Daniel K. Okamoto

This study investigates how environmental variability interacts with fishing practices to influence trait evolution in fish populations, finding that food availability can suppress or obscure evolutionary responses to harvest.

This study shows that kelp restoration through sea urchin reduction improves food quality and diversity for herbivores, enhancing their gonad mass and essential fatty acid levels.

This study shows how red sea urchins maintain metabolic resilience in barren habitats and rapidly recover when food returns, influencing ecosystem dynamics through compensatory feeding and metabolic flexibility.

The paper shows that sublethal marine heatwaves suppress female gametogenesis, explaining historical urchin recruitment failures.

The paper analyzes stable isotope data from museum fish specimens to assess changes in trophic levels of Chesapeake Bay species over time.

This study uses biophysical modeling to assess how ocean circulation, temperature, and food supply affect larval recruitment of purple sea urchins in Southern California, finding that adult temperature exposure and larval behavior significantly influence recruitment.

This paper develops a method to assess kelp forest carbon sequestration capacity using data synthesis and Bayesian modeling, finding significant carbon storage and production in Canadian kelp forests.

The paper examines nucleosome positioning and sensitivity in the purple sea urchin genome, revealing unique patterns distinct from other eukaryotes.