Our mission as a graduate research program is to accomplish the following:
- conduct interdisciplinary basic and applied research in ocean science to discover solutions to local, regional, state, national, and global problems of climate change, marine resource depletion, environmental degradation, water contamination, disease, and ecosystem management.
- Generate, disseminate and translate new knowledge across the marine science disciplines of biology, chemistry, geology, and physics
- Develop new technologies and tools for exploring the coupled ocean-atmosphere-land system
- Graduate outstanding marine scientists who are well prepared for positions in academe, industry, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations at local to international levels
Oil Spill Research
Researchers at the University of South Florida's College of Marine Science have enlisted our most advanced technology and expertise to aid authorities and the public in understanding the ramifications of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the beginning. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Information web page has been created to track our involvement in creating a full understanding of what this tragedy means for Florida, its neighbors and the Gulf of Mexico environment.
The following videos hightlights our research efforts:
Research Areas
Our research includes the following broad disciplines:
- Biological Oceanography
- Chemical Oceanography
- Geological Oceanography
- Physical Oceanography
- Marine Resource Assesment
To learn more about each area of resarch please click on the discipline.
Publications
To access recent publications by our faculty, please view our Faculty web pages.
To access recently completed theses and dissertations please view our
Theses and Dissertations web page.
Centers for Research
In addition to academic research pursuits, the College of Marine Science hosts the following centers for research:
- Center for Ocean Technology
- Center for the Prediction of Red Tides
- Institute for Marine Remote Sensing
Partners in Research
The College of Marine Science also maintains strong partnerships with federal and state agencies.
- USGS - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
- USGS - Southeast Ecological Science Center
- USGS - Florida Water Science Center
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
