David L. Secord

Program Officer, Alaska and British Columbia
Wilburforce Foundation, Seattle
Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Marine Affairs

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, August 1995
B. A., Ecology and Evolution, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, May 1989
PhD. Dissertation Title: Host Specificity and Symbiotic Interactions in Sea Anemones
(Robert T. Paine, advisor)

POSITIONS HELD

Director/Co-Director, Program on the Environment, University of Washington, 2004-2007
Research Associate Professor, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington, 2006-07
Assistant to Associate Adjunct Professor of Biology, University of Washington, 1999-2007
Assistant to Associate Professor of Biology, University of Washington Tacoma, 1996-2006
Co-Founder and Coordinator, Environmental Science/Studies, UW-Tacoma, 1996-2004
Visiting Investigator, University of Maine Darling Marine Center, Walpole, ME, 2002-2003
Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 1995-1996
Instructor of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 1995

GENERAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Population and Community Ecology
Biological Invasions: Science and Policy
Marine Conservation and Marine Invertebrates
Human Dimensions of the Marine Environment
Interactions Between Humans and Marine Organisms
Environmental Science, Policy and Communications
Interdisciplinary Science Education and Conservation

SPECIFIC SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH FOCI

Biology of symbiosis, using sea anemones and unicellular algae as a model system.
Field ecology of intertidal marine invertebrates, especially clonal species.
Invasions of non-indigenous marine species and the potential for and risks of their biological control.
Prevention and control of aquatic nuisance species.
History and diversity of human interactions with marine invertebrates.
The scientific and economic costs of taxonomic ignorance.
Communicating environmental science to decision makers and the public.
Interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate environmental program development.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Washington, Seattle:

Choices and Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Summer 2005
Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment, Winter 2006
Environmental Studies: Interdisciplinary Foundations, [Fall 2006]

University of Washington, Tacoma:

Evolution (lecture, discussion, computer labs), four offerings since 1996.
Issues in Biological Conservation (lecture, discussion), four offerings since 1996.
Ecology and its Applications (lecture, field, & lab), five offerings since 1996.
Introduction to Environmental Science (lecture and labs), four offerings since 1996.
Marine Ecology (lecture, lab, extensive field work), seven offerings since 1996.
Field Methods in Marine Research (field course in Clayoquot Sound, BC), Summer 1998.
Tools and Methods for Environmental Science, Fall 1998.
Natural History of Ecuador and Its Galapagos Islands, Summer 2000 field course.
History and Ecology of Biological Invasions, Spring 2001.
Environmental Biology of Marine Invertebrates (lecture, lab, discussion), Winter 2002.
Environmental Research Seminar (lecture, discussion, and exercises), Fall 2001.
Environmental Science Capstone Senior Seminar, Spring 2004.
Supervised 8-12 independent study, internship, or MA students annually, 1996-2004.

Current University of Washington Doctoral Committees:

Dawn Vaughn, Department of Biology
Suzanne Weghorst, Special Independent Ph.D. Program
Dan Morgan, Earth and Space Sciences

University of Puget Sound:

General Ecology (lecture, lab, field work, and projects), Fall 1995 and Spring 1996.
Principles of Biology (laboratory), Fall 1995.
The Diversity of Life (lecture and laboratory), Spring 1996.
Supervised two senior research theses and served as reader on three others, 1995-1996.

Western Washington University:

Coral Reef Ecology (lecture and discussion), Spring 1995.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS

Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence, University of Washington, 2007
Fellow, International Canadian Summer Institute, 2006
Fellow, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, 2004
Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence, University of Washington, 2004
Secured and/or managed several external grants/gifts for environmental education at the Program on the Environment, including:
- Henry M. Luce Foundation: Environmental Management Keystone Projects
- Lucky Seven Foundation: Student Travel to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Businessman Tom Campion, CEO Zumiez Inc: Student Travel Scholarships to ANWR
- Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation: Graduate Program in Conservation of Living Systems
- Canadian Consulate of Seattle: Arctic Energy Symposium
UW Tacoma Founders’ Endowment Grant. Environmental History of Interactions Between Humans and Marine Invertebrates. $5,000. [2003-2004]
UW Tacoma Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, 2001-2002
UW Tacoma Founders’ Endowment Grant. Field Research on Biological Invasions and the Construction of a UW Tacoma Biological Image Collection. $7,598. [2001-2002]
University of Washington Institute for Teaching Excellence, 2001
UW Tacoma Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, 1999-2000
Marine Invasive Species Team (MIST): Regional Outreach on Non-Indigenous Species.
National Sea Grant Program (NOAA), $97,032. [2000-2002]
Supplemental Award on Marine Invasive Species Outreach, Washington Sea Grant, $27,617. [2001-2002]
The University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network (UW Tools for Transformation Program). $364,535. [1999-2002]
UW-Tacoma Founders’ Endowment Grant. Enhancing interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and community service at UWT through the study of invasive species in Puget Sound. $5,920. [1999-2000]
National Science Foundation. Integrating Authentic Research Into Undergraduate Science Majors' and Non-majors’ Curricula: Automated DNA Sequencing and Genotyping at a Consortium of Three Tacoma-Area Universities. $50,853. [1998-2000]
UW-Tacoma Founders Endowment Grant. Origins and Maintenance of Biodiversity: A Proposal to Integrate Evolution and Conservation Biology Curricula at UWT. $5000. [1997-1998]
Pew Foundation Preparing Future Faculty Teaching Mentor (1995-6)
Phycological Society of America Grant-in-Aid of Research (1994)
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (1994)
Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research of the American Museum of Natural History (1994)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1989-1994)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Simon Fraser University, Department of Biology, Burnaby, BC, Canada, November 2006.
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, Minneapolis, MN, July 2006.
Seattle Arts & Lectures, Introductory Lecture for Peter Matthiessen, Seattle, WA, April 2006.
Marine Science and Technology Center, Science on the Sound, Des Moines, WA, April 2006.
University of British Columbia, IRES, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 2006.
University of Melbourne, Land and Food Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, February 2006.
Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, November 2005.
EPA Ecology-Economics of Invasive Species Workshop, Washington, DC, July 2005.
Jackson School of International Studies, UW/Community College Workshop, July 2005.
University of Washington Founders’ Weekend, Alderbrook Resort, July 2005.
Forum on Science, Ethics and Policy, University of Washington, Seattle, April 2005.
Puget Sound / Georgia Basin Research Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2005.
Faculty for the 21^st Century, Project Kaleidoscope, Dallas, TX, October 2004.
Keynote Address, Northwest Biology Instructors’ Association, Tacoma, WA, April 2004.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UC San Diego), La Jolla, CA, February 2004.
University of Puget Sound, Thompson Science Seminar Series, Tacoma, WA, January 2004.
Franklin and Marshall College, Biology Department, Lancaster, PA, March 2003.
Smith College, Biology Department, Northampton, MA, February 2003.
University of Massachusetts at Boston, ECOS Department, February 2003.
University of Maine at Orono, School of Marine Science, January 2003.
University of New Hampshire at Durham, Biology Department, December 2002.
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma, WA, May 2002.
University of Washington at Seattle, School of Oceanography, April 2002.
Washington State Aquatic Nuisance Species Committee, April 2002.
Pacific Lutheran University, Biology Department, March 2002.
Keynote Address, Ocean Career Day, Seattle Aquarium, February 2002.
Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, May 2001.
University of Puget Sound, Biology Department, February 2000.
National Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Olympia, WA, August 1999.
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Seminar Series, July 1999.
University of Washington at Seattle, Department of Zoology, January 1999.
Washington State University, Vancouver, Science Faculty Group, December 1998.
University of Puget Sound, Biology Department, November 1998.
University of Puget Sound, Thompson Science Seminar Series, February 1996.
Colorado College, Preparing Future Faculty national conference, July 1995.
University of Malaya, Department of Zoology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 1995.
Council of Graduate Schools National Conference, Seattle, WA, December 1994.
Western Washington U., Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, WA, March 1994.

