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Ambrose, Richard F.	Professor & Director of Environmental Science & Engineering Prog	UCLA	(310) 206-6144	Restoration ecology for coastal environments such as wetlands, ecology of coastal wetlands, estuaries, artificial and natural reefs, and riparian habitats; long-term ecological monitoring assessment of changes in marine communities, especially rocky intertidal communities; environmental impact assessment; development and scientific evaluation of mitigation techniques.
Anderson, Daniel W.	Professor, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation	UCD	(530)752-2108	Nearshore and pelagic biology/ecology; Seabirds, marine wildlife/marine resources: Avian interactions with aquaculture and fishing operations, environmental variation, ecotoxicology.
Ballance, Lisa T.	Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Leader, Ecosystem S	UCSD	(858) 546-7173	Ecology of Seabirds and Cetaceans Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Management of Protected Species Species Diversity Patterns and Trends in Space and Time (Interannual to Regime Shift Scales)
Bennett, William	John Muir Institute of the Environment	UCD	(707)875-2035	Wildlife, fish and conservation biology, marine resources: ecology and conservation of estuarine and marine fishes with emphasis on the San Francisco Estuary and nearshore marine systems.
Bernardi, Giacomo	Associate Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5124	Fish molecular phylogenetics and population biology; fish systematics, genetic diversity, and ecosystems threatened by human activity, primarily on organisms in Monterey Bay.
Blanchette, Carol	Assistant Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-5144	Marine ecology, phycology, biomechanics, nearshore processes, seagrass biology, restoration ecology.
Brooks, Andrew	Assistant Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-7670	Marine ecology, Population dynamics of marine fishes, ecology of coastal wetlands, estuaries, artificial and natural reefs; long-term ecological monitoring; effects of toxic substances on marine populations.
Caselle, Jennifer E.	Assistant Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-5144	Marine ecology, biology and ecology of reef fishes, fisheries ecology, marine reserves, long-term ecological monitoring.
Cech, Jr., Joseph J.	Professor Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology BML	UCD	(530)752-3103	Nearshore biology/ecology; marine mammal/ vertebrate biology; fish physiology; ecology and conservation.
Cherr, Gary N.	Professor, Environmental Toxicology and Nutrition, BML	UCD	(707)875-2051	Environmental toxicology: cellular aspects of reproduction and impacts of pollutants on development; effects of environmental stress on reproduction in indigenous fish species in estuaries.
Connell, Joseph H.	Research Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805)893-2764	Marine ecology: Community and population ecology of tropical corals on reefs, temperate marine intertidal invertebrates, and tropical rainforest trees.
Dayton, Paul K.	Professor of Oceanography	UCSD	(858) 534-6740	Benthic ecology; marine conservation and policy; evolution and natural history; general ecology.
Dugan, Jenifer E.	Assistant Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-2675	Marine Ecology; sandy beach ecology; benthic ecology; population biology of crustaceans and molluscs; marine fisheries.
Engle, John M.	Associate Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-8547	Marine ecology; Channel Islands marine research; marine biogeography; intertidal and subtidal environmental monitoring.
Fong, Peggy M.	Assistant Professor of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution	UCLA	(310)825-5444	Macroalgal, seagrass, and coral reef community structure; simulation modeling at the population, community and ecosystem process levels; nutrient dynamics; disturbance ecology; restoration ecology; experimental design and statistical analysis.
Gaines, Steven D.	Director, Marine Science Institute; Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine	UCSB	(805)893-3764	Ecology and conservation biology of marine species; climate change; marine biogeography; larval dispersal; biostatistics.
Gaylord, Brian	Assistant Professor, Evolution and Ecology, BML	UCD	707-875-1940	Ecological biomechanics and biological-physical coupling in coastal marine ecosystems; general patterns in biology arising from physiologically or environmentally imposed physical constraints. This research vein represents a fusion of organismal biology with population ecology, and also links with fields of physics, solid and fluid mechanics, and nearshore oceanography.
Goddard, Jeffrey H. R.	Assistant Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)688-7041	Marine biology: safety and efficacy of biological control of introduced marine invertebrates. Host specificity of rhizocephalan barnacles. Geographic variation in mode of development of opisthobranch molluscs and diet specificity in nudibranchs.
Grant, Stanley B.	Professor of Environmental Engineering	UCI	(949)824-7320	Marine systems: dynamics and sources of near-shore bacterial pollution in urban areas, impact of urban watersheds on near-shore water quality, and application of complexity theory to paricle dynamics in marine systems.
