I study the effects of disturbance and management on ecological communities and biodiversity. My main goal is to contribute in the development of strategies for recovering degraded ecosystems and their associated biodiversity. 

I completed my Ph.D. on Resource Management and Environmental Studies, under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Vincent.  For my Ph.D. research, I investigated the ecological responses of reef communities to no-take marine reserves. Specifically, I focused on (1) the magnitudes and rates of community recovery, (2) the patterns of biodiversity changes, and (3) the shifts in species dominance and population co-variations within marine reserves on Danajon Double Barrier Reefs in the central Philippines. This research was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the International Development Research Centre of Canada. 

My Posdoctoral research deals with (1) global fishing effort and impacts, and (2) the causes and consequences of superabundant species.

Publications:

Molloy, P.P., Anticamara, J.A., Rist, J.L., and Vincent, A.C.J. (2010) Frugal conservation: what does it take to detect changes in fish populations? Biological Conservation (doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.020).

Anticamara, J.A., Zeller, D., and Vincent A.C.J. (2010)  Spatial and temporal variation of abundance, biomass and diversity within marine reserves in the Philippines. Diversity and Distributions 16(4): 529-536. (doi:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00661.x).

Anticamara, J.A. (2009) Ecology of recovering degraded reef communities within no-take marine reserves. PhD Dissertation. https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/7916

Samoilys, M.A., Martin-Smith, K.M., Giles, B.G., Cabrera, B., Anticamara, J.A., Brunio, E.O., and Vincent, A.C.J. (2007) Effectiveness of five small Philippines' coral reef reserves for fish populations depend on site-specific factors, particularly enforcement history. Biological Conservation 136 (4): 584-601. (doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.003).