Niche expansion & transplantation
Transplantation of oysters across environmental gradients shortly after settlement can bypass their existing population bottlenecks. Manuscript submitted to PLOS Ecosystems.
Assessed ecological impacts of shellfish relay, a small-scale harvest practice. Manuscript submitted to Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Denitrification on oyster farms
Measured spatiotemporal variability of denitrification associated with oyster farms, including their gear type and position within estuaries. Manuscript published in Estuaries and Coasts.
Interested in whether neighboring seagrass meadows might reduce pathogen loads on oyster farms. Estuaries appear to be too dynamic for this service to be reliably delivered.
Monitoring a restoration project from inception allows us to track how limiting factors to restoration efforts shift over time and across key environmental gradients. Manuscript to be submitted to Restoration Ecology