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Dean S Janiak

Dean S Janiak

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Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft Pierce, Florida

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Dean is a biologist at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Florida and the lead of MarineGEO research in the Indian River Lagoon and its surroundings. He has been with the Smithsonian since 2009 and prior to that, received an MS in Marine Sciences from the University of Connecticut and a BS in Biology from Humboldt State University in California. Dean works in a variety of habitats including seagrass, oyster reef, mangrove, and artificial habitat including docks and marinas. His research interests include how habitat and consumer-mediated interactions influence biodiversity, with a particular focus on the impacts of artificial habitat and non-native species on community structure at both local and global scales.

Dean is a contributor to the Indian River Lagoon, Florida Observatory.

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The Marine Global Earth Observatory (MarineGEO), directed by the Smithsonian’s Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network (TMON), is a network of partners researching biodiversity as the heart of healthy, productive, coastal ecosystems, where marine life and people are concentrated and interact most. MarineGEO marshals the Smithsonian’s leadership in discovery and convening power to advance knowledge useful to decision-makers in supporting innovative management and protection of marine life.