Charles H. Peterson
Contact Information
Office: Institute of Marine SciencesEmail: cpeters[at]email.unc.edu
Office Phone: (252) 726-6841
Research Description
Charles Peterson is known for his research in marine benthic ecology and for his development of experimental approaches to testing hypotheses concerning the community organization of soft-bottom benthic systems in estuaries and lagoons. His specific interests include the importance and nature of predation and intra- and interspecific competition in benthic communities and the role of resource limitation in suspension-feeding bivalve populations. He also performs research in paleoecology, invertebrate fisheries management, estuarine habitat evaluation, and barrier island ecology.