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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Marine Biodiversity (MarineGEO)

Principal Investigator

Chief Scientist

202-633-4037

Specialty

Marine biodiversity and ecology

Curriculum Vitae

Managing Director

Specialty

Marine biology

MarineGEO Projects

We examine diseased corals across the Caribbean and explore the interactions between coral hosts and their microbial symbionts.

Coral Diseases
We are working to synthesize the large and sprawling literature to understand how changing biodiversity influences ecosystem processes and services to humanity

Linking Biodiversity to Ecosystem Functioning
We study the interaction between seagrass hosts and their parasites, Labyrinthula spp., which cause seagrass wasting disease.

Seagrass Wasting Disease
ZEN is a partnership using coordinated experiments to understand drivers and consequences of change in eelgrass ecosystems throughout the northern hemisphere

Zostera Experimental Network