Her mother became a marine ecologist, and at 77 she is still working.

In a collaboration between archaeologists and marine ecologists, Erlandson explores the idea of a coastal route into the Americas along the Pacific Coast.

"Most people get very excited that they've done something so strange," said M. Christine RoseSmyth, a marine ecologist at the company.

"This is still a work in progress," said Jan Lubchenco, a marine ecologist at Oregon State University.

McClintock is very active in educational outreach activities related to his career as an Antarctic marine ecologist.

But the work was widely praised by environmentalists and marine ecologists, and it put the fishery question onto the front pages of newspapers.

Alexandra (Alex) Z. Worden (born 1970) is a marine microbial ecologist and genome scientist.

Menge is a marine ecologist.

A number of marine ecologists are staunch supporters of MPAs for both conservation and fishery's recovery.

"We developed a free-for-all attitude," says Rod Fujita, a marine ecologist with the Environmental Defense Fund.