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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 is a biological oceanographer with a focus on fisheries, including population dynamics of exploited marine species and the impacts of human-caused stresses on marine ecosystems. He can also discuss ocean mapping and underwater technologies. He is director and principal investigator of the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies, a cooperative agreement between the NOAA Office of Coast Survey and USF to develop technologies to map undersea ocean and coastal regions.