Welcome
The Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, directed by Patrick Halpin, applies geospatial analysis to marine ecological problems.
We hope to have more materials up on the website soon. You can check out our lab brochure
Research Projects
Fisheries
for some more general background.
Research Projects
Research projects are listed below with (funders) parenthetically.
Mapping and Visualization
- OBIS-SEAMAP (Sloan, NSF) - geospatial archive of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles
- Census of Marine Life Mapping & Scientific Visualization (Sloan)
- ESRI Marine Data Model
Conservation Planning
- Marine Mammal Predictive Habitat Modeling (SERDP)
- TNC Marine Ecoregional Planning
- State of the World's Turtles (SWOT) with Conservation International
Marine Ecosystem-based Management
Fisheries
Key Duke Collaborations
- Landscape Ecology (Dean Urban)
- Marine Conservation Ecology (Andy Read)
- Ecology and Conservation (Larry Crowder)