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Lauran Brewster

faculty

Lauran Brewster, PhD

Assistant Professor

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography

Contact

508-910-6812

School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 123

Education

2017University of HullPhD

Teaching

Courses

Provides a background on the development of fisheries science and examines the theories and techniques of biology, ecology, oceanography, and population dynamics presently employed. Components include fish and shellfish basic population dynamics, early life history recruitment, migration, growth, fishery dependent/independent surveys, alternative abundance measurement techniques, habitat considerations, and introductory fisheries modeling.

Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.

Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.

Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.

Research

Research activities

  • Portfolio theory
  • Offshore wind impacts
  • Thermal preferences

Research awards

  • $ 79,771 awarded by NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) for Integrating Multiple Fisheries Independent Surveys to Explore Species Distribution Shifts and Provide Climate Inputs for Stock Assessment

Research interests

  • Biologging/Biotelemetry
  • EBFM/Portfolio theory
  • Anthropogenic interactions
  • Marine ecology and physiology