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This page contains links of emeritus faculty,\u00a0<\/strong>visiting faculty,\u00a0<\/strong>postdoctoral researchers,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>former students\u00a0<\/strong>affiliated with the Phycology Lab at Moss Landing Marine Labs<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>since 2003.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emeritus Faculty:<\/h2>\n

Michael S. Foster, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n

Visiting Faculty:<\/h2>\n

Sean Connell, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Lecturer, University of Adelaide [at MLML 2004-2006]<\/p>\n

Alejandro Buschmann, Ph.D<\/strong>.<\/strong>, Professor, Universidad de los Lagos [at MLML 2007]<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Researchers:<\/h2>\n

Gage Dayton, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Postdoctoral Researcher [at MLML 2005-2007]<\/p>\n

Bernat Hereu, Ph.D.<\/strong>, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow [at MLML 2006-2007]<\/p>\n

Former Students:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Laurie McConnico.\u00a0<\/strong>2003.<\/strong>\u00a0Demography of the intertidal kelp\u00a0Alaria marginata<\/em>\u00a0along the Big Sur coast of California. San Jose State University.\u00a0Currently faculty at Cuesta College<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael D. Donnellan.\u00a0<\/strong>2004.<\/strong>\u00a0Spatial and temporal variability of kelp forest canopies in Central California. San Jose State University.\u00a0National Parks Service.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew Forrest.\u00a0<\/strong>2004. Ecology, geochemistry, and structural geology of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in Bah\u00eda Concepci\u00f3n, Baja California Sur M\u00e9xico. California State University Monterey Bay.\u00a0\u00a0PHD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tim Schaadt.\u00a0<\/strong>2005. Patterns and cuases of variability in the cover, biomass, and total abundance of\u00a0Ulva<\/em>\u00a0spp. in Elkhorn Slough, California. California State University Monterey Bay.<\/p>\n

Brent Hughes.\u00a0<\/strong>2007. Effects of\u00a0Egregia<\/em>\u00a0menziesii<\/em>\u00a0populations on rocky intertidal benthic assemblages. California State University East Bay.\u00a0Postdoctoral at UC Santa Cruz.<\/em><\/p>\n

Diana Kohtio.\u00a0<\/strong>2008. Population biology of the invasive kelp\u00a0Undaria pinnatifida<\/em>\u00a0in Monterey Harbor. San Jose State University.<\/p>\n

Amber Szoboszlai.\u00a0<\/strong>2008. Positive and negative effects of intertidal macroalgal canopies on fucoid recruitment. San Jose State University.\u00a0PHD at UC Davis.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennifer Jorve.\u00a0<\/strong>2008. Physical and biological consequences of morphological variability in a habitat-forming intertidal alga. San Jose State University.\u00a0Currently PHD student at Univ Brit Columbia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Aurora Alifano.\u00a0<\/strong>2008. Effects of algal drift on growth, survival, and reproduction of intertidal\u00a0Strongylocentrotus<\/em>\u00a0purpuratus<\/em>\u00a0populations in central California. San Jose State University.\u00a0Island Restoration Specialist with Island Conservation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Max Overstrom-Coleman.<\/strong>\u00a02009. Spatio-temporal variability and ecological significance of macrophyte-derived particulate organic matter (POM) within and surrounding a central California giant kelp forest. San Jose State University.\u00a0Currently PHD student at Dartmouth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyle Demes.\u00a0<\/strong>2009. Storage and abiotic regulation of sexual v. vegetative reproduction in the clonal kelp,\u00a0Laminaria sinclairii<\/em>. California State University, Monterey Bay.\u00a0Currently PHD student at Univ Brit Columbia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Megan Wehrenberg<\/strong>. 2009. Population dynamics and mechanisms for persistence of the red alga,\u00a0Gracilariopsis<\/em>\u00a0andersonii<\/em>, in central California. San Francisco State University.\u00a0\u00a0Currently Reef Check North-Central California Regional Manager<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Catalina Reyes<\/strong>. 2009. Effects of erosion on the distribution of subtidal communities in Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, California. California State University, Fresno.\u00a0Currently Research Biologist at Pacific Gas & Electric<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Rosemary Romero\u00a0<\/strong>. 2009. Recruitment strategies of\u00a0Ulva<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Porphyra<\/em>\u00a0in central
\nCalifornia. San Jose State University.\u00a0PHD \u00a0at UC Berkeley.<\/em><\/p>\n

Selena McMillan<\/strong>. 2010. Trophic interactions among\u00a0Chlorostoma<\/em>\u00a0brunnea<\/em>,\u00a0Macrocystis<\/em>\u00a0pyrifera<\/em>, and fungi. San Jose State University.\u00a0PHD at Univ of Auckland.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thew Suskiewicz<\/strong>. 2010. Effect of competition and dispersal on the recruitment of the annual kelp\u00a0Nereocystis luetkeana.\u00a0<\/em>San Jose State University.\u00a0PHD at Univ Laval.<\/em><\/p>\n

