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| Dr.
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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