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Hunter Harter Godfrey

Education:

PhD Degree: Kyoto University (2023-2026)
    -In progress

Masters Degree: Kyoto University (2021-2023)
    -Degree: Masters in Agricultural Science
    -Thesis: Intra-Specific interaction of Gobiid Fishes in relation to Mating and Reef
        Complexity

Undergraduate degree:  University of California, Santa Cruz (2014-2018)
    -Degree: Bachelors of Science, Marine Biology
    -Thesis Project: Variations in Response to Death of a Conspecific in Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus in the Temperate Kelp Forest Ecosystem at Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Bay, California - Co Authored
    -Certifications: AAUS Scientific Diver, NAUI Instructor, NAUI Nitrox Diver.
    -Scuba Slugs: Member (2014-2018), President (2018)

Highschool: Foothill Technology Highschool, Ventura California (2010-2014)
    -Casitas rowing
    -Bioscience Academy, Cohort 8

Publications:

Hunter H. Godfrey and Milton S. Love "Observations of Agonistic Behavior between Two Island Kelpfish, Alloclinus holderi (Lauderbach, 1907) (Labrisomidae), at Anacapa Island, California.," Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences 119(3), 65-67, (17 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.3160/0038-3872-119.3.65

Hunter Harter Godfrey, Yumi Henmi, "Observations of Agonistic Behavior between Two Male Gobies Acentrogobius virgatulus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901), in Maizuru Bay, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan", Journal of Applied Ichthyology, vol. 2023, Article ID 8868453, 5 pages, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8868453 

Oral Presentations:

Intraspecific agonistic behavior of gobiid and blenniid fishes observed in natural conditions. Oral Presentation. Hunter Harter Godfrey, Yumi Henmi, and Reiji Masuda. The Ichthyological Society of Japan 57th Annual Meeting, September 2023. Nagasaki, Japan. Peer reviewed.

California Kelp Forests and the Urchin Swarm. Oral Presentation. Hunter Godfrey. Live Translation by Shoju Shi. Wakasa Bay Naturalists Club Meeting, June 2022. Maizuru, Japan.

 

Poster Presentations:

Nesting site preferences of sand dwelling gobies revealed by tailored artificial reefs.
Poster Presentation. Hunter Harter Godfrey, Takeshi Ito, Joshua Ravishankar, and Reiji Masuda. 17th Kuroshio Science International Symposium, November 2024, Kochi, Japan

Artificial reef effectiveness evaluated using visual census and environmental DNA. Poster Presentation. Hunter Harter Godfrey. Kyoto Univeristy SPRING Research exchange, October 2024, Kyoto, Japan. 

Reproductive and Competitive Behaviors in Benthic Species of Fish. Poster Presentation. Hunter Harter Godfrey. Kyoto University Weeks, Maizuru Symposium, October 2022, Maizuru, Japan