Recruitment of marine organisms

Molecular larval ecology

Gene flow (especially at hydrothermal vents)

Metapopulation dynamics

Population genetics

Ó Foighil D., Jennings, R., Park, J.K., and Merriwether, A., 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of mid-oceanic ridge and continental lineages of Lasaea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Northeastern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213:165-175.

Presentations, Posters, and Abstracts:

Jennings, R., and Halanych, K.M. Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing of Riftia pachyptila: Phylogenetic and Population Genetic Utility. Poster presented at LARVE Results Symposium, Ogden, UT (2001).

"Amphi-Atlantic Phylogeography of Direct-developing Lasaea Lineages", presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Union, Pittsburgh, PA (1999).

"The Feasibility of Biocide Application in Controlling the Release of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species from Ballast Water", presented at the 9th Annual International Zebra Mussel & Aquatic Nuisance Species Conference, Duluth, MN (1999).