OceanExpert ID : 1970

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Dr. Sharon Louise SMITH

Retired

Professor

Marine Biology and Fisheries

Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Work Location

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida FL 33149-1098
United States

Email(s)

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Telephone

(305) 421-4819

Fax

(305) 421-4765

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/1970

Highest Degree

PhD., MSc., BA

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology

Activities

Conducting research on zooplankton in upwelling ecosystems including nutrient cycling, assimilation, ingestion, growth, species composition, life history strategy, and physical forcing of population distribution; studies of spatial structure in zooplankton; descriptive biological oceanography of NW Indian Ocean as a function of monsoonal currents; reproductive biology and life history strategies of copepods in the New York Bight, California Current, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Greenland Sea and Arabian Sea; role of zooplankton in carbon cycle of ecosystems in extreme environments.

Region of Study

Nw 71, Greenland Sea, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, California Current, New

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://www.rsmas.miami.edu

Created: 1997-03-21 | Last Updated: 2014-06-18