Susan Williams, Ph.D.

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Emily Jones, Staff Research Associate

707-875-1947
emjones@ucdavis.edu

Education:

M.S. 2007 Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island
B.S. 2004 Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis

Interests:

Marine community ecology, facilitation, positive interactions, algal-herbivore interactions, community structure, geographic variation, causes and consequences of biodiversity

Current Research: 

I am currently working as a Staff Research Associate with Matt Bracken and Susan Williams on an NSF-funded project evaluating the feedbacks between algal diversity and marine ecosystem functioning. This work involves maintaining field manipulations of herbivores, nutrient levels, and shade to examine their effects on algal diversity, as well as conducting algal nutrient uptake rates in laboratory chambers to better understand how non-random changes in algal diversity affect ecosystem functions.

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PUBLICATIONS

Thornber, C.S., Jones, E., and Stachowicz, J.J. 2008. Herbivore preference and algal palatability across a vertical intertidal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 363: 51-62

Jones, E. 2007. Impacts of habitat-modifying invasive macroalgae on epiphytic algal communities. MS Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 54 p.

Jones, E. and C.S. Thornber. Impacts of habitat-modifying invasive macroalgae on epiphytic algal communities. In revision.

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