Reef flat at Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
From individuals to ecosystems in a sea of change
The deVries Lab studies what and how marine invertebrates eat in order to understand how diet and morphology can help shape trophic dynamics and the ecology of an ecosystem. We further explore how environmental change may alter these relationships. We approach these classic questions in functional morphology and ecology by integrating tools from animal behavior, biomechanics, stable isotope ecology, robotics, and engineering.