Dr. Joana Figueiredo, Ian Johnson, Liam Abrams, and Dani Macias presented at Benthic Ecology Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina (USA).
For the very first time, two Colpophyilla natans corals spawn in our spawning induction systems this year!
We have two new Interns joining the lab this year, Welcome Ashley Shen and Chloe Daniel!
Chloe (left) and Ashley (right) are both are new to NSU this semester, both are graduate students who are working with MSC Cruise lines and Dr. Joana Figueiredo. Both plan to learn how to operate a coral nursery to assist efforts in Ocean Kay, Bahamas.
Congratulations to all of our Masters Students on their commencement ceremony on June 9th 2023! Best wishes for happiness and success!
“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X
Pictured from Left to Right: Ian Johnson, Valerie Super, Daisy Ponce, Nepsis Garcia Lara, Dr. Joana Figueiredo, Ryan Chabotte, Michael Hood, and Krista Laforest.
Two Awards Received at the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 40th Conference in 2023!
Bert and Lucy Williams Student Achievement Award: 2nd Best Oral Presentation “Induced Sexual Reproduction Reveals Bidirectional Sex Change of Gonochoric Coral Montastraea cavernosa” by Dr Joana Figueiredo and presented by Krista Laforest
Ivan Goodbody Student Achievement Award: Best Poster Presentation “Spawning Asynchrony of Staghorn Coral: Are Night Lights and Temperatures to Blame?” presented by Krista Laforest
Masters students Nepsis Garica and Krista Laforest were awarded NSU- PanSGA’s Professional Development Scholarship in Spring of 2023!
Congrats to our lab members who are striving to find ways to participate in this years scientific meetings and academic professional development opportunities. We are Incredibly proud of your hard work in and out of the lab.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz presented a $3.8M check to NSU for supporting coral research
These funds will make a large impact on supporting many scientists make strides in coral ecology and biology based research. Thank you Congresswoman for your endless support!
Dr. Figueiredo received a President’s Faculty Research and Develepoment grant for 2021
Morgan Short and Nepsis Garcia Lara accepted award for NSU President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant to do research on coral settlement induction and inhibition cues .
Dr. Figueiredo received a President’s Faculty Research and Develepoment grant for 2017
Allan Anderson and Sarah Koerner accept award for NSU President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant to do research on coral recruitment under ocean warming and acidification.
Sarah Koerner received the Broward Shell Club Scholarship
Broward Shell Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the studies of malacology and conchology. Since 1962, the Club has been active in education, conservation and preservation of mollusks (terrestrial and marine). The Club also provides scholarship funds to undergraduate or graduate students in the field of marine biology at local Colleges or Universities.
Sarah Koerner received the Gordon J. Gilbert Graduate Research Grant (Friends of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center)
Friends of Gumbo Limbo has established a graduate level $2,500 research grant named to honor Gordon J. Gilbert. This grant’s application is open to a graduate student attending any Florida College or University with an accredited Masters or PhD program whose current or proposed original research is relevant to the mission of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
Craig Lawson and Dr.Figueiredo were awarded a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant for the year 2017
One of the newest lab members, Craig Lawson, and Dr.Figueiredo were awarded a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant for the year 2017. This grant will fund the study the role of the symbiont in the aquaculturing of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosal.
Alyson Kuba received a NSF EAPSI
Alyson Kuba received a NSF EAPSI and conducted 3 months of research in Japan at Sesoko Station.
Benthic Ecology Meeting in Quebec City
Dr. Figueiredo presented at the Benthic Ecology Meeting in Quebec City in April 2015: Connectivity between submerged and near-sea-surface coral reefs: can submerged reef populations act as refuges?
Dr. Figueiredo and Master’s Student Abby Nease received a President’s Faculty Research and Development grant
Dr. Figueiredo and Master’s Student Abby Nease received a President’s Faculty Research and Development grant for the year 2015 to study the impacts of ocean warming in relation to transgenerational acclimation and adaptation in the microscopic animal, Rotifera.
NEWS: PUBLISHED PAPERS
A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems
Cinner, J. E., Pratchett, M. S., Graham, N. A. J., Messmer, V., Fuentes, M. M. P. B., Ainsworth, T., Ban, N., Bay, L. K., Blythe, J., Dissard, D., Dunn, S., Evans, L., Fabibnyi, M., Fidelman, P., Figueiredo, J., Frisch, A. J., Fulton, C. J., Hicks, C. C., Lukoschek, V., Mallela, J., Moya, A., Penin, L., Rummer,…
Connectivity between submerged and near-sea-surface coral reefs: Can submerged reef populations act as refuges?
Thomas, C. J., Bridge, T. C. L., Figueiredo, J., Deleersnijder, E., & Hanert, E. (2015). Connectivity between submerged and near-sea-surface coral reefs: Can submerged reef populations act as refuges? Diversity and Distributions, 21(10), 1254-1266. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12360 Connectivity is a key determinant of coral reef resilience. However, connectivity models rarely account for deep or submerged reefs, despite their widespread occurrence…
Marine Larval Ecology & Recruitment Lab 