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Last Updated: January 7, 2010
There are over 15,000 km2 of seagrass beds in south Florida. In the Seagrass Ecosystems Research Laboratory at Florida International University , we are engaged in basic and applied research into the structure and function of seagrass beds and the food webs that they support. At this web site you will find information on the biology and ecology of seagrasses, current research projects, and classes taught by the SERL staff. The Seagrass Ecosystems Research Lab is a component of the Southeast Environmental Research Center at FIU.
Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of south Florida. Photos of the two mangroves from the South Pacific that have naturalized in south Florida Mangrove forests. Read about this invasion in the recent paper: "Are mangroves in the tropical Atlantic ripe for invasion? Exotic mangrove trees in the forests of south Florida" by JW Fourqurean, TJ Smith III, J Possley, TM Collins, D Lee and Sandra Namoff in the journal Biological Invasions
Seagrass Monitoring in South Florida. Click here to see spatial distribution of seagrasses in south Florida, time series data on abundance and productivity of seagrasses, and photos of benthic habitats.
Assessment of Nearshore Benthic Communities of the Florida Keys. Click here to see spatial and temporal variations within nearshore (<1 km from shore) benthic communities of the Florida Keys.
Florida Coastal Everglades LTER. Click here to see the National Science Foundation's FCE LTER website.
Seagrass Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary-2008 Annual Report. Click here to see spatial distribution of seagrasses in south Florida, time series data on abundance and productivity of seagrasses, and photos of benthic habitats.
Who's who in the Seagrass Ecosytems Research Lab at FIUField CalendarA Dichotomous Key to the Seagrass Species of South Florida
Seagrass Research Labs and Investigators
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