Nearshore and coastal ecology, larval ecology,
larval transport and dispersal, population
ecology, and large scale
ecology
We are interested
in understanding the factors that determine the
distribution and abundance of benthic organisms.
We conduct our research in temperate and
tropical environments. Our research
interests include
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Effects 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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Effects of
hydrodynamic heterogeneities, particularly
internal bores and internal tides 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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