*Larval transport and
larval dispersal
*Settlement,
recruitment and population ecology *Nearshore and coastal
ecology: biological-phyical interactions
Research in our lab
addresses the factors that determine the
distribution and abundance of benthic organisms.
We conduct our research in temperate and
tropical environments, and our research
interests include the following:
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Consequences of environmental heterogeneity,
particularly hydrodynamic phenomena, on
larval behavior, larval transport, larval
dispersal, settlement, recruitment and
population dynamics
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Population ecology
of nearshore benthic species
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Consequences of physical
heterogeneities, particularly hydrodynamic
processes and small-scale temperature
variability, on the distribution of
benthic and large pelagic species
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Geographic and
vertical ranges of benthic marine
invertebrates, and bathymetric patterns of
species diversity
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Population ecology |
Larval transport by internal bores and waves |
Bathymetric ranges and depth patterns in species
diversity |
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Settlement and recruitment |
Behavior and distribution (barnacle animations
here...) |
Regional patterns in reproduction and settlement |
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Plankton distribution in internal waves and bores |
Population ecology and larval transport in
mangrove lagoons |
Temperature variability in
Red Sea coral reefs |
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Ecology and
oceanography of banks |
Habitat and distribution of American lobster
postlarvae |
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Jesús Pineda
Senior Scientist
Biology Department MS 50
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
(508) 289 2274 voice, (508) 457 213 fax
j(pined)a@whoi.@e(d)u |
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