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).