loren coen

Loren Coen

Research Affiliate Professor - Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University

Education

Ph.D., 1987, University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., 1979, Florida State University
B.S., 1976, Queens College, CUNY

Research Interests

  • Marine ecology
  • Benthic ecology
  • Shellfish biology
  • Restoration

Current Research Projects

  • Oyster reef ecology, marine habitat restoration, their functioning and associated ecosystem services.
  • Remote sensing of intertidal habitats and monitoring of intertidal oyster reefs.
  • Benthic ecology, plant-animal interactions, landscape ecology, and living shorelines.

Publications

  • Chowdhury, M.S.N., K.S. Reece, S.S. Joy, L.D. Coen, and A.C. Smaal, 2021a.  Morphological and mitochondrial DNA analyses of oysters in the northern Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh). J. Shellfish Res. 40:213-229.
  • Chowdhury, M.S.N., M. La Peyre, L.D. Coen, R.L. Morris, M.W. Luckenbach, T. Ysebaert, B. Walles, and A.C. Smaal, 2021b.  Ecological engineering with oysters enhances coastal resilience efforts.  Ecological Engineering 169:106320 see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106320.
  • Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program (OIMMP) Report for the State of Florida, K.R. Radabaugh, S.P. Geiger, and R.P. Moyer, Eds., 2022.  Chapters coauthored, peer reviewed.  See Oyster Integrated Mapping and Monitoring Program Report for the State of Florida (myfwc.com).
  • Grizzle, R.E., A. Rasmussen, A.J. Martignette, K. Ward, and L.D. Coen, 2018.   Mapping seston depletion over an intertidal eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reef: Implications for restoration of multiple habitats.  Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 212:265-272.
  • Coen, L.D. and A. Humphries, 2017. Oyster-generated marine habitats: their services, enhancement, restoration, and monitoring. In: S. Murphy and S. Allison, Eds., Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration. Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge, Cambridge, U.K.
  • Coen, L.D., and R.E. Grizzle, 2016. Bivalve Molluscs. Pp. 89-109. In: M.J. Kennish, Ed. Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London.