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Megan N. Dethier is a Research Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Washington, based full-time at Friday Harbor Laboratories. She holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton College in Minnesota and completed her PhD at the University of Washington under Bob Paine. Her research focuses on marine ecology, particularly the ecology of shorelines in the Pacific Northwest. She has been involved in studies concerning community ecology of shorelines, including the impacts of environmental stresses on biodiversity and species interactions such as animal-sediment dynamics and plant-herbivore relationships. Dethier has designed a marine habitat classification system for Washington State and worked with the National Park Service on shoreline mapping and monitoring initiatives. Her current work in Puget Sound examines the links between physical shoreline features and biological communities, and she has been active in assessing the effects of human impacts, such as shoreline armoring on ecological health. Dethier has also published extensively on topics related to intertidal ecology and has been involved in efforts to maintain biodiversity in intertidal habitats.
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