Faculty of Undergraduate ProgramsInstruction
Lorayne Meltzer
M.S.
Most of the conservation issues challenging society today are multicultural, interdisciplinary, and complex. One of the most exciting endeavors of my career has been to empower students to become active and collaborative participants in facing these challenges.
Accolades
Publications
Meltzer, L., Blinick, N.S., Fleishman, A.B., (2012). Management Implications of the Biodiversity and Socio-Economic Impacts of Shrimp Trawler By-Catch in Bahía de Kino, Sonora, México. PLoS ONE 7(6): e35609. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035609
Meltzer, L., & Chang, J. O. (2006). Export market influence on the development of the Pacific shrimp fishery of Sonora, Mexico. Ocean & Coastal Management, 49(3-4), 222-235.
Meltzer, L., Jiménez-Serranía, V., Pfister, T., Fleishman, A., Duberstein, J. N., Suárez-Gracida, G., et al. (2009, June 2009). Isla Alcatraz: A decade of collaborative research, education, conservation, and management. Paper presented at the Encuentro nacional para la conservación y el desarrollo sustentable de las islas de México, Ensenada, Mexico.
Duberstein, J. N., Jimenez-Serrania, V., Pfister, T., Lindquist, K., & Meltzer, L. (2005). Breeding Double-Crested Cormorants and Wading Birds on Isla Alcatraz, Sonora, México. Paper presented at the Third International Partners in Flight Conference, March 20-24, 2002, , Asilomar Conference Grounds, California.
Prescott College, A. C. (2005). Programa de Conservación y Manejo Área de Protecion de Flora y Fauna de Isla Alcatraz. Prescott College. Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico.
Prescott College, A. C. (2009). Estero Cardonal Conservation Feasibility Study. Prescott College. Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico.
Research
Lorayne's research focuses on the ecological, social and economic impacts of high rates of by-catch associated with shrimp trawling in the Sea of Cortez. Her professional activities as co-director and research coordinator at the Kino Bay Center focus on building collaborative and multi-cultural initiatives to develop community-based solutions to economic and ecological dilemmas posed by overfishing, coastal development, globalized markets, and sporadic regulation. She is most passionate about working with others to develop the Kino Bay Center into a place where people from different cultural, academic, and research backgrounds can enjoy coming together to create innovative strategies for solving complex problems.
Presentations
Meltzer, L., Jiménez-Serranía, V., Pfister, T., Fleishman, A., Duberstein, J. N., Suárez-Gracida, G., et al. (2009, June 2009). Isla Alcatraz: A decade of collaborative research, education, conservation, and management. Paper presented at the Encuentro nacional para la conservación y el desarrollo sustentable de las islas de México, Ensenada, Mexico.
Duberstein, J. N., Jimenez-Serrania, V., Pfister, T., Lindquist, K., & Meltzer, L. (2005). Breeding Double-Crested Cormorants and Wading Birds on Isla Alcatraz, Sonora, México. Paper presented at the Third International Partners in Flight Conference, March 20-24, 2002, , Asilomar Conference Grounds, California.
Prescott College, A. C. (2005). Programa de Conservación y Manejo Área de Protecion de Flora y Fauna de Isla Alcatraz. Prescott College. Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico.
Prescott College, A. C. (2009). Estero Cardonal Conservation Feasibility Study. Prescott College. Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico.