Our research lab studies organismal and ecosystem responses to global change. Our multidisciplinary research combines laboratory techniques, field ecology, and computational tools to evaluate anthropogenic impacts on marine and freshwater communities. Specifically, we are interested in the following themes: 1) ecophysiology of marine invertebrates, 2) anthropogenetic contaminants (i.e., microplastics), and 3) species distributions and ecology.
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My undergraduate work at UNC Wilmington with Dr. Alina Szmant focussed on how the chemistry within the coral gastrovascular cavity responded to changes in external seawater pH and how that relates to calcification (read more here: Bove et al 2020).
During my PhD at UNC Chapel Hill, I was interested in how Caribbean reef-building corals respond to ocean acidification and warming through meta analyses (read more here: Bove et al 2020), quantification of calcification and linear extension rates (read more here: Bove et al 2019), coral holobiont physiology (Bove et al 2022), and skeletal morphology (In preparation).
Recently, I quantified historic geospatial sea surface temperature trends and marine heatwaves on coral reefs across the Caribbean Sea as a Postdoctoral Researcher (read more here: Bove et al 2022).
My current projects include using molecular techniques to study Crepidula fornicata (slipper snails) under winter thermal stress (in collaboration with Dr. Jan Pechenik at Tufts) and the effects of ocean acidification and boring sponges have on Crassostrea virginica (Eastern Oyster) (in collaboration with Dr. Justin Ries at Northeastern University).
– University of Rhode Island Bio@Noon seminar February 24, 2021 (View it here)
– Chico State Friday Seminar Series November 4, 2022 (View it here)
