FA assimilation and dietary tracers of key kelp forest herbivores.
Daniel Okamoto, Professor
Integrative Biology
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In kelp forests, food resources are a key contributor to a kelp forest inhabitant’s fitness. Recently, sea urchin herbivory has been shown to rapidly reshape the food landscape within these forests, converting areas of high productivity to desert-like ‘urchin barrens’. We aim to study food assimilation as it relates to this shift in several important keep forest consumers.
Role: Students will be trained to assist with fatty acid laboratory extractions. Daily tasks may include laboratory/sample preparation, gravimetry and more.
Qualifications: Basic laboratory bench skills, proficiency with microsoft and google suite, excited to learn.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Jake Vargas, Graduate Student
Hours: to be negotiated
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