Ph.D., Fisheries Science, Oregon State University - 2006
M.S., Fisheries Science, Humboldt State University - 1999
B.S., Fisheries Science, Oregon State University – 1995
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Coastal marine ecosystems
Physical oceanographic processes and biological/ecoplogical response
Fisheries assessment
Environmental contamination, sources and fate in coastal systems
Food webs
Community structure
CURRENT PROJECTS (see details under Projects)
Linking ecosystem-based production to food web structure - a global comparative study (multiple collaborators from Japan, US, Namibia, S. Africa, and Chile)
Trophic and upwelling-induced biomagnification of persistant organic pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals in boundary systems of the Western and Eastern North Pacific.
Fishbase/sealifebase. Development and integration of a new trophic level estimator (collaboration with Fish Information Network).
Manila Bay. Sources of organic matter and antibiotic resistence between Laguna Lake, Pasig R. and Manila Bay (colleaboration with Univ. of Philippines, Dept. of Microbiology).
Vietnam Fisheries. Community and trophic assessment of heavily exploited coastal regions, Phan Thiet Bay, southern Vietnam (collaboration with Hanoi University, Dept. of Biology).
Namibian Fisheries. Trophic comparison and utility for management of two sympatric hake species of the Northern Benguela Current (collaboration with Namibian Ministry of Fisheries).
Kyucho Current. Tracing Kyucho-Current transport of offshore organic matter to coastal Japan.
Galápagos Islands. Trophic analysis and links to mercury contamination in marine seabirds (collaboration with Ecuador and US intitutions).
