Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of California, Santa Cruz

Long Marine Laboratory

100 Shaffer Road

Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5730

ph: 831-459-1475

fx: 831-459-3383

mnovak1_at_ucsc.edu

Mark Novak

The goal of my research is to understand how the interactions between species affect the structure, dynamics, and functioning of their ecological communities.  I am particularly interested in aquatic systems, both marine and freshwater.  I use a combination of observational and experimental approaches to inform and test mathematical models of multi-species systems.  I thereby aim to develop theory that integrates our understanding of the behaviour of individuals (e.g., predator foraging) with the ecosystem-level consequences of the interacting populations and species groups they represent.

Last updated: Nov ‘09

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