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Lauren Yeager wins UGS Provost Award for Outstanding Paper or Manuscript
Monday, Feb 13 2012

Lauren Yeager wins UGS Provost Award for Outstanding Paper or Manuscript   Lauren Yeager, a Ph.D. candidate from Dr. Craig Layman’s lab, was recently awarded the FIU UGS Provost Award for Outstanding Paper or Manuscript. Lauren wa...

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FIU's Craig Layman has been named to a team tasked with developing the first MPA in Haiti
Wednesday, Jan 11 2012

Craig Layman has been named as part of a multi-disciplinary team tasked with developing the first marine protected area in Haiti.  Dr. Layman will travel to Haiti this March for preliminary scouting of the proposed protected site.  T...

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News from the Sloughs
Wednesday, Dec 21 2011

News from the Sloughs is the Florida Coastal Everglades Longterm Ecological Research Newsletter. The winter 2011 edition is now out....

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FIU exhibit on display at Museum of Discovery and Science
Monday, Dec 12 2011

FIU exhibit on display at Museum of Discovery and Science12/09/2011 By jadkins Leave a Comment When the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale recently opened its new EcoDiscovery Center, FIU researchers delivered a unique Everglades exhib...

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Coral reef study gets boost from NSF
Monday, Dec 12 2011

Coral reef study gets boost from NSF12/07/2011 By esuperez FIU has received grant to study the adverse effects of algae and microbes on coral reefs.The $822,000 grant is funded by the National Science Foundation.“Healthy fish and marine populations...

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Aquarius Undersea Lab helps researchers save coral reefs
Monday, Dec 05 2011

Aquarius Undersea Lab helps researchers save coral reefs By Rebecca Burton Key Largo is home to one of the world’s most vibrant coral reef systems, but overfishing of important herbivorous fish could threaten the health of these wonders that d...

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Ciguatera and Lionfish?
Tuesday, Nov 29 2011

Possibilities of Ciguatera in Lionfish is being studied by CaribCATCH.org. The full article can be found here on Sea Grants Caribbean Region blog....

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Lionfish Updates
Tuesday, Nov 29 2011

Recent updates on the invasive Lionfish from the Layman Lab here at FIU....

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Continued improvements at Broad Creek following restoration
Tuesday, Nov 29 2011

In October 2010 the Layman Lab (FIU) and Friends of the Environment (Abaco, Bahamas) teamed up to restore Broad Creek. A year later brings news of the improvements from that project....

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Tiger Sharks and some hammerheads to be protected in FL waters
Monday, Nov 28 2011

Protection for Tiger Sharks and 3 species of Hammerheads proposed....

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