Ethology/Behavioral Ecology

Insects
Dr. Kenneth Kaneshiro - the dynamics of sexual selection of Hawaiian Drosophilidae and the role it plays in the speciation process; the biology of small populations and the role of sexual selection in populations faced with extinction.

Fish
Dr. Kim Holland - the physiological ecology of aquatic organisms and the interface between animal behavior and physiology; relating pelagic and nearshore fishes diel movements, home range sizes and swimming strategies to their foraging success and energy budgets.

Dr. George Losey (Emeritus Faculty)- the behavioral control of sex change, analysis of social or symbiotic communication, the functions of UV-sensitive vision in marine fishes and invertebrates; cleaning symbiosis.

Dr. Ernie Reese (Emeritus Faculty)- the relationship of food and feeding behavior to behavioral ecology and life history characteristics, coevolution of corals and reef fishes, orientation behavior of butterflyfishes, and the use of butterflyfishes as indicators of conditions on coral reefs.

Dr. Timothy Tricas - the evolution of social systems, coevolution between coral-feeding butterflyfishes and their food corals, the use of butterflyfishes as biological indicators of reef health, and recruitment processes of larvae to coral reefs.

Birds
Dr. Leonard Freed - evolutionary and behavioral ecology; life history theory, mating system theory, and optimal foraging theory; adaptation, particularly with bird species that display geographical variation in the characteristics of interest.

Marine Mammals
Dr. Whitlow Au - marine bioacouistics, especially dealing with dolphins and whales; hearing processes, sound production mechanisms, sound characterization, remote acoustic sensing and hearing capabilities.

Dr. Paul Nachtigall - the sensory and perceptual processes (taste reception, vision, hearing and echolocation) of dolphins and small whales.

More Marine Mammal behavioral research opportunities:
The Dolphin Institute, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Honolulu.