{"id":129,"date":"2023-10-12T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:07:12","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Staudinger lab, we seek to address the unprecedented challenges that global change brings to the fields of fisheries ecology, coastal management, and marine conservation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To achieve our research goals, we incorporate statistical models, data synthesis, laboratory, and field methodologies. We work closely with a range of partners to coproduce science that is directly usable for decision making and the sustainable management of natural resources. We strive to make our science broadly accessible and communicate our findings in multiple formats to help educate and inspire the next generation of scientists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We believe inclusive and holistic approaches foster stronger scientific outcomes. Our lab is committed to creating a safe and welcoming work environment regardless of race, gender, sexual identity, disability, religion, neurodiversity, age, socioeconomic status, and other backgrounds. We work to find creative and flexible solutions to overcome barriers to conducting science and actively practice empathy and compassion. We do not tolerate racism, ableism, bigotry, bias or discrimination of any kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our research has three main themes:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Food Webs<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-191 \" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/RAZO_w.herring-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/RAZO_w.herring-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/RAZO_w.herring-1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To understand how marine species interact with each other and their environment across organismal, community, and ecosystem scales and how changes in relationships and connections affect ecosystem services. We work across a wide range of coastal and marine habitats, spanning the intertidal zone to the deep sea. We have a particular interest in the ecosystem roles of forage fishes such as squid, sand lances, herring, and how their abundance and distribution supports the energetic demands of protected and managed predatory fishes, marine mammals, and seabirds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Climate Change<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-69 \" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"erosional beach\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-634x476.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-846x635.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-951x713.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-1268x951.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/Rockshore-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,251px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To assess climate change impacts on socioecological systems and work to build effective and equitable climate adaptation strategies that reduce risk. Key focal areas include measuring and evaluating the consequences of shifting phenology, understanding how climate change is modifying emergent properties of ecosystems, and conducting climate change vulnerability assessments.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Diversity<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-73 \" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"small fish on a glass dish\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-951x634.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/staudingerlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/707\/2023\/10\/juvenile-scombrids-1268x845.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,252px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From a social and cultural perspective, we integrate diverse knowledge systems and ways of knowing to understand how the natural world is structured and functions. From an ecological point of view, we holistically consider how biodiversity serves as the building blocks for marine ecosystems and increases resilience to stress and disturbance.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Staudinger lab, we seek to address the unprecedented challenges that global change brings to the fields of fisheries ecology, coastal management, and marine conservation.&nbsp; To achieve our research goals, we incorporate statistical models, data synthesis, laboratory, and field methodologies. 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