Area of research
Oceanography · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research topics from publications: Disturbance ecology in a pelagic upwelling biome: Lagrangian frameworks for studying succession. Representative work: Abstract Disturbance ecology is underdeveloped in marine pelagic ecosystems relative to terrestrial and aquatic benthic habitats, in part because, when measured relative to a fixed location, postdisturbance recovery involves the advection of entire communities in addition to biotic interactions. A Lagrangian frame-of-reference perspective alleviates this issue. Using results from the California Current Ecosystem, we highlight three approaches: in situ Lagrangian, synthetic Lagrangian, and simulated Lagrangian studies. Within a Lagrangian context, extratropical marine heatwaves and El Niños represent press disturbances or alterations to the disturbance regime. Individual upwelling events are