Research

Ecosystems Ecology

Ecosystems ecologists investigate the flow of energy and materials through ecosystems and the impacts of the physical and chemical environment on ecosystem functioning. EEMB faculty investigate such topics as carbon and nutrient cycling, biogeochemistry, biogeography, impacts of global warming and environmental change, bio-physical coupling, dispersal, and bio-optical modeling.

Faculty Research

Alice L. Alldredge, Ph.D. UC Davis. Biological oceanography; ecology of marine gelatinous plankton; marine particulate matter and marine snow, biogeochemical cycling.

Mark A. Brzezinski, Ph.D. Oregon State University. Phytoplankton ecology and physiology; phytoplankton cell cycles; elemental cycling in surface ocean.

Bradley J. Cardinale, Ph.D. University of Maryland. Community and ecosystems ecology, freshwater biology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Craig Carlson, Ph.D. University of Maryland. Marine microbial ecology, bacterioplankton, dissolved organic carbon, marine biogeochemistry.

Carla D'Antonio, Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara. Plant and ecosystem ecology, invasive species, species affects on ecosystem processes, restoration ecology.

Steven D. Gaines, Ph.D. Oregon State University. Population and community ecology; dispersal; marine biogeography; biostatistics.

Jonathan Levine, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Controls over the success and impacts of exotic plant invasions; species diversity and ecosystem function; mechanisms underlying rare plant persistence; determinants of commonness, rarity, and coexistence.

Sally MacIntyre, Ph. D. Duke University. Physical-biological coupling; physical limnology and oceanography; tropical, temperate and arctic lakes; flow in kelp forests and coral reefs.

John M. Melack, Ph.D. Duke University. Limnology of tropical, saline, and alpine lakes; phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology; biogeochemistry; wetland ecology; remote sensing.

Barbara B. Prézelin, Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Primary productivity of phytoplankton in marine environments; biooptical modeling; molecular, cellular, and environmental regulation of marine photosynthesis.

Josh P. Schimel, Ph.D. UC Berkeley. Soil ecology; microbial controls of ecosystem processes; terrestrial biogeochemistry.