NSF-funded research (see link below)

Current target species tracked across landscape, whole-estuary, and regional scales: Red drum Black drum Gulf flounder Gag grouper Bonnethead shark Pacific dog snapper (Galapagos)

Quantifying the nursery role of seagrass, salt marsh and oyster reefs

Focus on North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico

Response of GOM marsh- and seagrass-associated fishes to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Our lab group is caretaking a 50+ year old shark survey in coastal North Carolina.

Restoration as large-scale field manipulations to test ecological theory

NSF-funded research (see link below)

Predator-prey dynamics in an ecosystem-based management context

Exploring the services and potential disservices of shellfish mariculture in North Carolina estuaries.