Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
17 Biological Lane
St. George's GE 01
Bermuda
Tel: 441-297-1880 ext. 260
Fax: 441-297-8143
E-mail: jwood@bios.edu



Specialization:
Cephalopod life history, behavior and physiology

Profile:
Dr. Wood is interested in population dynamics, ecology, ethology and physiology of cephalopods; coral reef biodiversity; bioinformatics; camouflage in 3-dimensional space; coral reef ecosystems; tropical marine invertebrate zoology; the use of digital photography in science; and the effect of enrichment on invertebrates. Dr. Wood has adjunct faculty status at Duke University, where many of his Marine Invertebrate Zoology students are from. He teaches four classes a year at BIOS and is also active in E&O projects, especially those that use the Internet to bridge the gap between scientists and educators. Dr. Wood is director of invertebrates and a founding member of MarineBio.org.

Current Research:

• The effect of body size and temperature on the growth rates of Caribbean Reef Squid
• Camouflage in octopuses
• Communication in Caribbean Reef Squid
• Diet and ecology of the Common Octopus

Educational Background:

• B.Sc. Zoology (hons.), University of Florida, 1994
• Ph.D. Biology, Dalhousie University, 2000

Selected Publications: 

• Zeeh, KM and JB Wood (In review)
  Impact of Visible Implant Elastomer Tags on Growth Rates of Captive Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea). Fisheries Research.
• Wood, JB and S de Putron (In review)
  New recruits of two Caribbean brooding corals: Favia fragum and Porites asteroides. Coral Reefs.
• Replinger, SE and JB Wood (2007)
  A preliminary investigation of the use of subcutaneous tagging in Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae). Fisheries Research, 84:308-313.