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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Member Institutions

Integrative Biodiversity Assessment of Coral-Sponge Communities of W Florida Shelf: Establishing a Baseline for a Sensitive Ecosystem

Florida State University

Department of Biological Science

Brendan Biggs
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Anna Strimaitis
Undergraduate Student
Janie Wulff
Co-Principal Investigator

Nova Southeastern University

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography

James D. Thomas
Co-Principal Investigator

Old Dominion University

Department of Biological Sciences

Antonio Baeza
Research Staff

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

Jonathan Craft
Research Staff
Harilaos Lessios
Research Staff
Sea McKeon
Research Staff
Valerie Paul
Co-Principal Investigator
Raph Williams
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

Kimberly Huguenard
Research Staff

Universidade Federal do Ceara Brazil

International Studies

Tito Lotufo
Research Staff

University of Florida

Department of Biology

Nat Evans
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Francois Michonneau
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jenna Moore
Graduate Student - PhD Level
John Starmer
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Florida Museum of Natural History

Mandy Bemis
Research Staff
George Hecht
Research Staff
Gustav Paulay
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact
Joe Pfaller
Research Staff
Rob Robins
Research Staff
John Slapcinsky
Research Staff
Cheryl Thacker
Research Staff

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

Virginia Museum of Natural History

Museum Curator

Judy Winston
Research Staff
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org