Institute of Marine and Coastal Studies

The Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies pursues studies and investigations in marine biology and in observational and theoretical oceanography. Research interests include modeling of large-scale ocean circulation, coastal dynamics, ocean-atmosphere coupling, surface gravity waves, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, coral reef ecology (including assessment, restoration, and monitoring), Pleistocene and Holocene sea level changes, benthic ecology, marine plankton, microbial ecology, invertebrate systematics and phylogeny, calcification of invertebrates, cell ultrastructure, marine fisheries, molecular ecology and evolution, wetlands ecology, aquaculture, and nutrient dynamics.