Smith, David E.
Primary Appointment
Environmental Sciences
Contact Information
Office: 372 Clark Hall
PO Box 400123 Department of Environmental Sciences
Telephone: 434-924-0561
Fax: 434-982-2137
Email: des3e@virginia.edu
Research Disciplines
Environmental Sciences
Research Interests
Biological oceanography, marine ecology, and invertebrate zoology.
Research Description
Areas of interest include the physiology and ecology of planktonic communities, including predator-prey relationships, trophic interactions at intermediate levels within the food chain, planktonic larval recruitment processes, and the dynamics of gelatinous macrozooplankton.
Recent activity has also focused on the oxygen/nutrient dynamics within Chesapeake Bay, nekton dynamics in tidal freshwater and barrier island environments, as well as innovative ways to transfer scientific information to policy and decision makers.