Nearshore and coastal
ecology, larval ecology, larval transport and
dispersal, population ecology, and large scale
ecology
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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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 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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