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Marine Field Ecology Course – Rutgers University

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Experience the Florida Keys Ecosystem

This is an intensive 10-day field summer course held in the Lower Keys, FL taught by Dr. Alejandro Vagelli.

This course introduces students to marine field ecology and marine biology work. It provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in marine biology research. Students design and conduct field observations and experiments aimed to answer questions concerning specific topics, including trophic structure, reproductive strategies, recruitment, behavior, coevolutionary relationships, energy cycling, and detrimental impacts due to human activities. DATE: 7/6-7/15

*Fieldwork focuses on ecological, taxonomic, and conservation aspects of main communities such as seagrass beds, mangrove forests, and coral reefs.

*Learn field methods for ecological and conservation studies, sampling and census work.

*Evening laboratory sessions or bay snorkeling; day-trip to nearby inhabited Keys/mangrove islands.

*Field trips to Looe Marine Sanctuary (SCUBA dive or Snorkel), Mote Marine Lab, and Key West.

 

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Southernmost Buoy Class (2)
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underwater class session

 

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MFE 2021July 6, 2021
Florida Keys, here we come!

Vagelli News

*Latest publication on Apogonidae:
Vagelli 2019-Quinca mirifica

*Latest articles on Dr. Vagelli’s conservation work with the Banggai cardinalfish:

    Smisthsonian Magazine

    National Geographic

*The Banggai Cardinalfish is listed in the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

 

 

 

 

 

Beneficial Links

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Rutgers Schedule of Classes
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Dr. Alejandro A. Vagelli
Director of Science & Conservation
Center for Aquatic Sciences
1 Riverside Dr
Camden, NJ 08103

Associate Researcher & Adjunct Professor of Ichthyology, Marine Biology, Marine Field Ecology.
Department of Biology, Rutgers University
315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102-1411

Tel: 856-361-1026
Email: avagelli@camden.rutgers.edu

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