Eli Catalan awarded Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Natural Resources Workforce Development Fellowship

Eli Catalan, IoES PhD student in the Barber Lab is awarded a Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Natural Resources Workforce Development (NRWD) Fellowship focused on  providing graduate students with opportunities for training and practice in developing use-inspired and actionable science to inform natural resource management decisions. More information on this fellowship can be found HERE

The Diversity Project goes to ASLO

Congratulations to the 2021 cohort of The Diversity Project who presented their work at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Presentations included:

Physical Disturbance to Foundational Macroalgal Communities on Coral Reefs Causes Rapid Changes in Use by Herbivorous Fish Communities

Trait-Based Ecology Detects Changes in Macroalgal Community Traits Following Disturbance Events

Vertical Expansion of Turbinaria ornata, an Alternative Stable State Usually Restricted to Shallow Zones of Coral Reefs, is Not Limited by Nutrients or Herbivory on Juvenile Thalli.

The Diversity Project is BACK!!!!

After two years hiatus due to a sabbatical and COVID-19, The Diversity Project resumed for summer of 2021, taking a group of amazing students to Moorea, French Polynesia. It’s great to be back! It wasn’t easy getting here by WE. ARE. HERE. Thanks to everyone who made this happen!