Griffin, Fred J.	Specialist, BML	UCD	(707)875-2054	Environmental toxicology; fertilization and development in marine organisms.
Grosberg, Richard K.	Professor Biological Sciences/EEB BML	UCD	(530)752-1114	Histocompatibility in colonial marine hydroids and ascidians, dispersal, life histories, larval ecology, and population genetics of marine invertebrates.
Grosholz, Edwin D.	Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension	UCD	(707) 875-2036	Nearshore biology/ecology: Population dynamics and community ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology and biodiversity of marine and estuarine systems, applications of ecological theory to coastal management problems. Effects of invasion of green crabs on native soft-sediment invertebrate community structure.
Hastings, Alan M.	Professor Environmental Science and Policy	UCD	(530)752-8116	Population biology and theoretical ecology; complex dynamics in ecology; food webs.
Hessler, Robert R.	Professor of Biological Oceanography	UCSD	(858) 534-2665	Arthropods, primarily crustaceans, from many points of view.
Hickman, Carole S.	Professor Department of Integrative Biology	UCB	(510)642-3429	Marine molluscan communities; feeding biology; functional morphology, and evolution; responses of marine mollusks to pollution and global climate change.
Hodges, Scott A.	Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology	UCSB	(805) 893-7813	Plant evolutionary biology; molecular approaches to population biology, ecological genetics, and systematics.
Hofmann, Gretchen	Associate Professor Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805) 893-6175	Ecological physiology of marine organisms.
Holbrook, Sally J.	Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805)893-3956	Community ecology; marine vertebrate predation and competition.
Jackson, Jeremy B. C.	Professor of Oceanography GRD	UCSD	(858) 882-2432	Paleobiology and macroevolution; speciation and extinction; ecology and paleoecology of coral reefs; marine conservation; bryozoans and mollusks.
Jacobs, David K.	Assistant Professor of Organismic Biology, Ecology & Evolution	UCLA	(310)206-7885	Developmental genetics and the evolution of marine invertebrate morphology, speciation in the sea, impact of climate and oceanographic change of faunal evolution, and marine functional morphology.
Johnson, Kenneth G.	Associate Project Scientist	UCSD	(858) 822-2814	Paleopbiology of reef corals; effects of environmental change on tropical reef ecosystems.
Karban, Richard	Professor of Entomology	UCD	(530)752-2800	Plant and insect interactions; population regulation of animal species and the interactions between herbivores and their host plants.
Klimley, A. Peter	Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology	UCD	530-752-7641	Nearshore biology/ecology; behavior and ecology of marine vertebrates; fisheries biology; remote viewing, automatic data logging, and biotelemetry. Behavioral ecology and population biology of sharks.
Kuris, Armand M.	Professor, Zoology, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805)893-3998	Marine ecology: parasite population and community ecology; crustacean biology.
Largier, John	Professor, Environmental Science & Policy, BML	UCD	707-875-1930	Coastal oceanography and ecology, field-based study of water motion and the associated transport of water-borne material. This includes oceanographic study of bays in upwelling regions, small "west coast" estuaries characterized by arid summers, bar-built mouths and pulsed winter inflow, and nearshore circulation (e.g., outflow from rivers, shoaling internal tides, and wind/wave-driven flows). Larval/juvenile dispersal, coastal water quality (e.g., beach pollution), and primary productivity (including harmful algal blooms).
Levin, Lisa	Professor MLRG	UCSD	(858)534-3579	Invertebrate life histories: dispersal, demography, and evolution; community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions.
Lindberg, David R.	Professor Integrative Biology	UCB	(510)642-3926	Nearshore biology/ecology: evolution of rocky shore communities. Paleobiology, phylogeny, ecological interactions, evolutionary settings.
Morgan, Steven G.	Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Policy BML	UCD	(707)875-1920	Invertebrate life histories: dispersal, demography, and evolution; community ecology of soft-bottom assemblages in deep-sea and intertidal habitats; animal-sediment interactions.
Murdoch, William	Director, UCSB Natural Reserve System; Professor, Biology, Ecology, Evoluti	UCSB	(805) 893-4887	Population ecology; regulation of populations; predator-prey relationships.
Nisbet, Roger M.	Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805) 893-7115	Theoretical population ecology; physiological and population models for zooplankton; dynamics of spatially heterogeneous populations; population consequences of environmental change.
Parker, Ingrid M.	Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5017	Biological Invasions; adaptation, rates of spread, and ecological impacts of exotic species. Coastal plant ecology, plant pathogen interactions, invasive plant diseases.
