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Marine Biology
Marine biology remains a dynamic and growing field at Florida Atlantic University. Students and scientists can easily access a great variety of marine habitats ranging from estuarine to coastal to blue water. Mangrove communities abound, as do coastal reefs and the nearby Gulf Stream Current. Tropical and subtropical fauna and flora characterize the region. The proximity to both natural coastline and urbanization provides intriguing opportunities for comparisons of pristine and degraded habitats. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI) partnered to provide students and faculty with an extraordinary combination of facilities, opportunities,and locations for training and research in marine science.
FAU’s marine biologists are locally, nationally and internationally respected for their research in marine conservation, physiology and behavior, sensory biology of marine vertebrates, (particularly sea turtles and fishes) and invertebrates, and for coastal ecology and nutrient cycling. HBOI is internationally known for its coastal, ship, and submersible-based research in marine science, biomedical marine research, aquaculture, and ocean engineering.
| FAU Faculty in Marine Biology |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| J. Baldwin |
Assoc. Prof |
Population genetics and reproductive biology |
| W.R. Brooks |
Professor |
Marine behavioral ecology; symbiology |
| N. Esiobu |
Assoc. Prof |
Environ microbiology, drug resistance, antimicrobiosis |
| C. Hughes |
Assoc. Prof |
Evolutionary genetics, and its relationship to conservation |
| S. Kajiura |
Assoc. Prof |
Functional morphology & sensory biology of fishes |
| M. Koch-Rose |
Professor |
Marine botany & nutrient cycling in tropical systems |
| S. Milton |
Assoc. Prof |
Vertebrate anoxia tolerance, sea turtle physiology |
| E. Noonburg |
Asst. Prof |
Ecological Modeling |
| C. E. Proffitt |
Assoc. Professor |
Ecology of marine & estuarine macrophytes & invertebrates |
| M. Salmon |
Research Prof |
Animal behavior |
| T. Theisen |
Instructor |
Mechanisms affecting population distribution and gene flow in highly mobile marine fishes |
| J. Wyneken |
Assoc. Prof |
Integrative biology, comparative & functional morphology |
| HBOI Faculty |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| Affiliate Faculty |
| Name |
Rank |
Research |
| G. Bossart |
Affiliate Prof |
Clinical domestic, marine mammal, fish, and avian medicine and wildlife pathology |
| D. Herzing |
Aff. Asst. Prof |
Marine mammal behavior |
| V. Paul |
Affiliate Prof |
Ecological roles of marine natural products, Impact of toxic cyanobacterial (Lynbya spp.) blooms on coral reef habitats |
| E. Widder |
Affiliate Prof |
Protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, and the species they sustain |
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