Our research aims to understand 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.

Active Programs

• Autonomous Systems Laboratory (AUVs and ROVs)
• Benthic Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Ecosystem Modeling
• Linking Benthic Community Structure and Ecosystem Function
• Marine Biodiversity
• Menhaden Research
• Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research, Antarctic Peninsula (PAL-LTER)
• Phytoplankton Ecology
• Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
• Zooplankton Ecology

Archived Programs

• Ecology of Solitary and Colonial Antarctic phaeocystis (ESCAP)
• Controls on Ross Sea Algal Community Structure (CORSACS)
• Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica (IVARS)