Bio

Griffin Srednick, PhD, is an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford Oceans and a community ecologist specializing in the spatiotemporal dynamics of marine communities. His postdoctoral research investigates how coral reef communities recover from disturbance and respond to the effects of climate change. Conducted within the National Science Foundation's Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, his work examines how spatiotemporal heterogeneity in coral communities can promote ecological resilience. By integrating oceanographic modeling with coral reef ecology, his research aims to reveal the mechanisms underpinning coral recovery following disturbance. His broader scientific interests focus on understanding the complex architecture of ecosystems and how a holistic view of ecological systems can inform and enhance conservation and restoration strategies.

Professional Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University Of Melbourne (2024)
  • Master of Science, California State University Northridge (2018)
  • Bachelor of Science, California State University Monterey Bay (2014)

Stanford Advisors

Contact

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    srednick@stanford.edu
    University - Scholar Department: Department of Oceans Position: Postdoctoral Scholar

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  • Long-term community dynamics are heterogeneous between fringing- and fore-reef habitats on an Indo-Pacific coral reef ECOSPHERE Edmunds, P. J., John, C., Leichter, J. J., Moritz, C., Scafidi, K. C., Speare, K. E., Srednick, G., Wyatt, A. J. 2025; 16 (10)

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ecs2.70398

    View details for Web of Science ID 001598826100001

  • Habitat attributes mediate top-down and bottom-up drivers of community development in temperate and tropical algae ECOSPHERE Srednick, G., Swearer, S. E. 2025; 16 (8)

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ecs2.70345

    View details for Web of Science ID 001543416200001

  • Habitat attributes mediate herbivory and influence community development in algal metacommunities ECOLOGY Srednick, G., Cohen, A., Diehl, O., Tyler, K., Swearer, S. E. 2023; 104 (4): e3976

    Abstract

    Understanding the drivers and impacts of spatiotemporal variation in species abundance on community trajectories is key to understanding the factors contributing to ecosystem resilience. Temporal variation in species trajectories across patches can provide compensation for species loss and can influence successional patterns. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms that lead to patterns of species or spatial compensation and how those patterns may be mediated by consumer-resource relationships. Here we describe an experiment testing whether habitat attributes (e.g., structural complexity and spatial heterogeneity) mediate the effects of herbivory on tropical marine macroalgal communities by reducing accessibility and detectability, respectively, leading to variable trajectories among algal species at community (within patch) and metacommunity (i.e., among patch) scales. Reduced accessibility (greater habitat complexity) decreased the effects of herbivory (i.e., depressed consumption rate, increased algal species richness), and both accessibility and detectability (spatial heterogeneity) influenced algal community structure. Moreover, decreased accessibility at the community scale and a mosaic of accessibility at the metacommunity scale led to variation in community assembly. We suggest that habitat attributes can be important influencers of consumer-resource interactions on coral reefs, which in turn can increase species diversity, promote species succession, and enhance stability in algal metacommunities.

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ecy.3976

    View details for Web of Science ID 000931346200001

    View details for PubMedID 36691779

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