Emeriti

Biological oceanography; ecology of marine gelatinous plankton; marine particulate matter and marine snow, biogeochemical cycling.

The power of plankton.

I am a microbial oceanographer that studies the interaction between microbes and the biogeochemical processing of marine organic matter.

Gamete recognition and fertilization in marine invertebrates.

Marine ecology, sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, oceans and climate change.

Earth System History recorded in sediments with emphasis in Marine Geology, Paleoceanography, Climate Change and Cosmic Impacts

Ecological processes in lakes, wetlands and streams and their catchments throughout the world.

Libe Washburn is an oceanographer and professor at UCSB who studies the coastal ocean and related marine ecosystems.