{"id":35939,"date":"2019-02-13T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&p=35939"},"modified":"2022-08-29T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:55:39","slug":"kari-lavalli","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/kari-lavalli\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lavalli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching Interests<\/h3>\n

<\/span><\/strong>Science and marine biology<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

<\/span><\/strong>Behavioral ecology of decapods, predator-prey interactions, animal behavior, inquiry-based science education and community involvement in resource conservation<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sommers Smith, S.K., S. Hammer, P.E. Busher, K.L. Lavalli and R. Schoch, Editors. (2008)\u00a0<\/span>Laboratory Manual for the Natural Sciences<\/em><\/strong>, 6th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>Edition. Pearson Custom Publishing.<\/p>\n

*Lavalli, K.L. and E. Spanier, Editors.\u00a0 (2007)\u00a0<\/span>The Biology and Fisheries of the Slipper Lobster,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Crustacean Issues, Vol. 17<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Taylor & Francis Group-CRC Press, New York.\u00a0 400 pps.<\/p>\n

*Note: the artwork for this book\u2019s cover was done by CGS Alum \u201907, Megan Stover.
\n\"slipper<\/a><\/p>\n

Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pugh, T., J. Goldstein, K.L. Lavalli, M. Clancy, and W.H. Watson, III. (2013) At-sea determination of mating activity in female American lobsters (Homarus americanus<\/i>): patterns and expectations.\u00a0<\/span>Fisheries Research 147 (2013)<\/em><\/b>: 327-337.<\/p>\n

Spanier, E.,\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(2013) Commercial scyllarids.\u00a0 Chapter 13.\u00a0 In:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Lobsters:\u00a0 Biology, Management, Aquaculture, and Fisheries<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(B.F. Phillips, ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K. Pp. 414-466.<\/p>\n

Spanier, E.,\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli<\/strong>, and D. Edelist.\u00a0 (2011)\u00a0 Artificial reefs for lobsters \u2013 An overview of their application for fisheries enhancement, management, and conservation.\u00a0 In:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(Bortone, S., ed.).\u00a0 Taylor & Francis Group-CRC Press, NY.\u00a0 Pp. 77-109.<\/p>\n

Spanier, E.,\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli<\/strong>, and D. Weihs. (2011) Comparative morphology in slipper lobsters: possible adaptations to habitat and swimming, with emphasis on lobsters from the Mediterranean and adjacent seas.\u00a0<\/span>Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 47<\/em>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>111-130.<\/p>\n

Lavalli, K.L.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and E. Spanier (2010)\u00a0 The Palinura, Chapter 68.\u00a0 In:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The Crustacea, Traite de Zoologie 9A\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Decapoda<\/em><\/strong>(J. Forest & J.C. von Vaupel Klein, eds).\u00a0 (Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston). pp. 425-532.<\/p>\n

Cleveland, D. and\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli<\/strong>.\u00a0 (2010)\u00a0 Factors important in the establishment and maintenance of grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus<\/em>) dominance hierarchies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Current Zoology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(Acta Zoologica Sinica<\/strong>)\u00a0<\/span><\/em>56(1)<\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>18-35.<\/p>\n

Spanier, E.,\u00a0<\/span>K. Lavalli<\/strong>, and D. Edelist\u00a0 (2010)\u00a0 Artificial habitats for benthic dwelling lobsters \u2013 Analysis of more than five decades of research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India.\u00a0 52(2)<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>113-138.<\/p>\n

Horne, F., S. Tarsitano, and\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli<\/strong>.\u00a0 (2009)\u00a0 Aspects of the mineralization of the cuticle of the crayfish\u00a0<\/span>Procambarus clarkii<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>(Decapoda, Cambaridae).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Crustaceana 82(8)<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0 1057-1065.<\/p>\n

Lavalli, K.L.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>and W.F. Herrnkind.\u00a0 (2009)\u00a0 Defensive strategies of Caribbean spiny lobsters:\u00a0 effects of group size and predator group size.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 43(1)<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>15-28.<\/p>\n

Scrham, F.R., S.T. Ahyong, K.A. Crandall, F. Gherardi, M.J. Grygier,\u00a0<\/span>K.L. Lavalli<\/strong>, G. Poore, D.C. Rogers, G. Scholtz, T. Simon, S. Tamone, and M. Wickstein (2008) Publication in the Journal of Crustacean Biology.\u00a0<\/span>J. Crust. Biol. 28(2):<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>197-202.<\/p>\n

Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/h3>\n

GUTS Program Grant for Assessment of Undergraduate Writing in the Sciences:\u00a0 Paths to Improvement (with Prof. Sally Sommers Smith), 2012-2013.<\/p>\n

Associate Editor for\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Crustacean Biology<\/em>, 2008-2010.<\/p>\n

Guest Editor for\u00a0<\/span>Northeastern Naturalist<\/em>, 2010.<\/p>\n

Scientific Consultant on UNH SeaGrant Project, 2008-2010.<\/p>\n

Included in\u00a0<\/span>Strathmore\u2019s Who\u2019s Who Worldwide<\/em>, (pg. 862 in 2008 Edition; pg. 690 in 2009 Edition), 2008-2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35940,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35939\/revisions\/35940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}