Jon D. Witman
Professor
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

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My research is directed toward understanding the dynamics of populations and communities living in marine hard substrate habitats. Our lab is conducting research focused around three themes: 1) physical forcing of marine benthic ecosystems 2) studies on the origin vs. the maintenance of pattern and 3) marine biodiversity. How community structuring processes vary with scale is a consideration that pervades all aspects of our research.

"Link to BAM article "The real life aquatic" January-February 2005"

"Dead zone" summer killed billions of ocean state mussels
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-108.html

Coral reef reslience: better feeders survive bleaching
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2005-06/05-112.html

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