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Research at the Lab

Our faculty conduct research in coastal, nearshore, and deep-sea environs with a focus on marine conservation, management, and restoration.


While research sites stretch from the Bahamas to Norway, and from Panama to British Columbia, most of them occur in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.  The northeastern Gulf of Mexico marine ecosystem is woefully understudied; yet, it is among the most biologically diverse and productive systems in the United States, both inshore and offshore, supporting commercial and recreational fisheries valued in the billions of dollars and providing a suite of ecosystem services that enrich the region. Areas of research are detailed below from faculty laboratories.


Oyster Reef Ecology & Restoration

Human Impacts on Coral Reefs

Coastal & Estuarine Biogeochemistry

Coastal & Deep Sea Sharks

Meiofauna Ecology & Biodiversity

FSUCML Zoological Collection


Last Updated: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 1:45 PM