About
David Hyrenbach was born in Spain, received a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Scripps Institution in 2001, and moved to O’ahu in 2008.
David has been an Oikonos research associate since 2001 and is currently an associate professor of oceanography at Hawai'i Pacific University.
David’s research examines how oceanographic variability shapes the distributions of marine vertebrates, and how habitat preferences influence the efficacy of spatially-explicit management strategies. He has pursued these questions by developing the conceptual foundation for pelagic marine protected areas (MPAs), assessing the overlap of seabirds with fisheries, and quantifying the habitats of far-ranging marine predators.
Since 2008, David has been studying seabird ecology and conservation in the main and the NW Hawaiian islands. Students in the pelagicos lab work on a variety of seabird research topics, involving their distribution, diet, and reproductive success in relation to ocean variability.
David will supervise the graduate student working on this project (Sarah Donahue) and will participate in the road surveys. All of David's time will be contributed in-kind.
To learn more, check out:
David's publications
David's recent presentations
News piece on CNN - March 11, 2013
News piece on NBC News - November 28, 2011
Joined
July 2016
