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:
We have completed the Nearshore Ecology Project! See what we have been up to the last 4 years on the Colorado River...summary article from BOR Newsletter
Our colleague Karin Limburg wrote a very nice piece on humpback chub for Boatman's Quarterly Review
Questions about our work as part of the UF Apalachicola Bay oyster task force? See the report we co-authored here (summary and full report)
New papersPublications:
The most up-to-date list is on my Google Scholar page. If you need a reprint send me an email. Thanks!
New classes We are teaching "Riverine
Ecology" during spring. We are teaching "Decision
Making in Wildlife and Fisheries Management" with our USGS colleagues in
spring 2015. Time for
Quantitative Wildlife
Ecology WIS 4601 during fall
Summer@Seahorse - New
courses @ Seahorse Key Marine Lab and partnership with UF Biology and Santa Fe College! We co-taught 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. We will likely teach this course in spring 2018...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Projects
Big Bend Oyster Resources project
NSE project update for
cooperators
Gulf sturgeon
stock assessment
Gulf sturgeon working group 2009 annual meeting (stock assessment files) 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 Video on
Seahorse Key Marine Lab
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Personnel Dr. Bill
Pine, Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department and Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences Program
Jake Tetzlaff, Graduate Student (PhD),
Gag grouper harvest policy analyses Krystan Wilkinson,
Co-advised Graduate Student (MS, with Randy Wells, CZS and MML) Rachel Bouchillon,
Graduate Student (MS), Oyster population dynamics in the Big Bend of Florida Katie Glodzik,
Graduate Student (PhD), Sea-level rise and salt water intrusion impacts on low
gradient coastal marshes (supported by a UF Water Institute Graduate Fellowship)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recent lab alums,
degree/position, current position Carlos Canas, Long
time collaborator (MS and PhD, UF Geography), Research Biologist, Wildlife
Conservation Society, Lima Peru Mary Gryzbek,
Graduate student (MS) Linda Lombardi-Carlson,
Graduate student (PhD), NOAA-Fisheries, Panama City, Florida Mike Dodrill, Graduate
Student (MS), Fish Biologist, UF/USGS-GCMRC, Flagstaff, Arizona Brandon Gerig, Graduate
Student (MS), PhD student, Notre Dame Colton Finch,
Graduate Student (MS), PhD Student, Utah State
Matt Lauretta, Graduate Student (PhD),
Stock Assessment Scientist, NOAA-Fisheries, Miami, Florida Drew Dutterer, Biologist and Project Leader,
Biologist with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Ed Camp, (MS),
Post-doc, University of Florida Morgan Edwards, lab
technician extraordinaire, currently MS Student, University of Florida Jared Flowers, (MS),
PhD student, NC State University, NC Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit
Lew Coggins, (PhD), Fishery biologist,
Yukon
Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Jason
Bennett, (MS), Fish Biologist working for the Florida
LAKEWATCH program
Towns Burgess,
(MS), Biologist, USACOE, Walla Walla, Washington
Lauren Marcinkiewicz, (MS), currently working for NOAA Fisheries-NEFSC, Woods Hole, MA
Elissa Buttermore, (BS),
currently biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, St. Paul, MN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 meeting schedule
Lab meeting material
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Courses Undergraduate
WIS 4601 Quantitative
Wildlife Ecology, Fall semester
WIS 4932 Riverine Ecology, Spring 2015 Graduate WIS 6932
Decision Making in Natural Resources, Spring 2015
WIS 6934/FAS 6932
Ecological Stats and Design, Summer A 2011 2 credits
WIS 6934/FAS 6932
Riverine Ecology, Spring 2015 3 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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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