn (1995a) Settlement and transport of benthic invertebrates in an intermittent upwelling region. Limnology and Oceanography 40:316-329
  
• Wing SR, LW Botsford, JL Largier and LE Morgan (1995b) The spatial structure of relaxation events and crab settlement in the northern California upwelling system. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 128:199-211
  
• Wing ES and SR Wing (1995) Human adaptation to varying diversity of animal resources along the West Indian Archipelago. Ethnobiology 15:119-148
  
• Wing SR, JJ Leichter and MW Denny (1993) A dynamic model for wave-induced light variance in a kelp forest. Limnology and Oceanography 38:396-408
  
• Wing SR and MR Patterson (1993) Effects of wave-induced lightflecks in the intertidal zone on photosynthesis in the macroalgae Postelsia palmaeformis and Hedophyllum sessile (Phaeophyceae). Marine Biology 116:519-525
  
• Botsford LW, JF Quinn, SR Wing and JG Brittnacher (1993) Spatial management of a benthic invertebrate, the Red Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Management Strategies for Exploited Fish Populations AK-SG-93-02
  
• Quinn JF, SR Wing and LW Botsford (1993) Harvest refugia in marine invertebrate fisheries: Models and applications to the Red Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. American Zoologist 33:537-550

Reports

Other Material