Clark E. Sherman, PhD

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Professor: Geological Oceanography
PhD – University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000

Department of Marine Sciences 
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
PO Box 9000
Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000 

Tel. (787) 899-2048 ext. 250
Fax: (787) 899-2630
Email: clark.sherman@upr.edu
Office: Magueyes Marine Laboratories
Link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-7900
Scopus Author ID: 7102320055

Download: Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., 2000, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Professional and Academic Positions

  • Professor of Geological Oceanography, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2005 to Present

Research Interests

  • Late Quaternary reef accretion and sea-level history
  • Geology and geomorphology of mesophotic coral ecosystems
  • Sedimentary dynamics in coral reef systems
  • Coastal geology and geomorphology

Current Active Projects

  • Accretion of mesophotic reefs, southwest Puerto Rico
  • Sources and patterns of sedimentation at nearshore reefs adjacent to the Guanica watershed, southwest Puerto Rico
  • Late Holocene coastal dynamics, southwest Puerto Rico

Courses

  • CMOG 6616 – Geological Oceanography
  • CMOG 8606 – Coastal Geomorphology
  • CMOG 8618 – Marine Geology of the Caribbean
  • CMOG 8675 – Advanced Geological Oceanography
  • CMOG 8706 – Structure of Coral Reefs
  • CMOG 8717 – Special Problems in Marine Geology

Students (Program)

  • Elvin Cordero (PhD)
  • Martín Hanzlik Valentín (PhD)
  • Lauryn N. Martínez (MS)

Publications

2023

Sherman, C.E., Carlo, M., Tuohy, E. and Adey, W.H., 2023. Styles and rates of mesophotic reef accretion on a Caribbean insular slope. Coral Reefs, 42(5): 1025-1044.

2021

Cheriton, O.M., Storlazzi, C.D., Rosenberger, K.J., Sherman, C.E. and Schmidt, W.E., 2021. Rapid observations of ocean dynamics and stratification along a steep island coast during Hurricane María. Science Advances, 7(20): eabf1552.

Pestle, W.J., Laguer-Díaz, C., Schneider, M.J., Carden, M., Sherman, C.E. and Koski-Karell, D., 2021. Shellfish Collection Practices of the First Inhabitants of Southwestern Puerto Rico: The Effects of Site Type and Paleoenvironment on Habitat Choice. Latin American Antiquity: 1-8.

Takesue, R.K., Sherman, C., Ramirez, N.I., Reyes, A.O., Cheriton, O.M., Ríos, R.V. and Storlazzi, C.D., 2021. Land-based sediment sources and transport to southwest Puerto Rico coral reefs after Hurricane Maria, May 2017 to June 2018. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 259: 107476.

2019

Appeldoorn, R.S., Alfaro, M., Ballantine, D.L., Bejarano, I., Ruíz, H.J., Schizas, N.V., Schmidt, W.E., Sherman, C.E. and Weil, E., 2019. Puerto Rico. In: Y. Loya, K.A. Puglise and T.C.L. Bridge (Editors), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 111-129.

Cheriton, O.M., Storlazzi, C.D., Rosenberger, K.J. and Sherman, C., 2019. Controls on sediment transport over coral reefs off southwest Puerto Rico: seasonal patterns and Hurricane Maria. Coastal Sediments 2019: 903-915.

Sherman, C.E., Locker, S.D., Webster, J.M. and Weinstein, D.K., 2019. Geology and Geomorphology. In: Y. Loya, K.A. Puglise and T.C.L. Bridge (Editors), Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 849-878.

2016

Appeldoorn, R., Ballantine, D., Bejarano, I., Carlo, M., Nemeth, M., Otero, E., Pagan, F., Ruiz, H., Schizas, N., Sherman, C. and Weil, E., 2016a. Mesophotic coral ecosystems under anthropogenic stress: a case study at Ponce, Puerto Rico. Coral Reefs, 35(1): 63-75.

Appeldoorn, R.S., Ballantine, D., Bejarano, I., Ruiz, H., Schizas, N., Schmidt, W., Sherman, C. and Weil, E., 2016b. Mesophotic coral ecosystems examined – La Parguera, Puerto Rico, USA. In: E.K. Baker, K.A. Puglise and P.T. Harris (Editors), Mesophotic coral ecosystems – A lifeboat for coral reefs? The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, pp. 45-49.

Baker, E., Puglise, K.A., Colin, P., Harris, P.T., Kahng, S.E., Rooney, J.J., Sherman, C., Slattery, M. and Spalding, H., 2016. What are mesophotic coral ecosystems? In: E.K. Baker, K.A. Puglise and P.T. Harris (Editors), Mesophotic coral ecosystems – A lifeboat for coral reefs? The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi and Arendal, pp. 11-19.

Sherman, C., Schmidt, W., Appeldoorn, R., Hutchinson, Y., Ruiz, H., Nemeth, M., Bejarano, I., Cruz Motta, J.J. and Xu, H., 2016. Sediment dynamics and their potential influence on insular-slope mesophotic coral ecosystems. Continental Shelf Research, 129: 1-9.

2014

Sherman, C.E., Fletcher, C.H., Rubin, K.H., Simmons, K.R. and Adey, W.H., 2014. Sea-level and reef accretion history of Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 7 and late Stage 5 based on age and facies of submerged late Pleistocene reefs, Oahu, Hawaii. Quaternary Research, 81(1): 138-150.

