Gregory Herbert
Contact
Office: NES 215
Phone: please use email
Lab: SCA 519
Email: gherbert@usf.edu
Links
Education
Ph.D., University of California - Davis
Teaching
Prospective students are encouraged to visit the USF Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments Research Group webpage.
Research
My research investigates the ecology and evolution of marine ecosystems with particular focus on shelled marine invertebrates. Research in my lab involves a variety of tools, including stable isotope geochemistry, molecular and morphological phylogenetics, paleoecological statistics, and finite element modeling. Current research is heavily focused on documenting the extent of human impacts on biodiversity in the Anthropocene and providing actionable information on conservation priorities to policy makers.
Graduate Students
Nasser AlQattan, Abigail Bridges, Matthew Hayes
Nicole Seiden
Specialty Area
Paleobiology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Marine Science
Recent Publications
Zimmt, J. B., R. Lockwood, C. F. T, Andrus, and G. S. Herbert, Accepted. Sclerochronological bias for grown increment counting: a reliable technique for life-span determination of Crassostrea virginica from the Mid-Atlantic United States. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Herbert, G. S. Accepted. Evidence for intense biotic interactions in the eastern Gulf of Mexico after a two million year hiatus: inferences from muricid edge drilling behavior. Journal of Molluscan Studies.
Barco, A., G. S. Herbert, R. Houart, G. Fassio, M. Oliverio, 2016. A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12219
Herbert, G. S., L. B. Whitenack, and J. Y. McKnight, 2016. Behavioural diversity of the giant murex Muricanthus fulvescens (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in interactions with difficult prey. Journal of Molluscan Studies. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyw013
Harke, R. M., G. S. Herbert, and N. M. White, 2015. Seasonality of shellfish harvesting by hunter-gatherer populations of Fort Walton Period, St. Joseph Bay, Florida. Journal of Archaeological Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.01.014
Whitenack, L. B., and G. S. Herbert, 2015. Did shell-crushing crabs trigger an escalatory arms race in the aftermath of a Late Neogene regional mass extinction event? An experimental test. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 417:57-65. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018214004817
Ellis, G., G. S. Herbert, and D. Hollander, 2014. Compound-specific isotopic analysis of shell organic matter in Crassostrea virginica from Rookery Bay, Florida: a potential archive of environmental data. Journal of Shellfisheries Research. 33:217-225. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2983/035.033.0121
Paul, S., and G. S. Herbert, 2014. Plio-Pleistocene drilling predation in Florida bivalves: Predator identity, competition, and biotic change. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 404:67-77. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018214001758
Harding, J. M., H. J. Spero, R. Mann, G. S. Herbert, and J. Sliko, 2010. Early 17th Century Jamestown and the James River estuary: Then and Now. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:10549-10554. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001052107 http://www.pnas.org/content/107/23/10549.short
Herbert, G. S.,, D. Merle, and C. S. Gallardo, 2007. A developmental perspective on evolutionary innovation in the radula of the predatory Neogastropod family Muricidae. American Malacological Bulletin 23:17-32. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.4003/0740-2783-23.1.17
Eerkens, J. W., G. S. Herbert, J. Rosenthal, and H. J. Spero, 2005. Provenance analysis of Olivella biplicata shell beads from the California and Oregon coasts using oxygen and carbon stable isotopes. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:1501-1514. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440305000920
Herbert, G. S., 2005. Systematics of the genus Eupleura H. & A. Adams, 1853 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene to Recent of Tropical America. The Veliger 47:294-331. http://www.sidalc.net/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/?IsisScript=OET.xis&method=post&formato=2&cantidad=1&expresion=mfn=029087
Dietl, G. P., G. S. Herbert, and G. J. Vermeij, 2004. Reduced competition and altered feeding behavior among marine snails after a mass extinction. Science 306:2229-2231. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/306/5705/2229.short
Vermeij, G. J., and G. S. Herbert, 2004. Measuring relative abundance in fossil and living assemblages. Paleobiology 30:1-4. http://www.psjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030%3C0001%3AMRAIFA%3E2.0.CO%3B2