Past Projects

2021

Two voracious herbivores and their species associations in shared microhabitat

Decoration selection of Loxorhynchus crispatus in a central California kelp forest

Modes of Species Distributions in Central California Kelp Forests: A Study of Embiotocidae and Sebastes

Ecological regime shifts caused by overgrazing: analysis of urchin barrens and kelp forests community structure

Counting the stars: Sea star densities 8 years after the onset of sea star wasting disease in a Monterey Bay kelp forest

Defining Species and Habitat Associations in a Central California Colonial Tunicate

Investigating Patterns of Urchin Larval Recruitment by Depth in the California Kelp 

2019

Examining Density, Size, and Depth Associations of Balding Sea Urchins

Analyzing the Methodology used to Survey Fish in Kelp

Predicting abiotic habitat associations for two species of cup corals, Balanophyllia elegans and Paracyathus stearnsii

Can crabs be counted (on)? Implications of C. productus and C. antennarius distributions in kelp forests and urchin barrens on kelp forest resilience

Tegula spp. Indirectly Stabilize Macrocystis pyrifera Kelp Forest Systems by Increasing Drift Kelp

2017

Recruitment and habitat association of Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus in temperate kelp forest and barren habitats

Habitat associations of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus in Central Californian kelp forests

Variations in response to death of a conspecific in Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus in the temperate kelp forest ecosystem at Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Bay, California

Behavioral response of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus to predators and food availability in a Central California kelp forest at Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA

2015

Spider Crabitat in the Kelp Forest: A Temporal Comparison of Microhabitat Partitioning of Spider Crabs

Changes in benthic invertebrate and macroalgae species abundance in relation to increasing sea surface temperature from 1999 to 2015 at Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California

Watanabe Revisited: Spatial distributions of Tegula within the Kelp Forest

Characterization of Species Distribution by Light Intensity and Water Flow within the Hopkins Marine Station Kelp Forest

Crypsis of Loxorhynchus crispatus: A study of crypsis in the kelp forests of California

Study on the Effects of Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Kelp Forest Community of Hopkins Marine Station

How Depth and Waterflow Affect Kelp Growth