Suzanne MILLS

Thématique de recherche

The research interests of our team are broad and varied within the realm of evolutionary biology, using field manipulation experiments combined with laboratory experiments, as well as observations of natural variation. We have three main research areas:

• Understanding larval dispersal. Using clownfish as our model species, our current main research area is understanding larval dispersal and determining the separate and combined roles played by the parental phenotype and the environment.

• Effects of environmental change on coral reef organisms. We investigate how both climate change and anthropogenic stressors (noise pollution and tourism) affect the cortisol stress response in reef fish and whether they show the capacity for habituation.

• Ocean acidification and thermal stress. We are currently interested in determining whether transgenerational and/or developmental acclimation of the sea hare, Stylocheilus striatus, to the effects of ocean acidification and thermal stress can mitigate the negative effects on their embryonic and larval development.

Cours

Diseases of A. planci

Parental effects on larval dispersion