Experts Guide

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.