Sarah A. Spaulding
California
Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 750-7078
sspaulding@calacademy.org
Research InterestsPh.D. Graduate Program in Ecology (1996), Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO
M.S. Biology (1991), Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO B.A. Biology (1982), University of Colorado, Boulder CO
My principal interest is the aquatic environment, and how it changes at varying temporal scales. Currently, I am addressing the relationship of environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms. My research goal is to understand the fundamental biologic, ecologic, and taxonomic relationships among diatoms in order to develop refined understanding of the temporal and spatial distribution of diatom lineages, and ultimately how distributions relate to environmental parameters and evolutionary history.Five Recent Publications