(Tucson, Arizona, EEUU, 1941)
Professor and researcher at the University of California, San Diego and the winner of the 1st Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology.
Paul Dayton is an internationally-renowned leading figure in the field of ecology, as his investigations have marked the dominant trends in research the world over throughout the decades. The relevance of his work, which has made him a pioneer in 'population and community ecology' amongst aquatic, marine and terrestrial researchers, earned him the 1st Ramon Margalef Prize.
- B.S., 1963, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Ph.D., 1970, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Assistant professor (1970-1976), associate professor (1976) and professor (1982-present) all at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Research Scientist. Australian Institution of Marine Science. Townsville, Australia.
- Presidential appointee to U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.
- Board of Directors, PADI Foundation
- Member, National Research Council Committee on Fisheries.
- Associate Editor, Ecological Applications
- National Research Council panel on Marine Protected Areas: Evaluation, Design and Monitoring
- International Committee, Board of Directors, Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation
- Scripps Inst. of Oceanography E.W. Scripps Associates Community Outreach Award, 1997
- California Legislature Assembly Resolution recognizing his contributions to marine conservation, 2003
- Winner, 2003 UCSD Faculty Research Lecturer Award
- Louise Burt Award for excellence in oceanographic writing, Oregon State University, 1971
- George Mercer Award, Ecological Society of America, 1974
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985
- PEW Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, 1995
- WS Cooper Award, Ecological Society of America, 2000
- Scientific Diving Lifetime Achievement award, American Academy of Underwater Science, 2002
- E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award, American Society of Naturalists, 2004
- NOGI Award in Science. The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences. 2005
- Ramon Margalef Prize, Barcelona, 2006
Dayton, P.K. Competition, disturbance and community organization: The provision and subsequent utilization of space in a rocky intertidal community. Ecological Monograph, 41:351-389. (1971)
Dayton, P.K., G.A. Robilliard, R.T. Paine and L.B. Dayton. Biological accommodation in the benthic community at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Ecological Monographs, 44: 105-128. (1974)
Dayton, P.K., V. Currie, T. Gerodette, B.D. Keller, R. Rosenthal and D. Ven Tresca. Patch dynamics and stability of some California kelp communities. Ecological Monographs, 54(3): 253-289. (1984)
Dayton, P.K., M.J. Tegner, P.E. Parnell, P.B. Edwards. Temporal and spatial patterns of disturbance and recovery in a kelp forest community. Ecological Monograph, 62: 421-445. (1992)
Dayton, P. K., M. J. Tegner, P. B. Edwards, K. L. Riser. Temporal and spatial scales of kelp demography: The role of oceanographic climate. Ecological Monographs, 69(2): 219-250. (1999)
Parnell, P.E., P.K. Dayton, C. E. Lennert-Cody, Linda L. Rasmussen, James J. Leichter. 2006. Marine reserve Design: optimal size,fine-scale habitats, species affinities, diversity and ocean microclimate. Ecological Applications. 16 (3): 945-962.
Thrush, S, P. Dayton, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, M. Chiantore, V. Cummings, N. Andrew. I. Hawes, S. Kim, R. Kvitek, A-M. Schwarz. 2006. Broad-scale factors influencing the biodiversity of coastal benthic communities of the Ross Sea Deep-Sea Research II 53: 959-971
J.S. Gray, P. Dayton, S. Thrush, M.J. Kaiser. 2006. On effects of trawling, benthos, and sampling design. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52:840-843.
J.E. Hewitt, S.F. Thrush, P.K. Dayton, E. Bonsdorff. 2007. The effect of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on the design and analysis of empirical studies of scale-dependent systems. The American Naturalist, 169 (3)
Parnell, P.E., P.K.Dayton, and F. Margiotta. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of lobster trap fishing: a survey of fishing effort and habitat structure. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 106 (1): 27-37.