The Morgan Lab

Andy Chang PhD (2009) - effects of freshwater flow and population connectivity on benthic community dynamics in San Francisco Bay

Jennifer Fisher - molecular quantification of species in plankton samples while testing hypothetical larval transport mechanisms and the extent of population connectivity

GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Julia Coates (co-advised with Kevin Hovel) - Abalone population dynamics and connectivity
• Violet Compton (co-advised with Todd Anderson) - Interaction of pesticide contamination and habitat structure on predation of juvenile fishes
• Sarah Gravem - intraspecific variation in behavioral and physiological traits and how this variation affects individual reproductive output as well as marine intertidal community structure
• Chris Griesemer (co-advised with Rick Grosberg) - ecology and evolution of species range limits
• Seth Miller - Natural elemental tags are being developed and field-tested for the European green crab and porcelain crab to determine the connectivity of populations while also determining endogenous rhythms of vertical migration regulating larval transport
• Sarah Olverson - impact of climate change on rocky shore communities
• Sarah Wheeler (co-advised with Todd Anderson) - recruitment of temperate reef fishes

VOLUNTEER RESEARCHERS

• Whalen Dillon - trait-mediated indirect interactions
• Patty Fata - morphological plasticity
• Olivia Turnross - trait-mediated indirect interactions in rocky shore communities

Steven Morgan, Ph.D.