Western Society of Naturalists 2025 Annual Meeting

The Hofmann Lab returned to WSN for the 2025 annual meeting in San Diego! Graduate students Ivanna and Alitzel along with lab technician Sophia presented their current research as poster presentation. Dr Hofmann presented a talk regarding marine heatwave impacts in the Santa Barbara Channel on reproductive cycles for key organisms.

Hofmann, G.; Villanueva, A. X.; Cabral, S. Timing is everything: Marine heatwaves and the phenology of reproduction cycles in kelp forests of the Santa Barbara region. 

Villanueva, A. X.; Cabral, S.; Hofmann, G. Macrocystis pyrifera zoospores: Exploring effects of thermal patterns across seasonal changes in Santa Barbara. 

Cabral, S.; Arrizon Elizarraras, I.; McDonald, A.M.; Rodriguez, L.; Villanueva, A.X.; Chamorro, J.D.; Hofmann, G. Gonads through the seasons: a multiyear study on purple sea urchins in the Santa Barbara Channel.