The goal of this project is to develop an actionable and predictive ecosystem model of Narragansett Bay in order to inform coastal resource management decisions in the region. The first step is to develop a food-web model that includes fisheries and aquaculture species of socioeconomic and ecological importance. Coupling these biogeochemical and physical models of Narragansett Bay to understand impacts of anthropogenic stressors that will allow us to utilize end-to-end models of the whole ecosystem.

Leads: Austin Humphries (URI), Jeremy Collie (URI)

Associated Researchers: Jeremy Collie (URI), Baylor Fox-Kemper (Brown), Marta Gomez-Chiarri (URI), Breea Govenar (RIC), Chris Kincaid (URI), Susanne Menden-Deuer (URI), Lewis M. Rothstein (URI), Carol Thornber (URI), Kelton McMahon (URI), Kelvin Gorospe (URI), Lauren Josephs (URI)

Graduate Students: Joe Langan, PhD (URI), Corinne Truesdale, MS (URI), Celeste Venolia, MS (URI), Annie Innes-Gold, MS (URI) Maggie Heinichen, MS (URI)