Florida Rivers Research Lab
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Welcome to the Florida Rivers Research Lab in the Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, part of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida.
The primary purpose of the lab is to help resource managers develop effective policies for managing riverine and near-shore fish resources.
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Announcements
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Current Projects
Gulf sturgeon data review and stock assessment
Adult snook mortality estimation, movement, and habitat use in Sarasota Bay, Florida
Native fish stock assessments in the Grand Canyon reach of the Colorado River
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, Assistant Professor School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Jared Flowers, Graduate Student (MS)
Matt Lauretta, Graduate Student (PhD)
Jake Tetzlaff, Graduate Student (MS)
Towns Burgess, Graduate Student (MS)
Ed Camp, Graduate Student (MS)
Drew Duetterer, MS Biologist
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Recent graduates
Lew Coggins, Graduate Student (PhD) currently working for USGS-GCMRC Flagstaff, AZ
Jason Bennett, (MS) currently working for the Florida LAKEWATCH program
Lauren Marcinkiewicz, (MS) Currently working for NMFS-NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA
Elissa Buttermore, (technician) Currently grad student, NC State University
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Lab Information
Lab meeting schedule
Lab meeting material
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Courses
FAS 6932 Stream Fish Biology, Spring 2008 4 credits
FAS 5276C Field Ecology of Aquatic Organisms, Summer A 2007 4 credits
ALS 5932 Ecological Stats and Design, Fall 2008 3 credits
FAS 6932 Fisheries Ecology and Management, Fall 2008 4 credits
FAS 6932 Fisheries Ecology and Management II, Fall 2007 3 credits
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Opportunities
Graduate Student Opportunities
Employment Opportunities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cooperators
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia
USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
USGS Florida Integrated Science Center
Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
