People: Margarita Brandt and John Bruno The goal of this project is to determine if the intensity of herbivory and algal biomass are, in part, regulated by temperature fluctuations related to different outcropping regimes. We will determine the genetic structure of … Read more
People: Paul Gabrielson, John Bruno, and Margarita Brandt There is no published seaweed flora of the Galapagos Archipelago supported by voucher specimens that can be accessed by researchers worldwide using current techniques, i.e., DNA sequencing. We have the unique opportunity … Read more
People: Isabel Silva-Romero, Esteban Agudo, and Antonio León-Reyes Nearly all the animals that inhabit the ocean are “cold-blooded,” or ectothermic, meaning their body temperatures match the temperature of the ocean around them. This has important consequences for their physiology and … Read more
People: Antonio León Reyes, Noelia Barriga, Dario Ramírez, Corbin Jones, Beth Shank, Alexi Ann Van Ess, Sarah May Yannarell, Gabrielle Marie Grandchamp, and Diego Riveros-Iregui The goals of this project are to Study the bioactivity and diversity of specialized metabolites … Read more
People: Antonio León Reyes, Noelia Barriga, Dario Ramírez, Corbin Jones, Senay Yitbarek, Beth Shank, Alexi Ann Van Ess, Sarah May Yannarell, Gabrielle Marie Grandchamp, and Diego Riveros-Iregui There are a total of 238 endemic plant species on the Galapagos Islands, … Read more
People: F. Joel Fodrie, Jeffrey D. Plumlee, Matthew D. Kenworthy, Rachel K. Gittman, Danielle A. Keller, Emma E. Garnett, Leandro Vaca-Pita, and Lindsey A. Carr Environmental stress is a fundamental driver of population and community dynamics across diverse ecosystems. In … Read more
People: Gregory Lewbart, Kenneth Lohmann, Maximilian Hischfeld, Juan Pablo Muñoz, Daniela Alarcon-Ruales, Diane Deresienski, Eli Cohen, et. al Virtually nothing is known about the physiological and health parameters of wildlife in Galapagos. With such small and isolated populations, these animals … Read more
People: Gregory Lewbart, Kenneth Lohmann, Maximilian Hirschfeld, Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Daniela Alcarón, Diane Deresienski, William Moore Drive, Ronald K. Passingham, Gregory Scott, Eli Cohen, and Olivia Petritz The marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus, is an iconic lizard endemic to the Galapagos … Read more
People: Diego Riveros-Iregui, Elizabeth Anne Shank, Will Larsen, Sarah May Yannarell, Alexi Van Ess, Jia Hu, Alex Beebe, Courtney Price, Caroline MacVicar, and Katarzyna M. Dubiel The goal of this project is to understand the operation of the hydrological cycle … Read more
People: Carlos Mena, Phil Page, Steve Walsh, María Sampedro, Lorena Benítez, Patricia Martínez, María Belén Zapata, Manuel Narváez, Fernando Astudillo, Ariel Pila, Ricardo Torres, and Cristian Javier Serrano Heredia The beaches of the Galapagos Islands are substantially affected by the … Read more