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SYMPOSIA

American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education, Tempe, AZ, October 2006
Society for Conservation Biology, San Jose, CA, June 2006
Society for Conservation Biology, New York, NY, July 2004
Massachusetts Bays Program, “Eyes on the Estuaries”, Boston, MA, November 2002
Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA, November 2001
Second International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, New Orleans, LA, April 2001
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, IL, January 2001
Western Society of Naturalists, Portland, OR, December 2000
American Society for Environmental History, Tacoma, WA, March 2000
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta, GA, January 2000
Society for Ecological Restoration, San Francisco, CA, September 1999
Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA, August 1999, two presentations
National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Cambridge, MA, January 1999
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 1998
Sigma Xi National Conference, Vancouver, BC, November 1998
Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA, December 1997
Ecological Society of America, Providence, RI, August 1996
Western Society of Naturalists, Port Townsend, WA, January 1996
American Society of Zoologists, St. Louis, MO, January 1995
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/Phycological Society of America Joint Symposium on Algal Symbiosis, Miami, FL, June 1994
Pacific Ecology Conference, Bamfield, BC, Canada. March 1994
West Coast Coelenterate Colloquium, Whidbey Island, WA. July 1993

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Science Advisory Group, Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation, 2007-
External Consultant, Marine Biology Search, Pacific Lutheran University, 2006
External Consultant, Environmental Science Program, University of British Columbia, 2006
Reviewer, New York State Sea Grant Program, 2006
Reviewer, University of Chicago Press, 2006
Reviewer, National Geographic Society, 2006
Board of Directors, Pacific Shellfish Institute, 2005-
External Tenure Reviewer, University of Alaska School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, 2005
Curriculum for the Bioregion Project, Steering Committee, 2005-
South Africa National Research Foundation, Grant Reviewer, 2004
Co-Organizer, Northwest Biology Instructors’ Conference, 2004
Environmental Science Program Consultant, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2003
National Sea Grant College Program, Grant Reviewer, 2003
Advisory Committee, 3^rd International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, 2002-2003
National Science Foundation, Grant Reviewer, 2002, 2003
External Faculty Reviewer, Oregon State University Sea Grant Program, 2002
Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Conservation Research & Animal Care Committee, 2002-
Washington State Aquatic Nuisance Species Committee, 2000-present
Advisory Committee, 2^nd International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, 2000-2001
Invasive Species Education Trunk Advisory Committee, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000
Guest Speaker, UW Graduate School Preparing Future Faculty Seminar, 1998 and 2000
Testimony on Ballast Water Legislation, WA State House of Representatives, January 2000
Best Student Paper Judge (section chair), Western Society of Naturalists, 2000 meeting
Best Student Paper Judge, Ecological Society of America, 1999 meeting
Best Student Paper Judge, Society for Conservation Biology, 1997 meeting
Regular reviewer of manuscripts for Marine Biology, Biological Bulletin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Invertebrate Biology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Biological Invasions, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Environmental Management
Grant Reviewer, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1999
Program Chair and Vice President, Mt. Tahoma Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1998-9
Reviewer, Prentice Hall and Sinauer Associates (several ecology or environmental sci. texts)
Author of seven Western Regional Updates to support a Prentice-Hall env. science textbook
Beta-tester and reviewer, EcoBeaker ecological simulation software, Sinauer Associates
Preparing Future Faculty, UWS Steering Committee and Tacoma coordinator, 1994-6
Research Mentor, Mellon Foundation Minorities in Marine Science Program, 1994
Organizer, Pacific Ecology Conference, March 1992

SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE (UW Tacoma, UW Seattle, and UW System)

