The Kurle Lab
Foraging Ecology, Isotope Biogeochemistry, Conservation
University of California, San Diego, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution

Ckurle@ucsd.edu

Welcome to the Kurle lab website

Research in the Kurle lab encompasses a variety of interests including trophic interactions, foraging ecology and movement patterns of animals, stable isotope biogeochemistry, and impacts of human perturbations (pollution, invasion, biodiversity loss) on ecological communities. I work in marine and terrestrial systems and my projects tend to serve an applied conservation purpose.

Contact:

Carolyn Kurle

University of California, San Diego

Ecology, Behavior & Evolution

9500 Gilman Drive, #0116

La Jolla, CA 92093-0116

Ckurle@ucsd.edu

Office: Muir Biology 4218

Lab: 4145

Classes at UCSD

BILD 3, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Introductory Ecology and Evolution). In this class, I present lectures on the history of evolutionary thought, evidence for evolution and natural selection, speciation, human evolution, organismal diversity, community and ecosystem ecology, climate change, and conservation.

 

BIEB 130, Marine Conservation Biology. In this class, we cover topics including marine habitats and biodiversity, history of marine ecosystems, fisheries management, marine protected areas, ecosystem based management, habitat destruction, coastal development, aquaculture, climate change, pollution, and invasive species.