Research includes the study of physical forcing of primary productivity in coastal plains estuaries.
The research seeks a match between physiological response and the temporal frequency of physical drivers, the phasing of the organism with its environment. Another area of interest involves biotechnological research which includes extracellular polysaccharides produced by marine microphotoautotrophs. A third area under investigation is photoacclimation and photoinhibition in seaweeds and seagrasses. Of specific interest are macromolecular changes in the photosynthetic apparatus, the dynamic range of change and the effect of the change on growth rate.