Biodiversity in the coastal ocean
My current research project in the coastal ocean is focused on the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem.
I also serve as data manager for the Ocean Observatories Initiative Coastal Pioneer Array, presently deployed in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB).
Current projects
California Current
I am co-PI for a NOAA-funded project "Harmful Algal Bloom Community Technology Accelerator" in collaboration with the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), University of California Santa Cruz, and Axiom Data Science [link to WHOI press release].
Previous projects
Searching for annelids and other fauna living in the sand, amidst cobbles at Woodneck Beach. (Photo by K. Kostel, WHOI)
Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Intertidal invertebrates in Woods Hole
Benthos in Buzzards Bay
Zooplankton in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
Zooplankton near Palmer Station, Antarctica
Benthos in South San Francisco Bay
Funding Agencies
Recent coastal ocean research funding from the National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)