Ecomorphology Lab Welcome to the website!  What is Ecomorphology?  It is the study of organism structure (i.e., anatomy) and function (e.g., how it works in a particular context).  Understanding the basic structure and function of organisms is one of the oldest areas of research pertaining to the natural world.  We are quite simply fascinated with how animals work. A true understanding of function is incomplete in the absence of ecologically or historically (evolutionary) relevant contexts.  Research in the Ecomorphology Lab is centered around questions that attempt to broadly address: 1) the diversity of form and consequence, if any, of that diversity from a simple biomechanical perspective; 2) the evolution of novel and/or specialized forms, and; 3) how form, typically by interacting with other physiological, behavioral, or genetic variables, affects and can be used to predict functional ecological relationships.  We study marine fishes in this context. Lab Personnel Classes Brown Bag Lunch Series for MLML Grad Students - Job Preparation and more... For interested potential students Contact information: Moss Landing Marine Labs 8272 Moss Landing Rd. Moss Landing, CA 95039 phone: (831) 771-4497 fax: (831) 632-4403 e-mail:lfgraham@mlml.calstate.edu Created by: Lara Ferry-Graham Comments: webmaster@mlml.calstate.edu Last Revision: 20 April 2006 - I would appreciate it if you let me know about broken links or other webpage problems.