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Ben Grupe |
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(Graduate Student) |
| Email: |
@ucsd.edu |
| Phone: |
(858) 534-3579 |
| Fax: |
(858) 822-0562 |
| Address: |
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, California 92093-0218 |
| Click here to download CV. |
| Research Interests: My general interests are in marine community ecology and biological oceanography, including the effects of multiple predators and indirect effects in food webs, cross-habitat interactions and food subsidies, population connectivity in discrete habitats, and benthic community ecology (including sea urchins!). I'm also interested in the effects of humans on marine communities and food webs, including potential impacts of global climate change. |
| Education:
M.S. in Biology, 2006. Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon.
Thesis: "Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) in and out of pits: the effects of microhabitat on population structure, morphology, growth, and mortality"
B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies, 2003. Gettysburg College.
Thesis: "Correlations between the foundation species Mytilus edulis and infauna and epifauna across spatial scales in a soft-bottom system in Maine" |
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Commito, J. A., S. Como, B. M. Grupe, and W. E. Dow. 2008. Species diversity in the soft-bottom intertidal zone: biogenic structure, sediment, and macrofauna across mussel bed spatial scales. In press Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Commito, J. A., W. E. Dow, and B. M. Grupe. 2006. Hierarchical spatial structure in soft-bottom mussel beds. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 330: 27-37.
Technical Reports:
The history and impacts of jetties and harbor improvements in Coos Bay, Oregon. 2008. Coos County Maritime and History Museum.
Investigation of beach bacteria on the southern Oregon coast. 2007. South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
2003 Nutrients Metadata Report for System-Wide Monitoring Program. 2004. South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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