My research focuses on the mating
system and sexual selection in the lined seahorse, Hippocampus
erectus. I am investigating the effects of the operational sex
ratio (OSR) on the opportunities for selection (I) on both sexes in
wild populations off the west coast of Florida. In addition, I am
looking at the pairbonds that form between males and females during a
breeding season and examining the effects of size similarity of the
mates, latency from bond formation, and degree of successful brood
formation on the strength of the pairbond.
Download a detailed account of my current research
L340: Biological
Basis of Sex Differences. Fall '06
