Michael Navarro

Michael Navarro

Collaborating Faculty

Biological Oceanography
Commercial Fisheries
Fisheries Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Marine Invertebrates
Scientific Diving


11066 Auke Lake Way, MC: AND1
Anderson Building, Room 204D
Juneau, AK 99801
monavarro@alaska.edu

 
Education

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ph.D. Oceanography
2014

California State University, Fullerton
M.S. Biology
2009

University of California, Los Angeles
B.S. Biology

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Selected Publications

Parnell, P.E., L.A. Levin, and M.O. Navarro. 2020. Gauging oxygen risk and tolerance for the megafauna of the southern California shelf based on in situ observation, species mobility and seascape. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa088

Navarro, M.O., P.E. Parnell, and L.A. Levin. 2018. Essential market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) embryo habitat: A baseline for anticipated ocean climate change. Journal of Shellfish Research 37(3): 601–614. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.037.0313

Navarro, M.O., G.T. Kwan, O. Batalov, C.Y. Choi, N.T. Pierce, and L.A. Levin. 2016. Development of embryonic market squid, Doryteuthis opalescens, under chronic exposure to low environmental pH and [O2]. PLoS One 11(12): e0167461. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167461

Takeshita, Y., C.A. Frieder, T.R. Martz, J.R. Ballard, R.A. Feely, S. Kram, S. Nam, M.O. Navarro, N.N. Price, and J.E. Smith. 2015. Including high frequency variability in coastal ocean acidification projections. Biogeosciences 12:5853–5870. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5853-2015

Navarro, M.O., E.E. Bockmon, C.A. Frieder, J.P. Gonzalez, and L.A. Levin. 2014. Environmental pH, O2 and capsular effects on the geochemical composition of statoliths of embryonic squid Doryteuthis opalescens.
Water, Special Issue: Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Organisms-Unifying Principles and New Paradigms 6(8): 2233–2254. https://doi.org/10.3390/w6082233

Frieder, C.A., J.P. Gonzalez, E.E. Bockmon, M.O. Navarro, and L.A. Levin. 2014. Can variable pH and low oxygen moderate ocean acidification outcomes for mussel larvae? Global Change Biology 20(3): 754–764. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12485

Bockmon, E.E., C.A. Frieder, M.O. Navarro, L.A. White-Kershek, and A.G. Dickson. 2013. Technical Note: Controlled experimental aquarium system for multi-stressor investigation of carbonate chemistry, oxygen saturation, and temperature. Biogeosciences 10(9):5967–5975. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5967-2013

 

Affiliations

  • Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps
  • Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
  • American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
  • Ocean Observation Initiative
  • American Fisheries Society
  • Deep Submergence Facility, University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System
  • Bouchet Honor Society, Yale 

 

Community Service

  • Chair, Dive Control Board, UA Statewide Scientific Diving Program (2020– )
  • Coordinator, UAS-UAF Joint BS Degree (2017–2020)

Specialties

  • Trace elemental analyses
  • Biogenic calcium carbonate microstructure and microchemistry
  • Seawater chemistry
  • Seafloor mapping
  • Benthic ecology
  • Marine invertebrates
  • Forage species
  • Embryology
  • Commercial fisheries
  • Autonomous underwater sensors
  • Scientific diving

 

Research Overview

I study chemical, physical, geological, and human effects on coastal fishery species.

 

Current research projects

  • The reproductive output capability of Southeast Alaska forage species, including their response to climate change, and implications for seafood security. Currently this project focuses on the novel persistence of the nearshore squid, Doryteuthis opalescens. Other species of interest for future study include Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, and the armhook squid, Berryteuthis magister.
  • Impacts of climate change on the hydrology of nearshore ecosystems, Southeast Alaska. Included in this study are Endicott Arm and Auke Bay. Other areas of interest include Taku Inlet and Prince of Wales.

 

Classes

BIOL S105 and S106 (each 4 credits) - Fundamentals of Biology I & II
BIOL S110 (3 credits) - Introduction to Marine Fisheries
BIOL S311 (3 credits) - Communicating Science
BIOL S349 (3 credits) - Biological Oceanography
BIOL S362 (4 credits) - Genetics
BIOL S375 (2 credits) - Current Topics in Biology: Global Trends in Fisheries
BIOL S493 (4 credits) - Oceanographic Expedition

 

Certifications

  • Scientific Diver, AAUS

 

Awards / Honors

  • Distinguished Alumnus, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2020
  • Linton-Poodry Leader, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, 2018
  • Distinguished Young Scientist, Kavli Frontiers in Science, National Academy of Science, 2017