{"id":8,"date":"2021-02-05T12:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personal-site.dev\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-09-03T11:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:13:49","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage &#8211; Simple with slider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h4>Our research addresses the factors that determine the distribution and abundance of benthic organisms in temperate and tropical environments.<\/h4>\n<h4>The focus areas include:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Consequences of hydrodynamic processes on larval behavior, larval distribution, transport, dispersal, connectivity, settlement, and recruitment.<\/li>\n<li>Population ecology and population dynamics of benthic species.<\/li>\n<li>Consequences of physical heterogeneity, particularly hydrodynamic processes and small-scale temperature variability, on the distribution of benthic and large pelagic species<\/li>\n<li>Geographic and vertical ranges of benthic marine invertebrates, and bathymetric patterns of species diversity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h5>Jes\u00fas Pineda<br \/>\nSenior Scientist<br \/>\nBiology Department MS 50<br \/>\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\nWoods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA<\/h5>\n<h5>ph: +1 (508) 289 2274<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<img loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2025\/08\/PXL_20210721_164332383.jpg\" alt=\"American Lobster postlarvae\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Lobster larvae in small-scale coastal convergences<\/h2><p>Distribution of lobster larvae and other organisms in small-scale convergences<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/projects\/lobster_postlarvae\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProject page\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<img loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2025\/08\/PXL_20211105_121518892_small_dark.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Barnacle biofouling <\/h2><p>We are currently investigating basic biological and ecological barnacle biofouling processes and testing mitigation measures in oyster farms<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/projects\/biofouling\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProject page \n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<img loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/125\/2025\/08\/IMG_0099.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Coral Bleaching on Red Sea reef-flats<\/h2><p>Corals inhabiting the most extreme thermal habitats are more resistant to bleaching events<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pinedalab\/projects\/corals_reefs\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProject 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The focus areas include: Consequences of hydrodynamic processes on larval behavior, larval distribution, transport, dispersal, connectivity, settlement, and recruitment. Population ecology and population dynamics of benthic species. 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