Studying rockfish communities across life stages and documenting marine life, from California kelp forests to the coral walls of the Red Sea.
I study how larval traits and stress tolerance shape life-stage transitions in Sebastes (rockfishes). My work combines long-term fisheries surveys and ecological models to investigate larval supply, recruitment, ocean temperature, and community diversity in the Southern California Bight.
Advisors: Prof. Nathan Spindel and Prof. Scott Hamilton.
Thesis: How much do larval traits and stress tolerance explain lifestage transition success in Sebastes.
Coursework in marine ecology, biological oceanography, and ichthyology, with two field quarters (Hopkins Marine Station; Corsica, France).
Investigated the effects of Sea Star Wasting Disease on prey of affected Asteroid spp. using subtidal surveys and time-series mixed modeling.
Studied cleaning behavior of the wrasse Symphodus melanocercus, applying multivariate statistics to behavioral data.
Lewis, E.
Lewis, E.
A selection of underwater photography from research dives and expeditions, grouped by region.
Cold, productive water along the Monterey Peninsula: giant kelp forests, rocky reefs, and the marine life beneath the canopy.
Stillwater Cove · Breakwater · Monastery Beach, 69 photographs
Subtropical reefs, seagrass meadows, and shipwrecks documented during a season of coral, seagrass, and mangrove monitoring across the South Florida–Caribbean region.
Eagle & Spiegel Grove wrecks · patch reefs, 31 photographs
Fringing reefs and offshore seamounts in the Egyptian Red Sea: walls of soft coral, schooling anthias, and open-water encounters.
Daedalus Reef · The Brothers · Abu Dabbab · Fanadir, 55 photographs
