Senior Research Scientist

Tel: 508.289.7515 | Fax: 508.457.1548
E-mail: ivaliela@mbl.edu

Ph.D., Ecology, Cornell University, 1968
B.S., Agricultural Research,  Rutgers University, 1964

Links:
Full CV (PDF)

Research Areas

Function, structure and controls on coastal ecosystems, land-sea couplings, impacts of urbanization and deforestation on coastal ecosystems, management of coastal environments, international environmental policy

Projects

Effects of deforestation of coastal watersheds on mangrove forests and on adjoining coastal waters of the Pacific coast of Panama (supported by NSF)

Long-term enrichment studies of experimental plots in Great Sippewissett salt marsh (supported by NSF)

Salt marsh grass die-back: Possible role of atmospheric warming, sea level rise, and fungal infection (supported by WHOI Sea Grant).

Nitrogen loading to Great South Bay, NY: Land use, sources, and transport from land to Bay (supported by The Nature Conservancy).