Presented here are select pictures from some of my research projects. Hold the cursor over the picture to see a description

Thesis Research: I am currently investigating the invasion of S. quoianum in Coos Bay, OR.

 
S. quoianum  

S. quoinaum burrowing into sandstone terrace

Burrowing into Sandstone terraces
   

planting substratum preference blocks

 

 

Collecting a burrowed piece of Styrofoam dock
Substratum Preference Experiment

 

Green Crab Project: Assisted Dr. Sylvia Yamada at Oregon State University with her studies of the distribution and life history characteristics of the invasive European green crab on the Oregon Coast. As a senior thesis, I compared the consumption rates and claw characteristics of the green crab and native Dungeness crab.
 
European green crab (Carcinus maenas), amongst juvenile and young adult Dungeness crabs   Occasionally we get an unusual bycatch
Carcinus maenas
Unusual bycatch
Checking Crab Traps at Yaquina Bay, OR  
Checking crab traps
 
Assisted the laboratory of Professor David Lodge with a variety of invasion biology and aquatic ecology projects including: Ecosystem Impacts of the Invasive Rusty Crayfish, Zebra mussel dispersal, dessication resistance in aquatic plants and much more.
   

Constructing the electric crayfish exclosures

 

Electric exclosures being placed into the water

Chambers used to measure the nutrient discharge of algae and macrophytes

Mesocosms used to measure nutrient flux

 

Rusty crayfish hoarding over a small scrap of lunch meat

Rusty crayfish hoarding over a piece of lunch meat

    
 
 

Biofouling Project: Assisted Dr. Geoff Swain and Chris Kavanaugh at the Florida Institute of Technology with studies examining the effects of fouling-release coatings on biological fouling organisms. As a independent project, I examined the effect of RTV-11 silicone coating thickness on the adhesion strength of fouling organisms.

 

 

 

RTV-11 Silicone Coating on Test Plate

 

 

Plates at week 0

Biofouling on test plate after ~1 week

Plates at week 1

Biofouling on test plate after ~2 weeks

Plates at week 2

  

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