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Brittany Jellison

Assistant Professor
Phone: (603) 862-0252
Office: Dept of Biological Sciences, Spaulding Hall Rm 270, Durham, NH 03824
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Dr. Brittany Jellison is a marine scientist that explores how coastal organisms are responding, acclimating, and adapting to human-altered environments. Her work explores how marine ecological interactions are altered by global change, using a variety of mechanistic-laboratory and -field experiments with a focus on factors that influence and alter trophic cascades in coastal systems. Most of the work in her lab concentrates on intertidal/subtidal habitats and marine invertebrate organisms. She uses physiology, animal behavior, and community ecology tools to study these systems and stressors (seawater pH, temperature, nutrient loading) in the Gulf of Maine. Her work seeks to explore questions such as the following: How do species and populations respond physiologically and behaviorally to ocean change? How do multiple stressors in the field alter species interactions and influence community structure? Will specific populations or species be more vulnerable to ocean change?

If you are interested in joining the Marine Ecophysiology Lab at UNH please reach out to Dr. Jellison by email.

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 695: Biology Teaching Practices
  • BIOL 799H: Honors Senior Thesis
  • BIOL 901: Intro Graduate Seminar
  • BIOL 999: Doctoral Dissertation Research
  • MEFB 503: Introduction to Marine Biology
  • MEFB 628: Marine Invertebrate Evol &Ecol
  • ZOOL 625: Principles Animal Physiology
  • ZOOL 626: Animal Physiology Laboratory

Education

  • Ph.D., University of California
  • B.S., Biology/Biological Sciences, University of California - San Diego

Research Interests

  • Animal behavior
  • Animal Physiology/Morphology
  • Global Change
  • Invertebrate Physiology
  • Marine Biology

Selected Publications

  • Jellison, B. M., & Gaylord, B. (2019). Shifts in seawater chemistry disrupt trophic links within a simple shoreline food web. Oecologia, 190(4), 955-967. doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04459-0

  • Rivest, E. B., Jellison, B., Ng, G., Satterthwaite, E. V., Bradley, H. L., Williams, S. L., & Gaylord, B. (n.d.). Mechanisms Involving Sensory Pathway Steps Inform Impacts of Global Climate Change on Ecological Processes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00346

  • Gaylord, B., Barclay, K. M., Jellison, B. M., Jurgens, L. J., Ninokawa, A. T., Rivest, E. B., & Leighton, L. R. (2019). Ocean change within shoreline communities: from biomechanics to behaviour and beyond. Conservation Physiology, 7(1). doi:10.1093/conphys/coz077

  • Jellison, B. M., Ninokawa, A. T., Hill, T. M., Sanford, E., & Gaylord, B. (2016). Ocean acidification alters the response of intertidal snails to a key sea star predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1833), 20160890. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0890

  • Kroeker, K. J., Sanford, E., Jellison, B. M., & Gaylord, B. (2014). Predicting the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Predator-Prey Interactions: A Conceptual Framework Based on Coastal Molluscs. The Biological Bulletin, 226(3), 211-222. doi:10.1086/bblv226n3p211

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