The framework of this project envisions the socioeconomic and ecological components of Narragansett Bay as interacting systems with dynamic feedbacks. The foodweb will have an emphasis on commercially and ecologically important species, which we will model as being affected by human behavior and vice versa. Understanding such feedbacks between the two organizational systems will allow for the evaluation of different management strategies. As such, we strive for close collaboration on this project between managers and resource-users with scientists.

Leads: Austin Humphries, URI, Emi Uchida (URI), Hirotsugu Uchida (URI)

Associated Researchers: Tracey Dalton (URI), Emi Uchida (URI), Hirotsugu Uchida (URI), Jim Opaluch (URI), Kelvin Gorospe (URI), Lauren Josephs (URI), Scheri Fultineer (RISD), Neal Overstrom (RISD), Suchandra Basu (RIC), Katherine Lacasse (RIC)

Graduate Students: Talya ten Brink, PhD (URI), Sonia Refulio-Coronado, MA (URI), Larynn Cutshaw, MA (URI), Annie Innes-Gold, MS (URI)