Research Programs

BML fosters an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to address challenging questions at the rapidly changing land-sea interface, including:

Ecology and Evolution

• Biodiversity
• Community Ecology
• Ecomechanics
• Invasive Species
• Larval Ecology
• Life History Evolution
• Population Ecology

Coastal Oceanography

• Coastal Upwelling
• Estuaries and Land Runoff
• Nearshore Oceanography and Hydrodynamics
• Ocean Observing Systems

Ocean Health

• Endocrine Disruption
• Environmental Assessment Tools [PEEIR]
• Environmental Toxicology
• Shellfish Health
• Developmental Toxicology

Physiology

• Comparative Physiology and BioChemistry
• Seagrass and Seaweed Physiological Ecology
• Reproductive Physiology

Conservation

• Marine Protected Areas
• Fisheries Management and Conservation
• Species of Concern

Climate Change

• Ecological Impacts
• Paleoceanography
• Ocean Acidification