I joined the Ruesink Lab to pursue a PhD in biology in 2012.
The overarching theme uniting my anticipated dissertation research
is biodiversity in nearshore subtidal and intertidal marine
communities and factors that influence it. All of my field work
takes place at Friday Harbor Labs and I’m an AAUS scientific diver
for the University of Washington. I am conducting research on the
strength of species interactions between Northern Kelp Crabs
(Pugettia producta), numerous species of macroalgae (including bull
kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana), and other species of invertebrates in
the nearshore subtidal to understand what level of top-down control
kelp crabs might exert in this system. I will also be analyzing
historical intertidal algal community data from Cattle Point,
San Juan Island, Washington.
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