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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Human Biology for non-majors, Introduction to Biology I and II for majors, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Marine Biology, Ichthyology, Senior Projects, Genetics (in the past).
Research areas
Coral and coral reef fish communities of the UAE, artificial reefs and ecoengineering, predator /prey / habitat complexity relations, environmental management systems , Tenebrionid beetle ecology and behavior, UAE coastal plant communities
Education
PhD, Marine Science / Ecology, College of William and Mary, United States, 2001
BS, Biology / Marine Science, University of Miami, United States, 1994
Professional experience
Biology Professor, Biology, Chemistry And Environmental Science, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2002 - Present
Post-doctoral Researcher, National Marine Fisheries Service, Florida, United States, 2001 - 2002
Contact
+971 6 515 2416
Dr. Aaron Bartholomew
Professor
PhD, College of William and Mary, United States
I graduated from Ithaca High School, Ithaca NY in 1991 with honors. I graduated with a BSc. dual degree in Marine Science and Biology, with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Miami in 1994. I graduated from the University of Miami cum laude with general honors and a 3.99 / 4 GPA. I graduated with a PhD. degree in Marine Science (specializing in Marine Ecology) from the College of William and Mary (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) in 2001 with a 3.94 / 4 GPA. I joined the National Marine Fisheries Service, Miami FL as a post-doc in 2001. I joined AUS in 2002.
Publications
Marie-france Waxin, Aaron Bartholomew, Fang Zhao And Ayesha Siddiqi. Drivers, Challenges and Outcomes of Environmental Management System Implementation in Public Sector Organizations: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence, Sustainability, 28 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
John Burt, Louise Firth And Aaron Bartholomew. Artificial Reefs in the Arabian Gulf: Benefits, Challenges and Recommendations for Policy-Makers, Regional Studies In Marine Science, November 2022
Paloma Leandro, Sandra Knuteson And Aaron Bartholomew. The vegetation of the United Arab Emirates Gulf coast: Description and analysis, Journal Of Coastal Research, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2022
Marie-france Waxin, Aaron Bartholomew, Fang Zhao, Sandra Knuteson And Areej Makda. Environmental Management Systems in Public Sector
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew And Louise Firth. Policy and Management Considerations for Artificial Reefs in the Arabian Gulf, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Omar Ismail And Aaron Bartholomew. Increased preference of darkling beetles Akis subtricostata Redtenbacher, 1850 and Trachyderma philistina Reiche and Saulcy, 1857 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) for vegetation with increasing temperature, Bulletin Of The Iraq Natural History Museum, 24 June 2020
Marie-france Waxin, Sandra Knuteson And Aaron Bartholomew. Outcomes and key factors of success for ISO 14001 certification: evidence from an emerging Arab Gulf country, Sustainability, 28 December 2019
Benjamin Titus, Aaron Bartholomew And 12 Other Authors. Phylogenetic relationships among the clownfish-hosting sea anenomes, Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
John Burt And Aaron Bartholomew. Towards more sustainable coastal development in the Arabian Gulf: Opportunities for ecological engineering in an urbanized seascape, Marine Pollution Bulletin, May 2019
Marie-france Waxin, Sandra Knuteson And Aaron Bartholomew. Drivers and challenges for implementing ISO 14001 environmental management systems in an emerging Gulf Arab country, Environmental Management, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019
Aaron Bartholomew And Jeanine Moughrabi. Seasonal preference of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) for shrub vegetation due to high temperatures, not predation or food availability, Journal Of Arid Environments, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018
Aaron Bartholomew, Shirin Hafezi And Solmaz Karimi. Effects of habitat complexity on the abundance, species richness and size of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) in artificial vegetation, Journal Of Arid Environments, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016
Aaron Bartholomew And John Burt. Both decreasing interstructural space size and increasing total cover increase shrimp abundance on artificial structures deployed in a UAE seagrass bed, Marine And Freshwater Behaviour And Physiology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
David Feary, John Burt, Andrew Bauman, Al Hazeem, Shaker, Mohamed Abdel-moati, Khalifa Al-khalifa, Donald Anderson, Carl Amos, Andrew Baker, Aaron Bartholomew, Rita Bento, Georgenes Cavalcante Segundo, Chaolun Chen, Steve Coles, Koosha Dab, Ashley Fowler, David George, Edwin Grandcourt, Ross Hill, David John, David Jones, Shashank Keshavmurthy, Huda Mahmoud, Tapeh, Mandi Moradi Och, Pargol Mostafavi, Humood Naser, Michel Pichon, Sam Purkis, Bernhard Riegl, Kaveh Samimi-namin, Charles Sheppard, Jahangir Samiei, Christian Voolstra And Joerg Wiedenmann. Critical research needs for ...