Arley Muth<\/strong>. 2010. Effects of substrate rugosity on kelp recruitment. California State University, Monterey Bay.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara Hutto<\/strong>. 2011. Differential recruitment of Postelsia palmaeformis across substrate types and potential facilitative effects of turfing algae. California State University, Monterey Bay.\u00a0Currently California Seagrant Fellow<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sonya Sankaran<\/strong>. 2011. Effect of competition and dispersal on the recruitment of the annual kelp\u00a0Nereocystis luetkeana.\u00a0<\/em>San Jose State University.\u00a0Currently Senior Bilingual Education Specialist at Watch Program, Monterey Bay Aquarium<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Brynn Hooton-Kaufman<\/strong>. 2011. Associations between fishes and the invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor, Monterey, CA. California State University, Monterey Bay.<\/p>\n

Paul Tompkins<\/strong>. 2011. Distribution, growth, and disturbance of Catalina Island rhodoliths. San Jose State University.\u00a0PhD at Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mike Fox.\u00a0<\/strong>2013. Effects of biomass loss on growth and resource allocation in giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Currently PhD student at Scripps institution of oceanography.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexis Howard.\u00a0<\/strong>2014. Effect of temperature on sexual competition in kelps: Implications for range shifts in foundation species.<\/p>\n

Scott Gabara.\u00a0<\/strong>2014. Community structure and energy flow within rhodolith habitats at Santa Catalina Island, CA. Currently PhD student at San Diego State University.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jasmine Ruvalcaba<\/strong>. 2014.\u00a0Effects of depth, site, and season on phenotypic variation of the geniculate coralline, Calliarthron tuberculosum around the Monterey Peninsula, California.\u00a0Currently laboratory tech at Moss Landing Marine Labs: biological oceanography lab.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah Jeffries<\/strong>. 2015. Impact of individual and population-scale dynamics on growth and reproduction of two morphologies of Macrocystis in central California. Currently assistant editor of the Journal of Phycology.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara Worden<\/strong>. 2015. Effects of small-scale substrate complexity and heterogeneity on rocky intertidal species interactions.<\/p>\n

Jarred Klosinski.\u00a0<\/strong>2015. Deposition, persistence, and utilization of kelp wrack along the central California coast. Currently laboratory tech at Moss Landing Marine Labs: biological oceanography lab.<\/em><\/p>\n

Heather Fulton-Bennett.\u00a0<\/strong>2016. Ecological and reproductive consequences of morphological variation in Egregia menziesii.\u00a0<\/em>Currently PhD student at Oregon State University<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert \"Bobby\" San Miguel.\u00a0<\/strong>2017. Gametophyte fitness and costs of self-fertilization in the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mo Wise.\u00a0<\/strong>2017. Nutrient dynamics In tidally restricted regions of the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.<\/p>\n

Angela Zepp.\u00a0<\/strong>2017. Factors driving demographic and temporal variability in pH of the acid weed, Desmarestia herbacea<\/i><\/p>\n

Stephan Bitterwolf.\u00a0<\/strong>2017. Physiological effects of nitrate, light, and intertidal position on the red seaweeds Mazzaella flaccida<\/em> and Mazzaella splendens.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maria Suzanne Christensen.<\/strong> 2018. Chemical competition between microscopic stages of Macrocystis pyrifera <\/em>and five native kelp species: does giant kelp always lose?<\/p>\n

Cody Dawson.<\/strong> 2018. Phenology and the response to the disturbance of the fucoid, Stephanocystis osmundacea.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mar\u00eda Vila Dupl\u00e1. <\/strong>2019. Dynamics and ecological implications of the Ulva-Zostera<\/em> ecotone in Elkhorn Slough, California.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Ramsay.<\/strong> 2019. Morphological variability within Dictyoneurum californicum<\/em> and Dictyoneurum<\/em> reticulatum<\/em>\u00a0along a wave exposure gradient on the Monterey Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Steven Cunningham. <\/strong>2019. Physical and biological consequences of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera<\/em>) removals within a central California kelp forest.<\/p>\n

Lindsay Cooper.\u00a0<\/strong>2020. Effects of biomass loss on the seasonal variability in storage compounds of\u00a0Pterygophora californica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ann Bishop.\u00a0<\/strong>2021. Effects of temperature on competition between Macrocystis pyrifera<\/em> and Sargassum horneri<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Acy Wood.\u00a0<\/strong>2022. Effects of habitat and temperature on reproductive success of Fucus distichus <\/em>in central California.<\/p>\n

Matthew Elliott.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Montgomery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Fitch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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