Peter Ortner
RSMAS/MBF
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
portner@rsmas.miami.edu

Physical regulation of biological systems; coastal zone management, ecosystem restoration, and fisheries management science and policy; coastal ecosystem effects of hurricane landfall; coastal ecosystem implications of regional and global climate change and climate variability; trophic relationships in marine plankton communities; phytoplankton physiology, nutrient uptake and trace metal interactions; zooplankton biochemistry; fisheries oceanography; marine sources of biogenic volatiles and radiatively important trace substances; and, zooplankton sampling technology, particularly optical or acoustic.