Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Research and Professional Interests

My research focuses on understanding the ecological structure and function of estuarine and marine environments. I am specifically interested in the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic stressors, such as eutrophication, habitat alteration, and tropicalization, on ecological communities.

My previous and on-going research projects focus on the habitat associations of benthic communities with multiple co-occurring foundation species, the impacts of expanding tropical herbivores on local seagrasses and fishes, and the role of seagrass and macroalgae detritus in supporting benthic fauna.

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Research Areas & Interests

Estuarine ecology, fisheries ecology, global change ecology, tropicalization, foundation species, community ecology

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