Ken Frank

Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Ocean Sciences Division
P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2

Phone: (902) 426-3498
   Fax: (902) 426-6927
Email: Kenneth.Frank@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Education Background

• BSc - Biology, University of Toledo
• PhD - Biology, University of Toledo

Awards and Honours

• J.C. Stevenson Memorial Lecturer, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences – 1992
• Associate Editor, Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences – 1997 - present
• Laura Randall Schweppe Lecturer, Marine Science Institute, University of Texas – 2002

Research Interests

• Fisheries Ecology
• Resource conservation
• Biogeographic theory
• Fisheries Oceanography
• Marine ecosystem assessment

Petrie, B., K.T. Frank, N.L. Shackell and W.C. Leggett - 2009 - Structure and stability in exploited marine fish communities: Quantifying critical transitions - Fish. Oceanogr., 18:2, 83-101

Fisher, J.A.D., K.T. Frank, W.C. Leggett, N.L. Shackell and B. Petrie - 2008 - Temporal dynamics within a contemporary latitudinal diversity gradient - Ecol. Lett., 11, 883-897 

Leggett W.C. and K.T. Frank - 2008 - Paradigms in fisheries oceanography - Oceanogr. Mar. Biol.: Ann. Rev., 46, 331-364

Frank, K.T., B. Petrie and N.L. Shackell - 2007 - The ups and downs of trophic control in continental shelf ecosystems - Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22(5), 236-242

Frank, K.T., B. Petrie, N.L. Shackell, and J.S. Choi - 2006 - Reconciling differences in trophic control in mid-latitude marine ecosystems - Ecol. Lett., 9, 1096-1105

Frank, K.T., Petrie, B., Choi, J.S., Leggett, W.C. - 2005 - Trophic cascades in a formerly cod-dominated ecosystem. - Science, 308, 1621-1623.

Shackell, N.L., Frank, K.T., Brickman, D.W. - 2005 - Range contraction may not always predict core areas: an example from marine fish. - Ecological Applications, 15(4), 1440-1449.

Choi, J.S., Frank, K.T., Petrie, B., and Leggett, W.C. - 2005 - Integrated assessment of a large marine ecosystem: a case study of the devolution of the Scotian Shelf, Canada. - Oceanogr. Mar. Biol.: Ann. Rev. 43, 67-93.

Choi, J.S., Frank, K.T., Leggett, W.C., and Drinkwater, K. - 2004 - Transition to an alternate state in a continental shelf ecosystem. - Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 61, 505-510.

Fisher, J.A.D., and Frank, K.T. - 2004 - Abundance-distribution relationships and conservation of exploited marine fish. - Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 279, 201-213.

Frank, K.T., and Choi, J.S. - 2004 - Book review. In a Perfect Ocean: The State of Fisheries and Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean, by D. Pauly and J.L. Maclean. - Fish. Oceanogr., 13:2, 141-143.

Platt, T., Fuentes-Yaco, C. and Frank, K.T. - 2003 - Spring algal bloom and larval fish survival. - Nature, 423, 398-399.

Blanchard, J.L., Frank, K.T. and Simon, J.E. - 2003 - Effects of condition on fecundity and total egg production of eastern Scotian Shelf haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). - Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

Shackell, N.L. and Frank, K.T. - 2003 - Marine fish diversity on the Scotian Shelf, Canada. - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems