{"600840":{"#nid":"600840","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Marine Biodiversity Across Scales and Taxa:  Patterns, Processes and Paradigms","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nI am interested the causes and consequences of patterns of marine biodiversity across diverse taxa from microbes to algae to invertebrates.\u0026nbsp; I\u0026rsquo;m particularly interested in how multiple dimensions of diversity: genetic or trait-based diversity within species, phylogenetic diversity among species, or simply species richness vary in both their spatial distribution and in their impact on the functioning (productivity, stability) of ecological communities.\u0026nbsp; In this talk I\u0026rsquo;ll focus on the \u0026ldquo;hidden\u0026rdquo; biodiversity within (relatively speaking) homogenous looking beds of seagrass\u0026mdash; marine angiosperms that provide\u0026nbsp; structure and primary production in shallow coastal environments worldwide.\u0026nbsp; I\u0026rsquo;ll consider\u0026nbsp; different dimensions of diversity from genetic variation within seagrasses to the species, trait and phylogenetic diversity of invertebrates, microbes, and other taxa associated with them. I\u0026rsquo;ll describe local-scale, intensive field and mesocosm experiments, distributed experiments across locations, and global scale surveys to address a range of questions in ecology:\u0026nbsp; Do similar patterns arise in the diversity of diverse taxa across latitudinal (or other) gradients? Are these patterns controlled by similar processes in different groups?\u0026nbsp; What dimensions of diversity (richness vs evenness, phenotypic vs phylogenetic) are most predictive of ecological functioning?\u0026nbsp; Or do different dimensions offer complementary information?\u0026nbsp; Can we use patterns in traits and phylogenies to infer how assembly processes vary at different scales from local to regional to global?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Biological Sciences Seminar by Jay Stachowicz, Ph.D."}],"uid":"27964","created_gmt":"2018-01-16 15:21:28","changed_gmt":"2018-01-16 15:21:28","author":"Jasmine Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-02-08T10:55:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-02-08T10:55:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-02-08T10:55:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-02-08 15:55:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-02-08 15:55:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-02-08 15:55:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"176778","name":"Jay Stachowicz"},{"id":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"},{"id":"166892","name":"School of Biological Sciences Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}