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characteristics of Turtlegrass for the South Florida Fish Habitat Assessment Program.

($200,000)

2005-2007

Experimental investigation of hurricane-related changes in water quality on the

photobiology of Halophila johnsonii. National Marine Fisheries Service. ($29,709)

2005-2007

Effects of hurricanes on the distribution of Halophila johnsonii. National Marine Fisheries

Service. ($89,855)

Honors, Awards and Professional Service

Appointed to NOAA-funded Recovery Plan team for the recently listed species Halophila

johnsonii, the only marine plant ever to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. 1999-

present

Team Leader - Florida Bay Program Management Committee, Seagrass Research Team 1998-

present.

Thesis Advisor:

Graduate- Master’s

UNCW - Lesley Murphy, 2000; Jill Paxson, 2002; John Hackney, 2003; James Henne, 2001; Ron

Dean, 2002; Paula Whitfield, 2002; Jennifer Kunzelman, 2003; Amanda Kahn 2004; Robert York,

2005; J. Brooke Landry, 2005; Elizabeth F. Belshe, 2005; Kathryn Chartrand, 2007; Nathan Gavin

2008; Nina Griffin, 2009; Jacqueline Corbett 2009; Melissa Genazzio 2012.

Graduate- Ph.D.

Amanda Kahn, 2008; Nathan Gavin 2010

Thesis Committee Member:

Graduate- Master’s

USF - Mary Beth Neeley 1996, Craig Rose 1996, Donna Berns 2003

UNCW -Sebastian Engel, 2000; Barbara Wilson, 2000; Thomas McGinnis, 2002;; Lee Richbourg,

2006; Erin Zook, 2007; Sondi Hoffman, 2009; Jennifer Idol, 2012; Alex Davila, 2013.

Graduate - Ph.D.

USF - Eva Maria Wysk Koch 1990

FIU – Justin Campbell 2007

Post-doctoral Research Fellows supervised

Dr. Piotr Kowalczuk - 2001-2003

Dr. Marnie L. Campbell - 2003-2004

Dr. Wendy L. Woods - 2003-2005

Professional Societies

Sigma Xi (full member) American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Southeastern Estuarine Research Society