Our lab research is based upon quantitative experimental ecology and combines community ecology and biogeochemistry to address questions pertaining to the biotic role in controlling mechanisms of spatial and temporal variability in community structure and stability. Much of our research has focused on positive biological interactions, bentho-pelagic coupling and ecosystem engineering. Some of the current research projects being conducted in our lab are described below.

• The role of marine reserves on reef resident fish habitat modification and facilitation of seagrass communities
• An experimental test of Zostera marina patch size and shape on bay scallop, Argopecten irradians, recruitment, growth, and survival
• Benthic and pelagic grazing of phytoplankton in Florida Bay: impacts on algal blooms and variability due to changes in freshwater discharge
• Hard clam eelgrass mutualism