Freshwater Research: As a postdoctoral fellow at Florida International University, I am using fatty acids profiles and stoichiometric composition as biomarkers to explore the relationship between producers and consumers along a gradient of restored water flow in the Florida Everglades. I am also investigating how physiological stress (e.g., oxidative stress) modulates life-history traits and population dynamics using the freshwater fish, Gambusia holbrooki, as a model species. The results of these projects would lead to a better understanding of how wetlands ecosystems respond to restored hydrological conditions as well as shedding light on the functional relationship between physiology and population performance.
Resource-Consumer Interactions
I am using nutrients and fatty acid profiles as tools to determine the effect of increasing water flow in the relationship between producers and consumers.
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Nutritional quality of basal resources
I am using nutrient content and fatty acids profiles to assess the spatiotemporal changes in the nutritional quality of the Everglades periphyton.
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Fish Physiology
I am using the fish Gambusia holbrooki as a model species to investigate how the physiological response to environmental stress regulates individuals and population performance.
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