Research interests:
- Salt marsh and estuarine ecology
- Wetland and estuarine restoration
- Trophic relationships of marine and estuarine macrofauna
- Ontogenetic shifts in foraging and habitat use patterns
Past projects:
- Abundance and distribution of larval and juvenile salt
marsh fishes in the Sister's Creek marsh system
- Larval and juvenile fishes are collected from the salt marsh surface using pit trap collectors. I am interested in the effects of salt marsh vegetation composition on larval fish abundance
- Study of estuarine habitat use by nekton in the Sister's
Creek marsh system - view
sample organisms found within the estuarine
system
- Quantitative samplers are used to sample nekton at various tidal stages and substrate types
- The role of complexity of oyster reef habitats on juvenile fish abundance and survival within the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- Determine large-scale patterns of abundance for resident salt marsh fishes, based on habitat specific abundances
Student opportunities: student involvement in my research is strongly encouraged - UNF biology majors can earn independent study credits, and student volunteers are welcome. I am happy to mentor students in projects related to marine and freshwater ecology, and fish biology.
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