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Graduate Advisor
Dr. Eric Johnson
Research Interests
I am broadly interested in negative pressures affecting ecologically and
economically important fish species. My current research focuses on the
lionfish, a predatory marine invader from the Indo-Pacific, which has invaded
the Caribbean, Western Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico at an unprecedented rate.
Previous studies on the species have been mainly focused in the Caribbean, but
have presented troubling evidence of declines in native species recruitment, competition
with commercially important grouper and snapper species, rapid reproduction and
dispersal, and the attainment of higher densities in their invaded range than
in their native range. I will be studying lionfish in a new ecosystem, Northeast
Florida, and specifically studying growth, population biology, and prey species
consumption in an effort to provide local fisheries managers with current and
accurate data from this biogeographical province.
Education
B. S. Rutgers Unversity, Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources
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