Her current research explores does natural selection maintain phenotypic variation within marine species? What role do ecological interactions like predation and competition play? Her research interests are broadly concerned with these questions. More specifically, she investigates (1) how ecological interactions in the ocean orchestrate relationships between form, function, and fitness, (2) the ecofunctional implications of bilateral asymmetries, and (3) the interaction between phenotypic plasticity and heritable variation. Dr. Bergstrom explores these topics with a variety of techniques, including morphometrics and behavioral observations, field experiments, multivariate statistics, stable isotope analyses, and experimental assessment of fitness. Dr. Carolyn Bergstrom CV >>