Conservation Research Programs of Richard C. Brusca

Survey and inventory of macroinvertebrates in surface waters of the Sonoran Desert (southern Arizona and northwestern Sonora, Mexico) with applications toward conservation of riparian communities in the southwest. This program will be described in more detail soon.

An "all-taxon" (animal) biodiversity inventory, with biogeographical and conservation analyses for the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

A sustainable seafod initiative for the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)

Human history and ethnoecology in northern Sonora. This program will be described in more detail soon.