Dr. Linda D'Anna
PhD, Ecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
BS, Biological Sciences, Cornell University, 1997
Research
Areas of Interest: Coastal social-ecological systems; human dimensions research; ecosystem services; community resilience; coastal sustainability; mixed-methods research
Dr. D'Anna is an ecologist whose work brings natural and social science together to study coastal and estuarine systems. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods to understand how cultural and social factors shape environmental decisions, community well-being, and resilience.
Her research at the Coastal Studies Institute examines the benefits people receive from coastal ecosystems, perceptions of marine energy and aquaculture, and the connections among coastal change, communities, and management decisions.
Current Projects
Characterizing Nature's Benefits: Contributions of Albemarle-Pamlico Coastal Ecosystems to Human and Community Well-being in Northeastern North Carolina, with The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina.
Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds Region Ecosystem Services Framework, with The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina.
Perceptions of Gulf Stream Current Energy off the Coast of North Carolina.
Gulf Stream off North Carolina Research Cooperative: Research Catalog.
Publications
Murray, G.D., D'Anna, L.M., and MacDonald, P. (2016). Measuring what we value: The utility of mixed method approaches for incorporating values into marine social-ecological system management. Marine Policy, 73, 61-68.
D'Anna, L.M., and Murray, G.D. (2015). Seeing shellfish from the seashore: The importance of values and place in perceptions of aquaculture and marine social-ecological system interactions. Marine Policy, 62, 125-133.
D'Anna, L.M. (2015). Concern is in the eye of the stakeholder: Heterogeneous assessments of the threats to oyster survival and restoration in North Carolina. Society and Natural Resources, 29, 131-147.
D'Anna, L.M., and Murray, G.D. (2015). Community perceptions of shellfish aquaculture and implications for the social well-being of marine social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, 20(1), 57.
Peterson, C.H., Bishop, M.J., D'Anna, L.M., and Johnson, G.A. (2014). Multi-year persistence of beach habitat degradation from nourishment using coarse shelly sediments. Science of the Total Environment, 487, 481-492.
Peterson, C.H., Bishop, M.J., Johnson, G.A., D'Anna, L.M., and Manning, L.M. (2006). Exploiting beach filling as an unaffordable experiment: Benthic intertidal impacts propagating upwards to shorebirds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 338, 205-221.