Research Opportunities

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Reef Monitoring Fish Count

Certified Open water Divers can participate only.  Contact Dr. Monica Lara

Artificial Reef Sediment Experiment

"Artificial reefs were established along the west coast of Florida with the goal of enhancing the area by increasing abundance and diversity of organisms. In order to test this idea, in terms of benthic infaunal composition, sediment samples were collected from local artificial reefs and natural ledges in Pinellas County, FL."

Fish Larvae Light Traps

Divers and none divers assist Dr. Monica Lara with construction and deployment of the light traps to collect larvae samples to gain base line information about the recruitment of varies fish at Natural and Artificial reefs.

Marine plankton in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Algae growth on/around Artificial and Natural reefs
"... randomly sampled, measured, pressed, and identified algae from artificial and natural reefs in the Pinellas county area. The results of this survey could be used to study a coral-algal interaction such as competition for space on the reef."

Fish Otoliths

Collect and dissect otoliths from various bay area fish.

Tunicata in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Divers film, ID, and analyze the environment of these living filter feeding animals to establish a base line of what is located on artificial and natural reefs.

Resources

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Temperature Control of Larval Dispersal and the Implications for Marine Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
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