Sam Larkin
Degree Held:
B.S., Environmental Science, University of California--Berkeley
Degree Sought:
M.S., Biological Sciences
Advisor:
Wyatt Cross, Ph.D.
Current Research Interests:
I am studying the interactive effects of warming and drought on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities using a series of geothermally heated streams in Iceland. My research aims to improve our predictions of how aquatic ecosystems will respond to varying climate change scenarios. To achieve this, I will measure macroinvertebrate metabolism to understand how these two stressors—warming and drought—affect both individual aquatic organisms and entire communities.