Ocean Recoveries Lab
Ocean Recoveries Lab
Biodiversity, assembly, and sustainability

 

How can we recover ocean ecosystems in a dynamic and uncertain future?

 
 
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We study how fishing and climate drive the biodiversity and resilience of kelp forests

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And how coral reef ecosystems resist and recover from habitat destruction

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Our Team

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We are a team of research scientists at UC Santa Barbara dedicated to examining the environmental and biological forces governing the ocean resilience. Using a suite of methods including field experiments, mathematical modeling, and synthesis, we aim to uncover novel insights that help us understand how marine ecosystems will respond to both natural and anthropogenic disturbance.

See our research, people, and publications page for more details on the lab, and our join us page for details on our lab philosophy. 

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Higher Order Interactions
Higher Order Interactions

Symbiont cooperation protects corals under stress

How patchy landscapes drive spatial patterns
How patchy landscapes drive spatial patterns

Patchy landscapes don't require variation in quality to drive spatial patterns

Defining ecosystem thresholds for human activities and environmental pressures in the California Current
Defining ecosystem thresholds for human activities and environmental pressures in the California Current
Rapid and direct recoveries of predators and prey through synchronized ecosystem management
Rapid and direct recoveries of predators and prey through synchronized ecosystem management
Costly stakeholder participation creates inertia in marine ecosystems
Costly stakeholder participation creates inertia in marine ecosystems
Biodiversity effects of the predation gauntlet
Biodiversity effects of the predation gauntlet
Using rarefaction to isolate the effects of patch size and sampling effort on beta diversity
Using rarefaction to isolate the effects of patch size and sampling effort on beta diversity
Intraspecific variation in body size does not alter the effects of mesopredators on prey
Intraspecific variation in body size does not alter the effects of mesopredators on prey
The relative influence of abundance and priority effects on colonization success in a coral-reef fish
The relative influence of abundance and priority effects on colonization success in a coral-reef fish
Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries
Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries