Dr. Emily Hall joined the staff at Mote Marine Laboratory in the Chemical Ecology Program in 2005 where she was most involved with research and monitoring of nutrient patterns in relation to harmful algal blooms in the west-central coast of Florida, and investigating sources of nutrients in aquatic systems. Dr. Hall now currently manages the Chemical and Physical Ecology Program and the Ocean Acidification Program, two major research programs at Mote Marine Laboratory. As part of the Ocean Acidification Program, Dr. Hall developed ocean acidification and climate change experimental systems (in the Florida Keys \u2013 CAOS and in Sarasota – OASys) to study the effects of global and local variables on coral reef ecosystems as well as on other marine organisms. Ocean acidification (OA) and climate change are occurring due to the increased rate of anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere and the ocean. Understanding the effects of these global problems on marine organisms is a top priority. The implication and evidence are that increases of pCO2 along with increased temperatures (and combined with other environmental variables) will affect multiple critical biological components of marine ecosystems. Dr. Hall is also focusing her research on unique coastal and marine habitats that may be able to withstand or alleviate the effects of global changes on organisms like corals, such as within seagrass beds or offshore deep holes. Within the Chemical and Physical Ecology Program at Mote, Dr. Hall addresses both research and applied science questions on the impacts and interactions of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica) and physical parameters (salinity, light) in riverine, estuarine and coastal environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3926,"template":"","department":[26,35],"class_list":["post-3925","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-chemical-physical-ecology-program","department-ocean-acidification-research-program"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n