I am a JSPS postdoctoral fellow from Canada. My PhD research was at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC where I studied the ecological interactions of asari farms on wild asari populations. Specifically, I examined the influence of clam netting (used in BC to protect clams on farms from predation) on larval settlement and recruitment of clams.
I am interested in patterns of invertebrate larval recruitment and the biological and environmental factors that influence these patterns. In the Noda lab, I am studying the recruitment patterns of barnacles (Chthamalus dalii and Chthamallus challengeri) along the Pacific coast of Japan. So far, I have looked at large spatial and temporal scale trends in recruitment as well as small scale spatial patterns of recruitment in response to tidal level and surface microtopography. In future research, I will further examine large spatial and temporal trends in barnacle recruitment as well as investigating smaller scale biological and physical influences on recruitment patterns.
Understanding larval settlement and recruitment patterns are important for developing accurate models of population connectivity and dispersal and for proper management of marine resources, marine reserve planning and prediction of future climate change impacts.
Munroe DM, Noda T(2010) Physical and biological factors contributing to changes in the relative importance of recruitment to population dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series412:151-162.
Munroe DM, Noda T, Ikeda, T (2010) Shore level differences in barnacle (Chthamalus dalli) distribution relative to rock surface topography. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology392:188-192.
Munroe, D.M, and T. Noda (2008) Spatial pattern of rocky intertidal barnacle recruitment: comparison over multiple tidal levels and years. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89:345-353.
Munroe, D, and T. Noda. (2008) Spatial pattern of barnacle recruitment over multiple scales at a rocky shore in Southern Hokkaido, Japan. Oral presentation at 8th Larval Biology Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, July 6-11, 2008.
Munroe, D. M., and R. S. McKinley. (2007) Effect of predator netting on recruitment and growth of Manila clams (Venerupis philippinarum) on soft substrate intertidal plots in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Shellfish Research. 26(4): 1035-1044.
Munroe, D. M. and R. S. McKinley. (2007) Commercial Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum) tenures in British Columbia, Canada: the effects of anti-predator netting on intertidal sediment characteristics. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 72: 319-328.
Munroe, D. and R. S. McKinley. (2006) Patterns of larval clam recruitment to Baynes Sound clam farms. Invited oral presentation at the Pacific Aquaculture Exchange, September 14 -15 2006, Campbell River, British Columbia.
Munroe, D. and R. S. McKinley. (2006) Effect of predator netting on recruitment of clam (Tapes philippinarum) larvae on soft-bottom intertidal plots in British Columbia, Canada. Oral presentation at the 7th Larval Biology Symposium, August 28 – September 1, 2006, Coos Bay, Oregon.
