Scaling ecological studies to evolutionary scales - the testability of evolutionary models. Diversity gradients in the marine environment. Dispersal and evolution in the marine environment. Island biogeography theory. Metapopulation models and marine conservation.
Marine reserves design.
Multivariate analysis cluster analysis and ordination. Multivariate Analysis of Variance - hypothesis testing in the multivariate world. Logistic regression and the log-linear model. This entailed familiarizing students with field procedures, providing guidance during development of research programs, sampling and experimental design and analysis, and proof-reading theses. Soft corals exert no direct effect on reef fishes.