Faculty Senate Committee on Interdisciplinary Research, 2007
Program on Values in Society, Advisory Board, 2006-
UW-Rural Community Partnerships Campus Advisory Committee, 2006-
Tenure & Promotion Committee, Dr. J. Mobus, Milgard School of Business (UWT), 2005
Selection Committee, Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence, UW Seattle, 2005
Interview Committee, Office of Undergraduate Education Development Director, 2005
Network of Interdisciplinary Initiatives Working Group, The Graduate School, 2005-
Executive Steering Committee, University of Washington Earth Initiative, 2004-
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Dr. John Banks, 2004
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Dr. James Gawel, 2004
Grant Reviewer, Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington, 2004, 2005
Puget Sound Campus Sustainability Network, UWT Campus Coordinator, 2004
Chancellor’s Research Task Force, UW Tacoma, 2004
Distinguished Scholar Award Selection Committee, UW Tacoma, 2004
Faculty Council, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Tacoma, 2003-2004
Faculty Search Committee, Interdisciplinary Expository and Creative Writing, 2003-2004
Tenure and Promotion Committee, Dr. Jose Rios, UWT Science Education, 2003-2004
UW Graduate School, Huckabay Fellowships Selection Committee, 2001-2002
Faculty Search Interviewing Committee, Applied Mathematics, 2001-2002
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Writing Task Force, 2000-2004
Faculty Search Committee, Art History, 2000-2001
Faculty Search Interviewing Committee, Mass Communications, 2000-2001
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Faculty Workload Task Force, 2000-2001
University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network, UWT Coordinator, 1999-2000
- Steering Committee, 1999-present
- Curriculum Subcommittee, 1999-2000
Governing Board, University of Washington Program on the Environment, 1997-2004
- Chair, 1999-2001
- Personnel and Budget Committee, 1999-2002
- Tri-Campus Environmental Programs Publications Committee, 2000-2001
- Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment (for 5-year program review), 2001-2002
IAS Startup Funds Committee, 1999-2000 (replaced by IAS Faculty Council)
Co-Chair, Environmental Science Laboratory Coordinator Search Committee, 1999-2000
Interviewing Committee, UWT Campus Research Coordinator, 1999
UW Tacoma Faculty Field Tour Task Force, 1999 and 2000
Chair, Terrestrial Ecology Faculty Search Committee, UW-Tacoma, 1998-1999
Chair, Environmental Chemistry Faculty Search Committee, UW-Tacoma, 1998-1999
Tri-Campus Restoration Ecology Network Working Group, 1998-1999
Campus Technology Committee, UW-Tacoma, 1996-1999
Faculty-Staff Issues Committee, UW-Tacoma, 1996-1999
Interdisciplinary Writing Prize Committee and Judge, UW-Tacoma, 1998 & 1999
University of Washington Faculty Field Tour, 1998
Faculty Search Committee, Educational Technology, UW-Tacoma, 1997-1998
Faculty Advisor, Project Earth Student Organization, UW-Tacoma, 1996-2001
Fiscal/Support Manager Search Interview Committee, UW-Tacoma, 1996-1997
Faculty Search Committee, Science Education, UW-Tacoma, 1996-1997

SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE

Guest Speaker, Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 2007
Guest Speaker, Caroline Kline Galland Home, Seattle, WA, 2006
Puget Sound Center for Urban Bay Research (Urban Waters), Consultant, 2003-2005
Sustainable Seattle Indicators and Strategies for Action Project, 2005
Guest Speaker, Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA, 2002
Guest Speaker, The Summit at First Hill Retirement Home, Seattle, WA, 2001
Consultant, Tacoma Marine Science Center Planning Group, 2001-2002
Family Science Night, Wildwood Park Elementary School, Puyallup, WA, 2000 and 2001
Guest Speaker, Chinook Middle School, Sea-Tac, WA, 2000
Intel Science Fair Judge, 1999
Committee on Unclassified Marine Invertebrates and Fishes
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1999
Consultant, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA 1998-present
City of Tacoma, Environmental Commissioner, 1997-2000
Hellyer Natural History Center at NorthwesTrek, Advisory Committee, 1997-2001
Earth Day Speaker, Evergreen Middle School, Redmond, WA, 1993
Guest Speaker, Greenwood High School, Greenwood, MS, 1993
Volunteer, Leschi and Dunlap Elementary Schools, Seattle, WA 1992-1995