Pearse, John	Research Professor of Biology	UCSC	(831)459-2455	Marine invertebrate ecology; Long-term changes in nearshore populations of marine invertebrates, especially rocky shores, and factors effecting their distribution, abundance, and reproduction.
Pogson, Grant	Assistant Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5122	Processes that affect the levels and patterns of genetic variation in nature marine populations; technique development for measuring genetic variability at DNA level.
Potts, Donald C.	Professor of Biology	UCSC	(831) 459-4417	Current Research Interests: Interdisciplinary program on environmental change at Midway Atoll in the NW Hawaiian Islands, history of scleractinian reefs, including paleontology, paleoclimate, sea-level fluctuations and environmental change. Emphases on Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, remote sensing of coastal environments – airborne, ecology, genetics, evolution, phylogeny, systematics of the Order Scleractinia (stony corals); specialist on the Family Poritidae, emphases on the NW Hawaiian Islands, main Hawaiian islands, and Papua New Guinea, marine biodiversity - national and international programs; sustainability.
Raimondi, Peter T.	Professor, Biology	UCSC	(831)459-5674	Marine ecology; evolutionary ecology; design of experiments and monitoring programs.
Reed, Daniel C.	Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(805)893-8363	Coastal ecology; marine botany; restoration biology; impact assessment and mitigation in coastal habitats.
Sala, Enric	Assistant Professor of Marine Ecology	UCSD	(858)534-9899	Coastal benthic and fish ecology, marine conservation, temperate and tropical ecosystems, species interactions.
Sanford, Eric	Asst. Professor, Evolution & Ecology, BML	UCD	707-875-2040	Experimental biogeography, and the potential impacts of climate change on natural communities; large-scale variation and environmental influences on species interactions, community dynamics, and species geographic ranges primarily in marine intertidal communities; ecological and evolutionary processes with emphasis on mechanistic understanding at the organismal and sub-organismal level.
Schmitt, Russell J.	Director, Coastal Research Center; Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine	UCSB	(805)893-2051	Population and community ecology; applied ecology; consumer-resource interactions; marine invertebrates and reef fishes.
Schroeter, Stephen	Research Ecologist, Marine Science Institute	UCSB	(760) 438-5953	Population ecology of intertidal and nearshore marine systems: demography and larval ecology of sea urchins along the west coast of North America; long-term ecological monitoring; restoration ecology; ecology of coastal wetlands, estuaries, artificial and natural reefs; mitigation techniques; management of nearshore invertebrate fisheries.
Simms, Ellen	Associate Professor Department of Integrative Biology, BML	UCB	(510)642-6992	Evolution in natural populations; ecological interactions between plants and other organisms, including herbivores, pathogens, and mutualists; coastal sand dune ecology.
Stachowicz, John J.	Associate Professor, Evolution and Ecology, BML	UCD	(530) 752-1113	Population and community ecology of seaweeds and marine invertebrates. Ecology and evolution of mutualism and associational defenses. Chemical ecology. Plant-herbivore-predator interactions. Experimental marine ecology. Invasion of communities by introduced species.
Stewart-Oaten, Allan	Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805)893-3696	Statistical design and analysis; mathematical modeling; environmental impact assessment.
Strauss, Sharon Y.	Professor, Evolution and Ecology	UCD	(530)752-8415	Plant and insect interactions, evolutionary ecology and community ecology; introduced species.
Suchanek, Tom	Wildlife Fish and Conservation Biology	UCD	(530)752-7300	Nearshore biology/ecology especially rocky intertidal systems; anthropogenic impacts and contaminants, especially oil and mercury; terrestrial carbon exchange; effects of climatic changes on ecosystems.
Valentine, James W.	Professor, Emeritus Department of Integrative Biology	UCB	(510)643-5791	Nearshore biology/ecology: Ecological biogeoography and evolution of marine invertebrates of the continental shelves. Biodiversity, extinction, speciation.
Wainwright, Peter C.	Professor of Evolution and Ecology	UCD	(530)752-6782	Nearshore biology/ecology: evolution and ecology of functional morphology, especially feeding mechanisms of fishes and other vertebrates; locomotion; phenotypic plasticity; complexity; diversity.
Warner, Robert R.	Professor, Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology	UCSB	(805)893-2941	Evolutionary ecology and population biology; ecology and behavior of fishes.
Williams, Susan	Professor, Evolution and Ecology, Director, BML	UCD	(707)875-2211	Coastal marine ecology; restoration of deagrass ecosystems , seagrass and seaweed population genetics and physiology, marine plant-animal interactions, effects of non-native species.