Biological Sciences Research Programs

Our research is geared toward understanding the basic driving forces in marine and estuarine systems on local and global scales. Research is often applied to assist managers with real-life environmental problems of local, national, and international significance.

Benthic Ecology

Community Ecology

Ecosystem Modeling

Marine Biodiversity

IVARS - Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea

CORSACS - Controls on Ross Sea Algal Community Structure

Linking Benthic Community Structure and Ecosystem Function

Menhaden project: Atlantic menhaden abundance, recruitment, migration, filtration, and predator-prey dynamics.

Palmer LTER:Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research, Antarctic Peninsula.

Phaeocystis antarctica - Environmental and Ecological Regulation of Differences and Interactions between Solitary and Colonial forms.

Phytoplankton Ecology

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Bay grasses (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva Peninsula coastal bays.

Zooplankton Ecology