Joseph Richard Pawlik
Joseph Richard Pawlik | |
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| Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego |
| Known for | Ecology of sponges on Caribbean reefs |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology Marine Biology Chemical Ecology |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina Wilmington |
| Doctoral advisor | D. John Faulkner Nicholas D. Holland |
Joseph Richard Pawlik is a marine biologist. He is the Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is best known for studies of sponges on Caribbean coral reefs that reveal ecological principles such as resource trade-offs, trophic cascades and indirect effects.