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
People: Will Vizuete This project is funded by the Center for Galapagos Studies Seed Grant.
People: Steve Walsh, Kim Engie, Phil Page, and Brian Frizzelle Contemporary fisheries in the Galapagos are the product of the legacy of overfishing, when the lobster and sea cucumber fisheries were severely crippled through overexploitation. Associated with the degradation of … Read more
People: Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart Antibiotic resistance represents one of our generation’s most pressing global public health challenges, with the number of deaths from antibiotic resistant infections projected to exceed cancer deaths by 2050. While antibiotic resistance is well-studied in … Read more
People: Steve Walsh, Francisco Laso, Richard Bilsborrow, Brian Frizzelle, Laura Brewington, Yang Shao, Hernando Mattei, and Phil Page. This project is designed to synthesize land cover/land use change (LCLUC) patterns on islands and to assess the drivers of change. We … Read more
This project is funded by the Vice Chancellor of Research Office and the College of Arts and Sciences.
People: Xiaoming Liu, Diego Riveros-Iregui This project examines the relationship between precipitation inputs (i.e., fog, rainfall), ecosystem water use, water storage, and water availability, with the goal of assessing the fate of precipitation, evaluating ecosystem function, and determining water availability … Read more