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Institute of Biological Sciences
Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
Ecological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology
Western Society of Naturalists

SELECTED OUTREACH/MEDIA/TESTIMONIAL ACTIVITIES

Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, 2004
Quoted on environmental topics in The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA), The Olympian (Olympia, WA), The Oregonian (Portland, OR), the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Seattle Times, and Grist.
Several local television interviews on environmental issues.
Testimony in committees of the Washington State Legislature, and meetings with Members of Congress, on selected scientific and environmental issues.
Op-ed piece published in The News Tribune (Tacoma).
Letter to the editor on invasive species published in Sunset Magazine (2004).
National interview on National Public Radio’s Weekend America (2005).
Three-hour live local radio interview on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (2005).

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Secord, D. 2008. The Forgotten Animals: The Fascinating Story of How Marine Invertebrates have Shaped Human History and Culture. Proposal in review at University of Chicago Press.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Gold, Warren, Kern Ewing, John Banks, Martha Groom, Tom Hinckley, David Secord, Daniela Shebitz. The University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network (UW-REN). Science 312: 1880-1881.
Granek, E. F., D. R. Brumbaugh, S. A. Heppell, S. S. Heppell, and D. Secord. 2005. A blueprint for the oceans: Implications of two national commission reports for conservation practitioners. Conservation Biology 19: 1008-1018.
Secord, D. and G. Muller-Parker. 2005. Symbiont replacement along a light gradient within an intertidal cave. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 272-278.
Secord, D. and K. Hemmelgarn. 2004. A field guide to non-native aquatic species of the Pacific Northwest. Washington Sea Grant Program and University of Washington, Tacoma.
Secord, D. 2003. Biological Control of Marine Invasive Species: Cautionary Tales and Land- Based Lessons. Biological Invasions 5: 117-131.
Greengrove, C. and D. Secord. 2003. Undergraduate Marine Research: Summer Field Program for Nontraditional Students. Journal of College Science Teaching 32: 316-321.
Secord, D. and C. Greengrove. 2002. Something from Nothing: Environmental Science as a Vehicle for Building Natural Sciences and Environmental Education into a New Interdisciplinary Urban Public University. Journal of Environmental Education 37: 32-37.
Secord, D. 2001. Symbioses and Their Consequences for Community and Applied Ecology. Pp. 45-61 IN: Seckbach, Joseph, Ed. Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.
Secord, D. and L. Augustine. 2000. Biogeography and microhabitat variation in temperate algal-invertebrate symbioses: zooxanthellae and zoochlorellae in two Pacific intertidal sea anemones, Anthopleura elegantissima and A. xanthogrammica. Invertebrate Biology 119: 139-146.
Mills, C.E., A.N. Cohen, H.K. Berry, M.J. Wonham, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J.T. Carlton, J. W. Chapman, J. Cordell, L.H. Harris, T. Klinger, A.J. Kohn, C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D.L. Secord, and J. Toft. 2000. The 1998 Puget Sound Expedition: a shallow water rapid assessment survey for nonindigenous species, with comparisons to San Francisco Bay. Pp 130-138. In: Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference, January 24-27, 1999 (Judith Pederson, editor), MIT Sea Grant Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
McFadden, C. S., R. K. Grosberg, B. B. Cameron, D. P. Karlton, and D. Secord. 1997. Genetic relationships within and between clonal and solitary forms of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima revisited: evidence for the existence of two species. Marine Biology 128: 127-139.
Secord, D. and P. Kareiva. 1996. Perils and pitfalls in the host specificity paradigm. BioScience 46: 448-453.
Paine, R. T., J. L. Ruesink, A. Sun, E. L. Soulanille, M. J. Wonham, C. D. G. Harley, D. R. Brumbaugh, and D. L. Secord. 1996. Trouble on oiled waters: Lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 27: 197-235.

