Approaches

Our research combines physiological, biochemical, and organismal approaches to understand how environmental conditions and environmental history shape physiology, performance, and resilience in aquatic animals. By integrating controlled environmental experiments with metabolic, tissue-level, and behavioral measurements, we aim to connect physiological mechanisms with applied questions in conservation, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic animal health.

Core approaches include:

• Respirometry for measuring whole-organism metabolic rate and aerobic performance

• Biochemical assays for assessing metabolic function, energetic status, enzyme activity, and stress-related physiological pathways

• Lipid and fatty acid analysis for examining energy storage, energetic allocation, and nutritional physiology

• Histology for examining tissue-level responses to environmental conditions and physiological stress

• Behavioral measurements for linking physiological responses with organismal performance

• Controlled environmental experiments using variation in temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, diet, environmental history, and emerging contaminants

These approaches are often combined to connect physiological mechanisms with meaningful outcomes such as growth, survival, health, and performance across conservation, fisheries and aquaculture.