Who's who in the Seagrass Ecosystem Research Lab at FIU


 

Faculty and Staff Current Graduate Students Undergraduate Assistants Alumni

 

Faculty Technical Staff
James W. Fourqurean

Pamela Parker

Tom Frankovich

Jeana Drake

Darrell Herbert

Susie P. Escorcia

 

   

Capt. Dave Ward

Current Graduate Students

Thesis Title/Abstract

Rebecca Bernard 2007-  
  Amanda Bourque 2005-  
Justin Campbell 2006-  

Bryan Dewsbury

2007-

 

Zayda Halun

2003-

 

Elizabeth Lacey

2007-

 

Travis Thyberg

2004-

 

Undergraduate Assistants

Nicole Chavarry

Chrisna Luus

Gone but not forgotten!

Tenure

Thesis Title

Anna Armitage

Post-doc,

2003-2006

 

Dorothy Byron (Dottie)

MS student,

2000-2006

Testing the physiological response of a subtropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, to salinity stress using Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) fluorometry
 

Virginia Cornett (Ginny)

MS student,

2000-2006

Spatial Characterization of the Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Shark River Slough Estuary

Kevin M. Cunniff

MS student,

1999-2006

Factors influencing the sexual reproduction of Thalassia testudinum

Braxton Davis 

MS student,

1995-1998

Determining interspecific actions between the dominant macrophytes of tropical Atlantic seagrass meadows 

Bryan Dewsbury

MS student,

2003-2006

The role of fish in the concentration of nutrients in an oligotrophic subtropical estuary

Meredith Ferdie

MS student,

1999-2002

Nutrient limitation of benthic primary production in the upper Florida
Keys

 
Patricia Mumford

MS student,

1996-1999

The effects of primary productivity and environmental stress on food chain length in Florida Bay

Bradley Peterson

Post-doc,

1998-2002

 
Luz Romero (on the right)

MS student,

1996-1999

Physicochemical factors controlling wood decomposition of three Florida mangroves

Craig D. Rose

Ph.D. student,

1996-2002

The role of disturbance and resource availability in structuring plant communities

Sergio Ruiz

MS student,

2003-2006

Response of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum to experimental manipulations of sediment iron and organic matter in a subtropical carbonate environment

Leanne Rutten

MS student,

1999-2002

An assessment of nearshore benthic communities of the Florida Keys
Maureen Walter

MS student,

1996-1998

Foraging behavior of Halodule wrightii

 
 
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