Area of Interest:

Coastal Biological Oceanography

- Fish and bivalve population ecology
- Connectivity of marine populations and ecosystems
- Complex trophic interactions in marine communities
- Ecosystem function in relation to habitat quality, availability and utilization
- Long-term community patterns

Education:

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD), Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, 2006

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Biology and History, 1999

Selected Publications:

Fodrie, FJ and KL Heck, Jr. (2011) Response of coastal fishes to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. PLoS One 6(7): e21609. *Article featured at sciencenews.com

Fodrie, FJ, BJ Becker, LA Levin, K Gruenthal and PA McMillan (2011) Connectivity clues from short-term variability in settlement and geochemical tags of mytilid mussels. Journal of Sea Research 65: 141-150. *Cited by Faculty of 1000 as in the top 2% of Biology papers

Martin, CW, FJ Fodrie, KL Heck Jr and J Mattila (2010) Differential habitat use and antipredator response of juvenile roach (Rutilus rutilus) to olfactory and visual cues from multiple predators. Oecologia 162: 893-902.

Fodrie, FJ, KL Heck Jr, SP Powers, WM Graham and KL Robinson (2010) Climate-related, decadal-scale assemblage changes of seagrass-associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Global Change Biology 16: 48-59.

Fodrie, FJ, LA Levin and AJ Lucas (2009) Use of population fitness to evaluate the nursery function of juvenile habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 385: 39-49.

Fodrie, FJ, MD Kenworthy and SP Powers (2008) Unintended facilitation between marine consumers generates enhanced mortality for their shared prey. Ecology 89(12): 3268-3274.

Fodrie, FJ and LA Levin (2008) Linking juvenile habitat utilization to population dynamics of the California halibut. Limnology and Oceanography 53(2): 799-812.

Fodrie, FJ, and SH Herzka (2008) Tracking juvenile fish movement and nursery contribution within arid coastal embayments via otolith microchemistry. Marine Ecology Progress Series 361: 253-265.