PhD Students

Kate Hanson

Undergraduate Degree: B.S. Biology

Undergraduate University:  UCLA 

Email: khanson@ucsd.edu

Website: http://www.siograddept.ucsd.edu/Profile/index.php?who=khanson

Advisor: James Leichter

Research Interests

 The local retention or long distance dispersal of larvae from a given population is a function of both physical and biological processes. I am interested in how larval behavior interacts with flow to influence the outcome of a population's reproductive export. Gaining knowledge about spatial and temporal variability in larval transport is critical to both fisheries management and marine reserve design. Understanding the exchange of individuals between populations may also inform the development of property-rights based economic management strategies, especially in areas where metapopulations span political boundaries.

Research

Circulation Patterns on a Fringing Reef, Moorea, French Polynesia

Publications