Heather Hunt Lab

Heather HuntI study the physical and biological processes influencing the structure and organization of benthic marine invertebrate communities. Major themes include:

  • Diversity of hard-bottom invertebrates in areas thought to be of particular biological and ecological significance and the mechanisms underlying their spatio-temporal dynamics. This is an NSERC strategic project in which I am a collaborator.


  • The role of events during the early post-settlement period, when juvenile invertebrates have settled to the bottom and metamorphosed from the larval stage. Mortality and dispersal rates during this crucial life stage can be high, and may influence the distribution and abundance of adult organisms.