Faculty Info: Michael H. Graham

MICHAEL H. GRAHAM Associate Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and San Jose State B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara M.S., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography Email: mgraham@mlml.calstate.edu Lab Website: http://phycology.mlml.calstate.edu

Specific Research Interests: Our research program addresses the role of macroscopic primary producers (e.g., seaweeds, seagrasses, marsh plants) in regulating the dynamics and diversity of marine systems. We focus in two areas. First, using both laboratory and field experiments we aim to better understand the physical and biological processes that regulate the population dynamics of benthic macrophytes, including both bottom-up (recruitment, productivity) and top-down (competition, herbivory, facilitation) factors. Second, through our network of collaborators we use a multidisciplinary approach to study the consequences of macrophyte population dynamics on their associated communities, including large-scale field experimentation and monitoring, biochemical tracers of energy flow, and even anthropological data. Current Projects: (1) kelp life history evolution; (2) ecological and genetic response of kelp communities to variability in kelp distribution and abundance; (3) effects of algal diversity on the functioning of rocky intertidal ecosystems; (4) biology of deep tropical kelp populations; (5) integrated aquaculture using seaweeds. Selected Publications: Graham, MH, JA Vasquez and AH Buschmann. 2007. Global ecology of the giant kelp Macrocystis: from ecotypes to ecosystems. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review 45:39-88 Hernandez-Carmona, G, B Hughes, and MH Graham. 2006. Reproductive longevity of drifting kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (Phaeophyceae) in Monterey Bay, USA. Journal of Phycology 42:1199-1207 Kinlan BP, MH Graham, JM Erlandson. 2005. Late Quaternary changes in the size and shape of the California Channel Islands: implications for marine subsidies to terrestrial communities. Proceedings of the California Islands Symposium 6:119-130 Graham, MH. 2004. Effects of local deforestation of the diversity and structure of southern California giant kelp forest food webs. Ecosystems 7:341-357 Graham, MH. 2003. Confronting multicollinearity in ecological multiple regression. Ecology 84:2809-2815 Graham, MH. 2003. Coupling propagule output to supply at the edge and interior of a giant kelp forest. Ecology 85:1250-1264 recruitment in perennial kelps? Journal of Phycology 39:1-12 Graham, MH, PK Dayton, and JM Erlandson. 2003. Ice-ages and ecological transitions on temperate coasts. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:33-40 Graham, MH and PK Dayton. 2002. On the evolution of ecological ideas: paradigms and scientific progress. Ecology 83:1481-1489 Graham, MH. 2002. Prolonged reproductive consequences of short-term biomass loss in seaweeds. Marine Biology 140:901-911 Sala, E and MH Graham. 2002. Community-wide distribution of predator-prey interaction strength in kelp forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:3678-3683

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