A recently published study shows that areas of coral reef undisturbed by human activity or climate change tend to contain the most genetic diversity, providing important insight into the best ways to monitor and preserve coral reef biodiversity.
Trying to find an Alabama sturgeon has been akin to searching for the proverbial “needle in a haystack,” according to Dr. Alexis Janosik, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of West Florida.
While it may be beautiful in a home aquarium, the aggressive and fast-reproducing lionfish is wreaking havoc in the ocean ecosystem and endangering reef habitats.
The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, in collaboration with the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, was recently awarded a $293,992 grant for artificial reef research. Funds were granted by the Florida Institute of Oceanography Center of Excellence through the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, established by […]
On June 1, 2015, Dr. Wade Jeffrey became director of the University of West Florida’s Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation. A veteran professor of the Center, Jeffrey first came to UWF as a research assistant in 1991, moving through a series of promotions before assuming the leadership role. Jeffrey’s training as an oceanographer with […]
In 1989, the California-bound Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound and over several days dumped the largest volume of oil ever released into U.S. waters.
The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation was recently awarded a grant totaling $231,000 by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, as part of the larger C-IMAGE II consortium, led by the University of South Florida. The grant spans from January 2015 through December 2017, with a total consortium research budget […]
Community members and university students, faculty and staff were invited to tour student research at the 2012 Student Scholars Symposium April 26 in the UWF Field House. This is the second year of the symposium, which replaced SEASTARS, or Scholars of Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology Annual Research Symposium, last year. In the past, SEASTARS […]
Two years have passed since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, and researchers at the University of West Florida’s Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation (CEDB) are confident that Florida’s Gulf Coast escaped the spill relatively unscathed. “Other states closer to the oil rig site faced far more damage from the effects of […]
This summer, students interested in forest and marine biology have the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica for 12 days to study with renowned experts. Participants will visit nine different locations in Costa Rica to study, with free time for enjoying the beach and exploring built into the schedule. A few of the locations include: […]
Faculty researcher Joseph Moss is one of 16 finalists competing for the Cade Museum Prize for his invention that detects harmful disease-producing organisms in water. Winners receive a $50,000 cash prize and $10,000 in legal services to further develop the invention. More than 120 applicants competed for the prize awarded by the Cade Museum for […]
An article authored by Professor Wade Jeffrey , Latitudinal gradients in degradation of marine dissolved organic carbon. (PLoS One 2011), has been selected and evaluated by Robie Macdonald, a Member of the Faculty of 1000 (F1000), placing his work in the F1000 library of the top 2 percent of published articles in biology and medicine. […]
