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, KL Heck Jr, SP Powers, WM Graham and K Robinson (2009) Climate-related, decadal-scale assemblage changes of seagrass-associated fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Global Change Biology [in press, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01889.x]

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.

Rathburn AE, LA Levin, M Tryon, JM Gieskes, JB Martin, ME Pérez, FJ Fodrie, C Neira, GJ Fryer, G Mendoza, PA McMillan, J Kluesner, J Adamic and W Ziebis (2009) Geological and biological heterogeneity of the Aleutian margin (2000-4800 m). Progress in Oceanography 80: 22-50.

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.