Russell J. Schmitt

We hope to educate each other in our specialized areas and, in the long run, demonstrate the potential of integration," Coastal Research Center Director and biology Professor Russell J. Schmitt said.
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"The research has the potential to catalyze a paradigm shift in the approach taken to environmental restoration," Schmitt said.

Stewart performed the research with Sally Holbrook, professor and vice chair of UCSB's Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology; Russell Schmitt, a professor in the same department and the director of the MSI's Coastal Research Center; and Andrew Brooks, assistant research biologist at the MSI and deputy director of the MCR LTER.