CROOKS, JEFFREY

Research Interests

• Wetlands ecology
• Invasion biology
• Malacology
• Historical ecology of Southern California

Degrees

• B.S., Colorado State University
• M.S., San Diego State University
• Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

Bio

Jeff has been studying the ecology of San Diego's coastal wetlands for 30 years, and has examined biological and physical changes in these systems over time. Much of this work has focused on viewing biological invasions as both causes and consequences of environmental change. Jeff has been the Research Coordinator of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, a Marine Protected Area just north of the US / Mexico border, since 2002. Jeff runs the Reserve's research and monitoring program, which focuses on using sound science to adaptively manage urban marine ecosystems such as salt marshes and lagoons.