My research explores how climate change influences the structure and function of marine ecosystems. I integrate across several sub-disciplines of ecology (ecophysiology / community ecology / global change biology) to examine the effects of anthropogenic pressures on coastal habitats over multiple spatial scales. With an emphasis on seagrasses and coral reefs, my lab uses laboratory and field techniques to understand how foundational species respond to stressors such ocean acidification, ocean warming, fragmentation and altered food web dynamics.

Active projects:
(1) FISHSCAPE Project (Fish In Seagrass Habitats: Seascape Connectivity  Across Protected Ecosystems).
(2) Testing variation in stress tolerance and restoration potential of Florida  seagrass subpopulations
(3) Detection and monitoring of the invasive seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, in Biscayne Bay, Florida