Nathan B. Spindel

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.