Florida Rivers Research Lab
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Welcome to the Florida Rivers Research Lab!
The primary purpose of the lab is to help resource managers develop effective policies for managing riverine and near-shore aquatic resources.
We are a multi-department lab in the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida affiliated with:
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation,
Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and the
School of Forest Resources and Conservation.
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Announcements and News:
Summer@Seahorse - New courses @ Seahorse Key Marine Lab and partnership with Santa Fe College!
Seavey, J. R., W. E. Pine, III, P. Frederick, L. Sturmer, and M. Berrigan. 2011. Decadal changes in oyster reefs in the Big Bend of Florida's Gulf Coast. Ecosphere 2(10):114 doi:10.1890/ES11-00205.1
New graduate Dr. Matt Lauretta and Jake Tetzlaff start new positions at NOAA-Fisheries in Miami. Good luck!
We are co-teaching a course with Dr. Fred Johnson (USGS) on Decision Making in Natural Resources during spring 2012 you can watch recordings of the lecture files on this site.
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Current Projects
Big Bend Oyster Resources project
NSE project update for cooperators
Gulf sturgeon stock assessment
Gulf sturgeon working group 2009 annual meeting
Adult snook mortality estimation, movement, and habitat use in Sarasota Bay
Nearshore ecology of native fish in Grand Canyon
Floodplain connectivity in the Apalachicola River, Florida
Gulf sturgeon movement and spawning patterns in the Apalachicola River, Florida
Long term monitoring of fish communities in Florida Gulf coast rivers
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Personnel
Dr. Bill Pine, Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program
Matt Lauretta, Graduate Student (PhD), Coastal rivers project
Jake Tetzlaff, Graduate Student (PhD), Gag grouper harvest policy analyses
Dr. Jennifer Seavey, Post-doc, Climate change, landscape and coastal ecology
Linda Lombardi-Carlson, Graduate Student (PhD), Golden tilefish population status and trends
Colton Finch, Graduate Student (MS), Nearshore ecology project
Brandon Gerig, Graduate Student (MS), Nearshore ecology project
Michael Dodrill, Graduate Student (MS), Near Shore ecology project
Mary Gryzbek, Co-advised Graduate Student (MS, with Randy Wells, CZS and MML)
Drew Dutterer, MS Biologist and Project Leader, All projects
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Recent graduates, degree from UF, current position
Ed Camp, Graduate Student (MS), PhD student, University of Florida
Jared Flowers, (MS), PhD student, NC State University, NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Lew Coggins, (PhD), Research Mathematical Statistician for NOAA Fisheries in Beaufort, North Carolina
Jason Bennett, (MS), Fish Biologist working for the Florida LAKEWATCH program
Towns Burgess, (MS), currently working as a fisheries biologist in private industry, Gainesville, FL
Lauren Marcinkiewicz, (MS), currently working for NOAA Fisheries-NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA
Elissa Buttermore, (BS), currently MS student, NC State University, NC Coop Unit, Raleigh, NC
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Opportunities
Information on Graduate Student Opportunities is available here
Employment, Internship, and Volunteer Opportunities in our lab are listed at this link.
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Lab Information
Lab meeting schedule
Lab meeting material
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Courses
Undergraduate
WIS 4601 Quantitative Wildlife Ecology, Fall semesters (as of 2011)
Graduate
WIS 6932 Decision Making in Natural Resources, Spring 2012
WIS 6934/FAS 6932 Ecological Stats and Design, Summer A 2011 2 credits
WIS 6934/FAS 6932 Stream Fish Biology, Spring 2010 4 credits
FAS 5276C Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms, Summer A 2011
ALS 5932 Ecological Stats and Design, (earlier version, may no longer be taught)
FAS 6932 Fisheries Assessment, Dr. Carl Walters, Spring 2011 4 credits
FAS 6932 Fisheries Ecology and Management, Spring 2010 4 credits
FAS 6932 Fisheries Ecology and Management II, Fall 2007 3 credits
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Workshops
Recent Basic Population Modeling Workshop
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Cooperators
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia
USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center