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts in Preparation

Mantua, N., Secord, D. and T. Rustan. Choices and change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: extreme learning at the limits of interdisciplinarity. To be submitted to Conservation Biology.
Secord, D., A. Bidelspach, A. Stevens and J. Withey. A new model for global partnerships in environmental and sustainability education. To be submitted to Bioscience.
Secord, D. and B. Coffey. Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment. To be submitted to Journal of Geography.
Secord, D., M. Groom, J. Parrish, R. Rosenblatt, C. Ryan and C. Watterson. What is the academy getting wrong? Employer perspectives on graduate training in conservation. To be submitted to Conservation Biology.
Secord, D., J. S. Pearse, V. B. Pearse and C. E. Mills. Does feeding, starvation, geography or genetics determine division rate in clonal sea anemones? Two common garden experiments. To be submitted to Ecology.
Secord, D. and D. Wall. The cost of taxonomic ignorance to science and society. To be submitted to Science.
Published Book Reviews
Secord, D. 2006. Assembling the Pieces of the Invasive Species Puzzle. A Review of Harold Mooney et al.’s Invasive Alien Species: A New Synthesis. Ecology, In Press.
Secord, D. 2004. Deprogramming invasion biologists? A review of David I. Theodoropoulos’s Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience. Ecology 85: 1172-1173.
Secord, D. 2001. Coral reef diversity and ecological theory. A review of Ronald H. Karlson’s Dynamics of Coral Communities. Ecology 82: 302-303.
Selected Technical Reports and Other Publications
Secord, D. 2005. Report on EPA Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop Held July 20- 21, 2005, Washington, DC, pages 85-87. Resource available online at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwSER/F2AFD9209E9F6FF28525712B004B74EE?
Secord, D. and K. Hemmelgarn. 2005. A field guide to non-native species of Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife and University of Washington Program on the Environment.
Secord, D. 2004. Stop Animal and Plant Invaders. Letter, Sunset Magazine, December.
Hemmelgarn, K., D. Secord, J. Rupp, and P. Heimowitz. 2002. Reducing the Impact: Using Public Aquarium Exhibits For Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Education and Outreach. Aquatic Invaders 13(1): 1-7.
Cohen, Andrew N., Helen D. Berry, Claudia E. Mills, David Milne, Kevin Britton-Simmons, Marjorie J. Wonham, David L. Secord, Jessica A. Barkas, Brian Bingham, Betty E. Bookheim, James A. Beyers, John W. Chapman, Jeff R. Cordell, Brett Dumbauld, Allan Fukuyama, Leslie H. Harris, Alan J. Kohn, Kevin Li, Thomas F. Mumford Jr., Vasily Radashevsky, Amy T. Sewell, and Kathy Welch. 2001. Washington State Exotics Expedition 2000: A Rapid Survey of Exotic Species in the Shallow Waters of Elliott Bay, Totten and Eld Inlets, and Willapa Bay. Nearshore Habitat Program, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
Secord, David. 1998-2003. Seven Western Regional Issues in Environmental Science [a website supported by Prentice Hall and linked to Nebel and Wright’s Environmental Science]. http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/wright2/chapter4/deluxe.html. Specific Essays:
Pacific Salmon and The Endangered Species Act
Impacts of Urbanization on Western Lakes: Are They Reversible?
The Dynamics of El Niño
Oils Well That Ends Well? The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Its Aftermath
The Wild, Wild West? Public Lands and the Concept of Wilderness
Invasions of Aquatic Non-Indigenous Species in Western States
Water Resources In The Arid West
Cohen, A., C. Mills, H. Berry, M. Wonham, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J. Carlton, J. Chapman, J. Cordell, L. Harris, T. Klinger, A. Kohn, C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D. Secord and J. Toft. 1998. Report of the Puget Sound Expedition, September 8-16, 1998: a Rapid Assessment survey of non-indigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington, 37 pages.
Secord, D. L. 1998. Symbioses as species interactions in basic and applied ecology. Symbiosis News 1(3): 4-9.
Veit, R., G. Nevitt, E. Silverman, M. Groom, B. Agler, D. Grunbaum, and D. Secord. 1993. Antarctic Marine Living Resources program: Foraging behavior and spatial pattern of pelagic birds at sea. Antarctic J. United States 28: 198-200.

