Diana E. LaScala-Grunenewald is studying the effects of small-scale environmental
variability on communities of of intertidal gastropods, such as different species
of limpets, with advisor Dr. Mark Denny. Thus the
effects of not only of average environmental warming, but also actual (real-time)
environmental variations (such as desiccation
and temperature variation due to tidal effects, foraging patterns, etc.) upon gastropods.