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

Project Roster

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

25 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Gustav Paulay
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History

Co-Principal Investigator

Valerie Paul
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
James D. Thomas
Nova Southeastern University
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
Janie Wulff
Florida State University
Department of Biological Science

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Raph Williams
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

Project Data Point of Contact

Gustav Paulay
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History

Research Staff

Antonio Baeza
Old Dominion University
Department of Biological Sciences
Mandy Bemis
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
Jonathan Craft
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
George Hecht
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
Kimberly Huguenard
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
Harilaos Lessios
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Tito Lotufo
Universidade Federal do Ceara Brazil
International Studies
Sea McKeon
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Joe Pfaller
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
Rob Robins
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
John Slapcinsky
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
Cheryl Thacker
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History
Judy Winston
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Museum Curator

Data Team

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Brendan Biggs
Florida State University
Department of Biological Science
Nat Evans
University of Florida
Department of Biology
Francois Michonneau
University of Florida
Department of Biology
Jenna Moore
University of Florida
Department of Biology
John Starmer
University of Florida
Department of Biology

Undergraduate Student

Anna Strimaitis
Florida State University
Department of Biological Science
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org