- Royce Fellowship
Brendan
O'Keefe
Concentration
Environmental Science
Award Year
2003
Potential Top-Down Effects of Gull Predation on Algal Communities in Intertidal Habitats of the Isles of Shoals, Maine
Faculty Sponsor: Jon Witman
Brendon studied the effects of Great Black-backed Gulls on intertidal ecosystems. Specifically, he investigated how gull predation on the crab Cancer borealis may cause a significant top-down trophic cascade, influencing the structure and dynamics of intertidal communities.
Brendan is currently the Outreach Coordinator for Seal Cove of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society.