Ric DeSantiago “Inter ecosystem connectivity through marine subsidies" NNSD Aug 2020
Channel: Nerd Nite San Diego
Date: 2020-09-08

Ric DeSantiago, aka Da Hood Scientist

"Inter-ecosystem connectivity through marine subsidies: Foodwebs don’t care about your boundaries!"

Summary: As ecologists, we tend to focus our specific ecosystems and how organisms within those systems interact with each other and the environment. The more we study these interactions, the better we understand the predator-prey and grazer-plant that make up the foodwebs in our systems. But nature doesn’t care about our definition of an “ecosystem” or where we draw the boundaries. So, if we want to understand the natural world, we need to be the fish who jumps out of the water and explores the land. This is the story of the lessons I learned when I was invited to explore South Coronado Island