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Stace E. Beaulieu, Ph.D.

Senior Research Specialist
Biology Department

Data Team Member, Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN)

Coordinator, WHOI Ocean Informatics Working Group

 

Biodiversity for a healthy ocean

The theme “Biodiversity for a healthy ocean” captures the spirit of my work. I am a biological oceanographer who studies the distribution and abundance of life in the ocean and on the seafloor. My technical expertise can be characterized as implementing FAIR data – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable - for the ocean sciences. Browse the Projects tab for my research in the deep ocean, coastal ocean, and ocean informatics. Browse the Education & Outreach tab for my teaching, mentoring, and public outreach.

Latest Publications

Beaulieu, S.E., L.M. Smith, and K. Stocks (2025) Deep ocean early-career researchers dive into data management training. Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.110.

Beaulieu, S., Meneses, M., Best, A., Dykman, L., Mills, S., Wu, J., Mullineaux, L. (2024) Megafauna counts by taxon in images collected during three surveys (December 25, 2019, April 7 and 9, 2021) with deep-submergence vehicles at inactive sulfide mounds on the East Pacific Rise. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2024-07-05 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.932975.1

• Meneses, M. J., Beaulieu, S. E., Best, A. C., Dykman, L. N., Mills, S. W., Wu, J.-N., & Mullineaux, L. S. (2024). Vertical distributions of megafauna on inactive vent sulfide features correspond to their feeding modes. Marine Environmental Research, 200, 106649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106649

Beaulieu, Stace E., Stocks, Karen, Smith, Leslie M. (2024) FAIR Data Training for Deep Ocean Early Career Researchers: Syllabus and slide presentations. Woods Hole Open Access Server. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/67631

• Chen, Chong; Li, Yunlong; Sun, Jin; Beaulieu, Stace E.; Mullineaux, Lauren S. (2024) Two new melanodrymiid snails from the East Pacific Rise indicate the potential role of inactive vents as evolutionary stepping-stones. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22(1): 2294014. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2023.2294014

• Fleming BFM, Beaulieu SE, Mills SW, Gaggiotti OE, Mullineaux LS (2024) Ecological connectivity in Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent metacommunities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 731: 267-278. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14182

Beaulieu, Stace E., Mills, Susan W., Fleming, Bethany F. M., Angier, Sabine, Toner, Mary, Mullineaux, Lauren S., 2023-01-13, "Macrofauna and larvae collected at the Auka hydrothermal vent field in Pescadero Basin in 2017", Woods Hole Open Access Server, DOI:10.26025/1912/29613, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/29613

• Stocks, Karen, Stace Beaulieu, Carolina Berys-Gonzalez, Mathew Biddle, Allison Mills, Sarah O'Connor, Leslie M. Smith, Michael Vardaro, Dawn J. Wright (2023) Easy Resources for Managing Your Ocean Data. ESIP. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21766709.v1

Beaulieu, S., Mills, S., Mullineaux, L. (2022) Larvae collected near Mariana Back-Arc hydrothermal vents in 2010. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-08-05. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.877284.1

• Smith, Leslie M.; Cimoli, Laura; LaScala-Gruenewald, Diana; Pachiadaki, Maria; Beaulieu, Stace E.; et al. (2022) The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy: Addressing Global Challenges in the Deep Sea Through Collaboration. Marine Technology Society Journal, 56, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.56.3.11

• Benson, Abigail; LaScala-Gruenewald, Diana; McGuinn, Robert; Satterthwaite, Erin; Beaulieu, Stace; Biddle, Mathew; et al. (2021): Biological Observation Data Standardization - A Primer for Data Managers. ESIP. Online resource. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16806712.v1

• Neeley, Aimee, Beaulieu, Stace E., Proctor, Chris, Cetinić, Ivona, Futrelle, Joe, Soto Ramos, Inia, Sosik, Heidi M., Devred, Emmanuel, Karp-Boss, Lee, Picheral, Marc, Poulton, Nicole, Roesler, Collin S., Shepherd, Adam, "Standards and practices for reporting plankton and other particle observations from images", 2021-07-26, DOI:10.1575/1912/27377, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/27377

• Carrier T.J., Beaulieu S.E., Mills S.W., Mullineaux L.S., and Reitzel A.M. (2021) Larvae of Deep-Sea Invertebrates Harbor Low-Diversity Bacterial Communities. The Biological Bulletin, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715669

• Dykman L.N., Beaulieu S.E., Mills S.W., Solow A.R., and Mullineaux L.M. (2021) Functional traits provide new insight into recovery and succession at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3418

 

Contact:

Work: 508-289-3536
stace@whoi.edu
Building: Redfield 1-12

Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road
Mail Stop #34
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543