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2006-2008 Research Projects

The research projects selected for this biennium fall under three general categories: Coastal and Great Lakes Habitats, Revitalize the Nation’s Commercial Fisheries and Environmental Technology. These are diverse programmatic areas, and the research activities will be conducted in a variety of ecosystems and sites.

Coastal and Great Lakes Habitats

Coral Recruitment, thermal stress and coral reef community structure in St. John, US Virgin Islands
Peter Edmunds PhD
Effects of water quality on sea grass community productivity and biodiversity
Loretta Roberson PhD
Endophytic microbial diversity in seagrass beds of thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme from Cabo Rojo, Lajas and Vieques, Puerto Rico
Sandra Maldonado PhD

Revitalize the Nation’s Commercial Fisheries

Determining the minimum size fishery closures for protecting grouper spawning aggregations
Richard S. Nemeth PhD
Assessing essential fish habitat and connectivity of reef fish Otolith Michrochemistry
Edward Durbin PhD

Environmental Technology

Developing a protocol to use remote sensing as a cost effective tool to monitor contamination of mangrove wetlands
Johannes H. Schellekens PhD
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