Published Book Reviews

Secord, D. 2006. Assembling the Pieces of the Invasive Species Puzzle. A Review of Harold Mooney et al.’s Invasive Alien Species: A New Synthesis. Ecology 87: 1868-1869.
Secord, D. 2004. Deprogramming invasion biologists? A review of David I. Theodoropoulos’s Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience. Ecology 85: 1172-1173.
Secord, D. 2001. Coral reef diversity and ecological theory. A review of Ronald H. Karlson’s Dynamics of Coral Communities. Ecology 82: 302-303.

Selected Technical Reports and Other Publications

Secord, D. 2005. Report on EPA Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop Held July 20-21, 2005, Washington, DC, pages 85-87. Resource available online at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/EE/epa/eerm.nsf/vwSER/F2AFD9209E9F6FF28525712B004B74EE?

Secord, D. and K. Hemmelgarn. 2005. A field guide to non-native species of Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Wildlife and University of Washington Program on the Environment.

Secord, D. 2004. Stop Animal and Plant Invaders. Letter, Sunset Magazine, December.

Hemmelgarn, K., D. Secord, J. Rupp, and P. Heimowitz. 2002. Reducing the Impact: Using Public Aquarium Exhibits For Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Education and Outreach. Aquatic Invaders 13(1): 1-7.

Cohen, Andrew N., Helen D. Berry, Claudia E. Mills, David Milne, Kevin Britton-Simmons, Marjorie J. Wonham, David L. Secord, Jessica A. Barkas, Brian Bingham, Betty E. Bookheim, James A. Beyers, John W. Chapman, Jeff R. Cordell, Brett Dumbauld, Allan Fukuyama, Leslie H. Harris, Alan J. Kohn, Kevin Li, Thomas F. Mumford Jr., Vasily Radashevsky, Amy T. Sewell, and Kathy Welch. 2001. Washington State Exotics Expedition 2000: A Rapid Survey of Exotic Species in the Shallow Waters of Elliott Bay, Totten and Eld Inlets, and Willapa Bay. Nearshore Habitat Program, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.

Secord, David. 1998-2003. Seven Western Regional Issues in Environmental Science [a website supported by Prentice Hall and linked to Nebel and Wright’s Environmental Science]. http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/wright2/chapter4/deluxe.html. Specific Essays:

Pacific Salmon and The Endangered Species Act
Impacts of Urbanization on Western Lakes: Are They Reversible?
The Dynamics of El Niño
Oils Well That Ends Well? The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Its Aftermath
The Wild, Wild West? Public Lands and the Concept of Wilderness
Invasions of Aquatic Non-Indigenous Species in Western States
Water Resources In The Arid West

Cohen, A., C. Mills, H. Berry, M. Wonham, B. Bingham, B. Bookheim, J. Carlton, J. Chapman, J. Cordell, L. Harris, T. Klinger, A. Kohn, C. Lambert, G. Lambert, K. Li, D. Secord and J. Toft. 1998. Report of the Puget Sound Expedition, September 8-16, 1998: a Rapid Assessment survey of non-indigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington, 37 pages.

Secord, D. L. 1998. Symbioses as species interactions in basic and applied ecology. Symbiosis News 1(3): 4-9.

Veit, R., G. Nevitt, E. Silverman, M. Groom, B. Agler, D. Grunbaum, and D. Secord. 1993. Antarctic Marine Living Resources program: Foraging behavior and spatial pattern of pelagic birds at sea. Antarctic J. United States 28: 198-200.

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