Research Programs
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
- Biogeochemical Circulation Ocean Modeling
- Coastal Systems Ecology and Modeling Program
- Community Ecology
- Environmental Statistics and Transdisciplinary Data Science (ESTDatS)
- Marine Physiological Ecology
- Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research, Antarctic Peninsula (PAL-LTER)
- Phytoplankton Ecology
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Systems Ecology & Modeling Program
- Zooplankton Ecology
Legacy Programs
- Benthic Ecology
- Controls on Ross Sea Algal Community Structure (CORSACS)
- Ecology of Solitary and Colonial Antarctic phaeocystis (ESCAP)
- Interannual Variations in the Ross Sea, Antarctica (IVARS)
- Linking Benthic Community Structure and Ecosystem Function