LTER

As a contributor in the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) Long-term Ecological Research Network since 2007, our research aims at monitoring the temporal and spatial variability in primary production of calcareous green macroalgae in Florida Bay. Through a team of undergraduate researchers, the project monitors organic and inorganic contributions of carbon by Halimeda and Penicillus along a salinity and nutrient gradient using three sites; Duck Key (TS/Ph9), Bob Allen Keys (TS/Ph10) and Sprigger Bank (TS/Ph11). 

Link to FCE LTER data: https://fce-lter.fiu.edu/data/core/metadata/?packageid=knb-lter-fce.1112.8

Collaborations

Graduate Student Work

Comparative Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Carbon Content in Halimeda and Penicillus (Chlorophyta Bryopsidales) in a Subtropical Coastal Lagoon.

Comparing Long-Term Standing Stock and Tissue C:N:P Ratios Between Halimeda and Penicillus (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) Across a Trophic Gradient Within Florida Bay, USA

Undergraduate Student Work

Relevant Publications