Research Overview
Our lab combines observational, manipulative, and comparative approaches to understand how coastal marine invertebrates respond to environmental change.
We examine the mechanisms underlying variation in morphological, life-history, physiological, and behavioral traits, and how these phenotypic responses shape species and populations' abundance, distribution, and sensitivity to ocean change across space and time.
Our work also explores how trait variation influences the functional roles of marine invertebrates in benthic communities and the ecosystem services they provide, defining their role in coastal resilience.
We examine the mechanisms underlying variation in morphological, life-history, physiological, and behavioral traits, and how these phenotypic responses shape species and populations' abundance, distribution, and sensitivity to ocean change across space and time.
Our work also explores how trait variation influences the functional roles of marine invertebrates in benthic communities and the ecosystem services they provide, defining their role in coastal resilience.
