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Daly studies zooplankton ecology with the aim of understanding the physical and biological factors that control the abundance and distribution of zooplankton and the role of zooplankton in marine food webs, biogeochemical cycles and fisheries oceanography. Recent projects include lower trophic food web response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the role of marine snow in the sedimentation of Deepwater Horizon oil to the sea floor and ecosystem dynamics and predator-prey interactions in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, using the SCINI remotely operated vehicle with a variety of sensors.

Murawski studies population dynamics of exploited marine species, impacts of fishing and other anthropogenic stresses on marine ecosystems and ecosystem modeling and analysis. His areas of focus include fisheries biology, marine ecology, pollution impacts and ocean mapping and undersea technologies.