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• Mari Fester
• Tamsen Peeples

Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J.A. & Stekoll, M.S. 2025. Climate-related sediment load has severe impacts on the early life-stages of commercially important high-latitude kelp species. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol. 592,152128.

Dittrich MC, Meyer L, Stekoll MSS, Kelley A, Umanzor S. 2025. Indoor cultivation protocols for Devaleraea mollis and Palmaria hecatensis from Alaska: effects of temperature, light, and nutrients. J Appl Phycol.  

Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J.A. & Stekoll, M.S. 2025. Impact of multiple climate stressors on early life stages of North Pacific kelp species. Ecol Evol 15:e71661.

Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J.A. & Stekoll, M.S.  2025. Hyposaline conditions impact the early life-stages of commercially important high-latitude kelp species. J. Phycol.

Stekoll M, Lindell S, Goudey CA, Kite-Powell HL, Bailey D, Barbery K, Roberson L, Peeples T, Mangini N, Pryor A, Meyer A, Yarish C. 2025. Development of Scalable Coastal and Offshore Kelp Farming for Marine Biomass Production. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 56(2). .

Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J.A. & Stekoll, M.S. 2024. Effects of temperature on early life-stages of Alaria marginata, a commercially important high-latitude kelp species. J Appl Phycol.

Kwon, H., Hawkins, T.R., Zaimes, G.G., Infante, J., Kite-Powell, H.L., Stekoll, M.S., Roberson, L., Zotter, B., Augyte, S., Rocheleau, G. and Sims, N. 2024. Life-cycle analysis of offshore macroalgae production systems in the United States. Algal Â鶹¹ÙÍø, 82, p.103654

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• Algal aquaculture
• Algal ecology
• Algal physiology
• Pollution biology

My research has concentrated in both basic and applied aspects of the biology and ecology of marine benthic plants and on the effects of disturbances on this community. My associates and I have investigated the mariculture of kelps and other seaweeds and the effects of harvest and pollution on marine plants. We have also developed techniques for using remote sensing using satellite imagery and drones to map floating kelp beds in Southeast Alaska.

• Climate effects on kelp physiological ecology
• Applied research on kelp mariculture in Alaska
• Â鶹¹ÙÍø on bull kelp mariculture
• Kelp hatchery innovations  
• Growing dulse in onshore and nearshore operations
• Use of seaweeds in mining rare earth elements from the ocean
• Operating a lab for a commercial seaweed hatchery (nursery) at UAF

• Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Â鶹¹ÙÍø Southeast