2013

Sherman, C., Appeldoorn, R., Ballantine, D., Bejarano, I., Carlo, M., Kesling, D., Nemeth, M., Pagan, F., Ruiz, H., Schizas, N. and Weil, E., 2013a. Exploring the mesophotic zone: diving operations and scientific highlights of three research cruises across Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. In: M.A. Lang and M.D.J. Sayer (Editors), Proceedings of the 2013 AAUS/ESDP Curaçao Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Dauphin Island, AL, pp. 297-312.

Sherman, C., Hernandez, R., Hutchinson, Y. and Whitall, D., 2013b. Terrigenous sedimentation patterns at reefs adjacent to the Guánica Bay Watershed. In: D. Whitall, L.J. Bauer, C. Sherman, K. Edwards, A. Mason, T. Pait and C. Caldow (Editors), Baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico in support of watershed restoration. Prepared by the NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring, MD, pp. 103-112.

Whitall, D., Bauer, L.J., Sherman, C., Edwards, K., Mason, A., Pait, T. and Caldow, C., 2013. Baseline assessment of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico in support of watershed restoration, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 176. Prepared by the NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring, MD, 169 pp.

2010

Locker, S., Armstrong, R., Battista, T., Rooney, J., Sherman, C. and Zawada, D., 2010. Geomorphology of mesophotic coral ecosystems: current perspectives on morphology, distribution, and mapping strategies. Coral Reefs, 29(2): 329-345.

Sherman, C., Nemeth, M., Ruíz, H., Bejarano, I., Appeldoorn, R., Pagán, F., Schärer, M. and Weil, E., 2010. Geomorphology and benthic cover of mesophotic coral ecosystems of the upper insular slope of southwest Puerto Rico. Coral Reefs, 29(2): 347-360.

2009

Cuevas, D.N., Sherman, C.E., Ramirez, W.R. and Hubbard, D.K., 2009. Coral growth rates from the Holocene Canada Honda fossil reef, southwestern Dominican Republic: comparisons with modern counterparts in high sedimentation settings. Caribbean Journal of Science, 45(1): 94-109.

Hernandez, R., Sherman, C., Weil, E. and Yoshioka, P., 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns in reef sediment accumulation and composition, southwestern insular shelf of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science, 45(2-3): 138-150.

Sherman, C., Appeldoorn, R., Carlo, M., Nemeth, M., Ruiz, H. and Bejarano, I., 2009. Use of technical diving to study deep reef environments in Puerto Rico. In: N.W. Pollock (Editor), American Academy of Underwater Sciences 28th Scientific Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, pp. 58-65.

2008

Ballantine, D.L., Appeldoorn, R.S., Yoshioka, P., Weil, E., Armstrong, R., Garcia, J.R., Otero, E., Pagan, F., Sherman, C., Hernandez-Delgado, E.A., Bruckner, A. and Lilyestrom, C., 2008. Biology and Ecology of Puerto Rican Coral Reefs. In: B. Riegl and R.E. Dodge (Editors), Coral Reefs of the USA. Springer, pp. 375-406.

Cuevas, D.N., Sherman, C.E., Ramirez, W.R. and Hubbard, D.K., 2008. Environmental factors controlling community structure, morphology and linear extension of mid-Holocene reef corals from Canada Honda, Southwestern Dominican Republic. In: B.M. Riegl and R.E. Dodge (Editors), 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdal, Florida, USA, pp. 21-25.

Fletcher, C.H., Bochicchio, C., Conger, C.L., Engels, M.S., Feirstein, E.J., Frazer, N., Glenn, C.R., Grigg, R.W., Grossman, E.E., Harney, J.N., Isoun, E., Murray-Wallace, C.V., Rooney, J.J., Rubin, K.H., Sherman, C.E. and Vitousek, S., 2008. Geology of Hawaii Reefs. In: B. Riegl and R.E. Dodge (Editors), Coral Reefs of the USA. Springer, pp. 435-488.

Hubbard, D.K., Burke, R.B., Gill, I.P., Ramirez, W.R. and Sherman, C.E., 2008. Coral-reef geology: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. In: B.M. Riegl and R.E. Dodge (Editors), Coral Reefs of the USA. Springer, pp. 263-302.

Pre-2005

Rubin, K.H., Fletcher, C.H., III and Sherman, C.E., 2000. Fossiliferous Lana’i deposts formed by multiple events rather than a single giant tsunami. Nature, 408: 675-681.

Sherman, C.E., Fletcher, C.H., III and Rubin, K.H., 1999. Marine and meteoric diagenesis of Pleistocene carbonates from a nearshore submarine terrace, Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 69(5): 1083-1097.

Fletcher, C.H. and Sherman, C.E., 1995. Submerged shorelines on O’ahu, Hawai’i: archive of episodic transgression during the last deglaciation? Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 17: 141-152.

Sherman, C.E., Glenn, C.R., Jones, A.T., Burnett, W.C. and Schwarcz, H.P., 1993. New evidence for two highstands of the sea during the last interglacial, oxygen isotope substage 5e. Geology, 21(12): 1079-1082.

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