Cascade Sorte, PI: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, 321 Steinhaus, Irvine, CA 92697 csorte@uci.edu

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Main Projects Underway or Recently Completed (with pubs forthcoming):

12/1/21-11/30/25: NSF-funded project on “Predicting impacts of coastal species redistribution in a changing climate” which includes fieldwork along the coast of California and Baja California, Mexico, as well as distribution and population modeling, to understand and predict impacts of 2 range expanding predatory whelks, along with a global synthesis of marine range shift impacts. Previously, updates were tweeted at #RangeShiftNSF

5/1/19-4/30/24: International project on “Understanding and managing the impacts of invasive alien species on biodiversity and ecosystem services” is underway, with funding from the Belmont Forum / NSF / Biodiversa <link> Previously, updated on Twitter at @InvasiBES

4/1/18-3/31/22: NSF-funded project with publications ongoing on “Effects of multiple aspects of climate change on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning” (with co-PIs Matt Bracken UCI, Kristy Kroeker UCSC, Luke Miller SDSU) Previous updates from the field given on Twitter at #SitkaNSF

Sorte Lab – Fall 2023: