Contact Information
Alaska Sea Grant ProgramP.O. Box 730
201 Railway Ave
Seward, AK 99664
Phone: (907) 224-4311
daly@sfos.uaf.edu
Ben Daly Student
Specialty
- Crab Ecology, Husbandry, Larval Rearing
Education
- M.S. 2007 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Marine Biology)
Research Overview
Research biologist on the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation, and Biology (AKCRRAB) Program. Duties include crab husbandry, experiments in larval rearing, and ecolological field studies. Joined Alaska Sea Grant in May 2007.
Current Research Projects
- Field studies idenifying habitat use and essential habitat of early juvenile red king crab.
- Density and diet experiments using red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus) larvae.
Publications
Daly, B., and B. Konar. 2008. Effects of macroalgal structural complexity on nearshore larval and post-larval crab composition. Marine Biology 153:1055–1064.