Virginia graduate students Mark Stratton and Ben Marcek are among the newest National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Population Dynamics (Pop Dy) Fellows.
The Pop Dy Fellowship provides support to Ph.D. students interested in careers related to study of fish populations and quantitative methods for assessing fish populations. Here’s more about Ben and Mark’s upcoming research:
Ben Marcek, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
“Individual-Based, Dynamic-Landscape Models of Marine Fishes Incorporating Ecophysiological Constraints”
Mark Stratton, Virginia Institute of marine Science
“Ecosystem Drivers of U.S. South Atlantic Coastal Fish Stock Abundances”
