Ryan Crim

Ryan studies the effects of temperature and ocean acidification on marine invertebrates, particularly endangered abalone. His work ranges from climate change impacts on fertilization to larval development to adult growth and performance, and is showing that important non-additive effects emerge when temperature and carbon dioxide are manipulated simultaneously.

Rebecca Gooding

Becca’s research focuses on the impacts of climate change on a predator-prey interaction: the sea star Pisaster and the mussel Mytilus. She has shown the sea stars actually grow faster in future climate conditions. She is now working on the problem from the mussel’s point of view.

Jennifer Jorve

Jenn is interested in the effects of climate change on marine algae, particularly kelp. She is studying the ability of seaweeds to adapt to climate stress. She is co-supervised by Patrick Martone.

Rebecca Kordas

Becca is studying the ecological impacts of climate warming by experimentally increasing temperature in the field. She is interested in the effects of global warming on interspecific interactions such as competition, facilitation, and herbivory, and on ecological processes such as succession. She is co-supervised by Ladd Johnson.

Sarah Nienhuis

Sarah studied the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying marine invertebrates. Her research has examined the effects of OA on sea urchin growth, consumption, and population dynamics, and the effects of OA on calcification in dogwhelks.

Gerald Singh

Gerald is interested in the productivity and diversity of intertidal communities, particularly mussel beds, in the context of sea otter reintroduction to areas they were formerly extirpated. He is involved in an interdisciplinary team of ecologists, oceanographers, social scientists, and modelers to provide policy relevant results that can help resolve disputes between resource extraction and species conservation. Gerald is co-supervised by Kai Chan.

Penny White

Penny studied edible seaweeds in the genus Porphyra. She characterized the seaweed’s genetic population structure in British Columbia, and investigated the use of Porphyra by First Nations peoples. She was co-supervised by Sandra Lindstrom.

Graduate students

Jocelyn Nelson

Jocelyn is a USRA student working on the British Columbia Coastal Ecosystem Services (BCCES) grant. She is looking at the impacts of the return of sea otters along the west coast of Vancouver Island, particularly in the subtidal zone.

Undergraduate students

Sarah Nyrose

Sarah is a USRA student who is also working on the BCCES grant. In addition to working in the intertidal zone, she is interested in whether parasite loads in fish differ between areas with and without otters.

Rebecca Martone

Rebecca specializes in marine ecology and conservation biology, with particular interest in interdisciplinary approaches to ecosystem-based management. She is co-coordinating an interdisciplinary project (BCCES) examining ecosystem service production in nearshore coastal ecosystems in response to sea otter reintroduction. Her work is focused on the productivity, diversity, and stability of subtidal communities in response to trophic cascades in kelp forest ecosystems. Rebecca is also working with Dr. Kai Chan examining multiple human impacts to coastal ecosystem services.

Postdoctoral fellows

Former students