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Brad Wetherbee teaches in the
Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Rhode
Island. His research is focused on the ecology of marine
fishes, especially as it applies to their wise utilization in
fisheries. Particular areas of study
include habitat use and movement patterns of elasmobranchs and
other marine fishes ranging from small reef fish in marine
protected areas to long distance movements and ocean basin-wide
migrations of large sharks. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Hawaii, where he studied biochemical and
physiological buoyancy adaptations in sharks.
Prior to his work in Hawaii, he received his Masters
degree at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric Science studying the digestive physiology of
sharks. After leaving the University of Hawaii he
completed a National Research Council post-doctoral fellowship
at the National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett
Laboratory in the Apex Predators Program.
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