Jeffrey Jensen

BSCI106 - Principles of Biology II: Ecology and Evolution; BSCI207 - Principles of Biology III: Organismal Biology; BSCI394 - Vertebrate Form and Function

I'm investigating resource partitioning in surfperches, a family of nearshore fishes common along the west coast of North America. Most of my research is done at the Friday Harbor Marine Lab in Washington state. Surfperches give birth to live young that are extraordinarily well developed - a 17 cm female may have as many as 30 6 cm young! As adults, surfperches show a variety of morphological and behavioral feeding specializations. Recently, I've been investigating the extent and ecological importance of morphological differences among newborns of different species that share the same habitats.

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1993. Evolution and functional morphology of fishes.