Elizabeth Ramsay

Elizabeth Ramsay

eramsay@mlml.calstate.edu

 

My thesis research focuses on two species of kelp, Dictyoneurum californicum and Dictyoneurum reticulatum, that look very different and live in different wave exposed environments, but are genetically indistinct. Currently I am looking at specific physical characteristics of these two species along a geographic and wave exposure gradient along the Monterey Peninsula to see if their environment determines their morphology.