A5087339359- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
2012-2025
Ventura College
2025
Surf zones are highly dynamic marine ecosystems that subject to increasing anthropogenic and climatic pressures, posing multiple challenges for biomonitoring. Traditional methods such as seines hook line surveys often labor intensive, taxonomically biased, can be physically hazardous. Emerging techniques, baited remote underwater video (BRUV) environmental DNA (eDNA) promising nondestructive tools assessing biodiversity in surf of sandy beaches. Here we compare the relative performance beach...
Abstract Evaluating impacts to biodiversity requires ecologically informed comparisons over sufficient time spans. The vulnerability of coastal ecosystems anthropogenic and climate change‐related makes them potentially valuable indicators change. To evaluate multidecadal change in biodiversity, we compared results from intertidal surveys 13 sandy beaches conducted the 1970s 2009–11 along 500 km coast (California, USA ). Using a novel extrapolation approach adjust species richness for...
Abstract The Pismo clam, Tivela stultorum, is an ecologically and economically important species that inhabiting sandy beaches subtidal zones in central southern California, USA, northern Baja Mexico. This long lived venerid clam of great management, cultural conservation interest California where it was harvested for centuries by indigenous people then nearly extirpated intense commercial recreational overfishing the mid 1900’s. A fishery continues today however T. stultorum faces pressure...
Abstract Integrating results from monitoring efforts conducted across diverse marine ecosystems provides opportunities to reveal novel biogeographic patterns at larger spatial scales and among multiple taxonomic groups. We investigated large‐scale of community similarity major groups (invertebrates, fishes or algae) a range (rocky intertidal, sandy kelp forest, shallow deep soft‐bottom subtidal) in southern California. Because sites methods varied programs, site data were averaged over...
Abstract Coexistence of similar species can be influenced by the intensity interspecific interactions, which often depends on availability limiting resources. Habitat varies strongly with tidal phase in many intertidal ecosystems, potentially affecting interaction strength, particularly for mobile species. Four closely related highly detritivores (talitrid amphipods Megalorchestia californiana , M. corniculata benedicti minor ) inhabit sandy beaches southern California, where they consume...
The coastal zone provides foraging opportunities for insular populations of terrestrial mammals, allowing expanded habitat use, increased dietary breadth, and locally higher population densities. We examined the use sandy beach resources by threatened island fox (Urocyon littoralis) on California Channel Islands using scat analysis, surveys potential prey, attributes, stable isotope analysis. Consumption invertebrates, primarily intertidal talitrid amphipods (Megalorchestia spp.) varied with...
Abstract Surf zones are highly dynamic marine ecosystems that subject to increasing anthropogenic and climatic pressures, posing multiple challenges for biomonitoring. Traditional methods such as seines hook line surveys often labor intensive, taxonomically biased, can be physically hazardous. Emerging techniques, baited remote underwater video (BRUV) environmental DNA (eDNA) promising nondestructive tools assessing biodiversity in surf of sandy beaches. Here we compare the relative...