Who's who in the FIU Seagrass Ecosystems Research Lab

Faculty		Technical Staff
	James W. Fourqurean		Rachel Decker
	Tom Frankovich		Susie P. Escorcia
	Darrell Herbert		Capt. Dave Ward
			Travis Thyberg

Current Graduate Students			Thesis Title/Abstract
	Amanda Bourque		Disturbance and Restoration in Seagrass Ecosystems
	Emily Broderick	2008-
	Justin Campbell	2006-	The effects of CO₂ fertilization on the ecology of a tropical seagrass (Thalassia testudinum)
	Bryan Dewsbury	2007-	The ecology and economics of primary producer community structure
	Elizabeth Lacey	2007-	Consumer impact on primary producer species assemblages in a nutrient replete environment
	Sonja Smith	2011-
	Jennifer Sweatman	2010-
Undergraduate Assistants
	Alex Perez
	Glauco Puig-Santana
Gone but not forgotten!		Tenure	Thesis Title
	Pamela Parker	Lab Manager, 2007-2012
	Jeana Drake	Lab Technician, 2009-2010	Brevetoxin persistence in sediments and seagrass epiphytes of east Florida coastal waters
	Rebecca Bernard	MS student, 2007-2010	Effects of light and nutrient supply on stable isotopic composition and fractionation in N-limited seagrass beds
	Zayda Halun	Ph.D. student, 2003-2011	The effects of fertilization and simulated grazing on the community structure of a seagrass bed in South Florida
	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