Loren Coen
Research Affiliate Professor - Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
Education
Ph.D., 1987, University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., 1979, Florida State University
B.S., 1976, Queens College, CUNY
Research Interests
- Marine ecology
- Benthic ecology
- Shellfish biology
- Restoration
Current Research Projects
- Oyster reef ecology, marine habitat restoration, their functioning and associated ecosystem services.
- Remote sensing of intertidal habitats and monitoring of intertidal oyster reefs.
- Benthic ecology, plant-animal interactions, landscape ecology, and living shorelines.
Publications
- Chowdhury, M.S.N., K.S. Reece, S.S. Joy, L.D. Coen, and A.C. Smaal, 2021a. Morphological and mitochondrial DNA analyses of oysters in the northern Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh). J. Shellfish Res. 40:213-229.
- Chowdhury, M.S.N., M. La Peyre, L.D. Coen, R.L. Morris, M.W. Luckenbach, T. Ysebaert, B. Walles, and A.C. Smaal, 2021b. Ecological engineering with oysters enhances coastal resilience efforts. Ecological Engineering 169:106320 see
- Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program (OIMMP) Report for the State of Florida, K.R. Radabaugh, S.P. Geiger, and R.P. Moyer, Eds., 2022. Chapters coauthored, peer reviewed. See .
- Grizzle, R.E., A. Rasmussen, A.J. Martignette, K. Ward, and L.D. Coen, 2018. Mapping seston depletion over an intertidal eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reef: Implications for restoration of multiple habitats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 212:265-272.
- Coen, L.D. and A. Humphries, 2017. Oyster-generated marine habitats: their services, enhancement, restoration, and monitoring. In: S. Murphy and S. Allison, Eds., Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration. Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge, Cambridge, U.K.
- Coen, L.D., and R.E. Grizzle, 2016. Bivalve Molluscs. Pp. 89-109. In: M.J. Kennish, Ed. Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London.