I have been at CBL, where I am now a professor, since 1994. My research focuses on the processes and forces that regulate recruitment and population dynamics in aquatic organisms. Much of this work has focused on the ecology of fish during their early life stages. In this area I have conducted research on those characteristics of individual larvae that appear to promote survival. The role of biological and physical interactions during early life history has been a particular area of focus. However, more recently, my research interests have broadened to include the ecology of blue crabs, elasmobranchs, multispecies interactions and ecotoxicology. In my research on the ecology of blue crabs I seek to understand how spatial processes interact to regulate their population dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is also the stage on which my research into the potential for and challenges of multispecies management is conducted. Finally and most recently, I have begun to apply classical ecological models of population dynamics to understand the population level consequences of contaminant exposure.

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The QUAntitative Fisheries Ecology Lab (QUAFEL) conducts research on a range of basic and applied questions relating to the ecology and management of our natural resources.

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