D Feary, J Burt, Aaron Bartholomew And Thirty Additional Authors. Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew, David Feary, B Riegl And S Purkis. Man-made structures as artificial reefs in the Gulf, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012
Aaron Bartholomew. Space size relative to prey width and total cover in an area both influence the habitat choices of freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare in mesocosms, Marine And Freshwater Behaviour And Physiology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012
David Feary, John Burt And Aaron Bartholomew. Artificial marine habitats in the Gulf: review of current use, benefits and management implications,, Ocean And Coastal Management, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew And Peter Sale. Benthic development on large-scale artificial reefs: a comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs, Ecological Engineering, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011
Aaron Bartholomew And Karim Ebeid. Habitat complexity influences the microhabitat choices of desert beetles, Israel Journal Of Ecology And Evolution, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew, Paolo Usseglio, Andrew Bauman And Peter Sale. Are artificial reefs surrogates of natural habitats for corals and fish in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?, Coral Reefs, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2009
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew, Andrew Bauman, Abdulla Saif And Peter Sale. Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters, Journal Of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2009
Aaron Bartholomew, J Bohnsack, S Smith, J Ault, D Harper And D Mcclelland. Influence of reserve size and boundary length on the initial response of exploited reef fishes in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, USA, Landscape Ecology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008
John Burt, Aaron Bartholomew And Paolo Usseglio. Recovery of corals a decade after a bleaching event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Marine Biology, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008
Aaron Bartholomew And Roland Shine. Space size relative to prey width (Sp/Py) influences macrofaunal colonization of artificial structures, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008
Aaron Bartholomew And J Bohnsack. A review of catch-and-release angling mortality with implications for no-take reserves, Reviews In Fish Biology And Fisheries, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2005
Aaron Bartholomew. Key to the polychaetes of Chesapeake Bay and coastal Virginia, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2004
Aaron Bartholomew. Faunal colonization of artificial seagrass plots: The importance of surface area versus space size relative to body size, Estuaries And Coasts, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2002
Aaron Bartholomew. Total cover and cover quality: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2002
Kevin Hovel, Aaron Bartholomew And Rom Lipcius. Rapidly entrainable tidal vertical migrations in the salt marsh snail Littoraria irrorata, Estuaries And Coasts, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2001
Robert Orth, Matthew Harwell, Aaron Bartholomew And Six Additional Authors. A review of issues in seagrass seed dormancy and germination: Implications for conservation and restoration, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2000
Aaron Bartholomew, Robert Diaz And Giancarlo Cicchetti. New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2000
Conference Presentations
DRIVERS, CHALLENGES AND OUTCOMES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, 42nd Ebes Conference - Lisbon, 2023, 12 January 2023
Education and Environment in the Gulf, The Gulf Environment Conference, January 2020
Commercial Fishes in Sir Bu Nair Island, UAE. Preliminary Results., Arabian Coral Reefs Conference, 2019
Increasing temperature leads to increased preference of darkling beetles Akis subtricostata and Trachyderma philistina for vegetation, Entomological Society Of America, November 2019
Seasonal preference of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) for shrub vegetation due to high temperatures, not predation or food availability, Entomological Society Of America, November 2018
Corals in the Gulf, March 2018
Dimensionless indices of habitat complexity: 20 years of results, Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2018
Habitat complexity affects darkling beetle abundance, species richness and size, International Society For Behavioral Ecology, 2016
Both decreasing interstructural space size and increasing total cover increase shrimp abundance on artificial structures deployed in a seagrass bed, Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2014
Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: Review of current use, benefits and management implications, Coral Reefs Of The Gulf Conference, 2012
Science and religion: Creation, Evolution and being in science, the Quran and the Bible, 2012
Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: Review of current use, benefits and management implications, 2011
Space-size relative to prey width (Sp/Py) and total cover in an area (Ct/At) influence the habitat choices of freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare in the laboratory, Ecological Society Of America Meeting, 2011
Are artificial reefs surrogates of natural reefs in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?, Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2010
Space size relative to prey width (Sp/Py) influences faunal colonization patterns of artificial structures, Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2007
Dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, 2006
Dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, 2006
A review of catch-and-release mortality and implications for no-take marine reserves, American Fisheries Society Meeting, 2005
Recovery of exploited fish species in Florida Keys "no-take" reserves; do reserve size and placement matter?, 2005
Dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, 2002
Recovery of exploited fish species in Florida Keys "no-take" marine sanctuaries: the importance of sanctuary size, American Fisheries Society Meeting, 2002
Factors affecting the colonization of artificial seagrass plots: The importance of habitat structure and water flow speed, Epa Star Fellowship Conference, 2000
New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, Benthic Ecology Meeting, 1999
New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity: Predicted and actual effects on a predator's foraging success, Epa Star Fellowship Conference, 1999
New dimensionless indices of structural habitat complexity, Benthic Ecology Meeting, 1998
The relative importance of nutrient loading vs. grazing to macroalgae in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, 1994
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, The importance of hydrodynamic variability in maintaining Sharjah’s diverse coral reefs, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023
Grant, AUS student travel grant, AUS, April 2019 - April 2019
Grant, AUS travel grant, AUS, November 2018 - November 2018
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, April 2018 - April 2018
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2016 - 2016
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2014 - 2014
Grant, Travel Grant, NYU Abu Dhabi, 2012 - 2012
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2011 - 2011
Grant, Sabbatical Leave, one semester with full pay, AUS, 2011 - 2011
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2010 - 2010
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2007 - 2007
Grant, AUS Travel Grant, AUS, 2005 - 2005
