Zach Vayder
He/him/his
M.S. Student
Marine Biology
2150 Koyukuk Drive
218 O'Neill Building
Fairbanks, AK 99775
zevayder@alaska.edu
Research Overview
My research focuses on Pacific blue mussels and their physiological and ecological responses to thermal stress. To do so, I am quantifying their thermal microhabitat, sampling mussels throughout the mussel bed, running aquarium experiments, and doing historical data analyses. My goal is to paint a better picture of their thermal tolerance as well as show how complex their microhabitat is.
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