{"id":27,"date":"2018-05-15T11:22:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T11:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-12-13T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T19:49:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Fish Ecology Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><div id=\"metaslider-id-31\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-105-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-31 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"683\" data-width=\"1024\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_31\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_31' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FEL-pptadjust-1024x683.jpg\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-31 slide-426 msDefaultImage\" title=\"USF Fish Ecology Lab\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">USF Fish Ecology Lab<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/current\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/usf-marine-science-fish-ecology-lab-group-shot-2018.jpg\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"USF Marine Science Fish Ecology Lab Group Shot 2018\" class=\"slider-31 slide-33 msDefaultImage\" title=\"USF Marine Science Fish Ecology Lab Group Shot 2018\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">USF Marine Science Fish Ecology Lab Group Shot 2018<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/research\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/fishecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/bullkitty-fish-ecology-usfmarine-science-1024x683.jpg\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" alt=\"Bullkitty Fish Ecology USF Marine Science\" class=\"slider-31 slide-35 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Bullkitty Fish Ecology USF Marine Science\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Bullkitty Fish Ecology USF Marine Science<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Research in the Fish<strong><em>*<\/em><\/strong> Ecology Lab follows several broad yet interconnected themes. In general, our work seeks to understand the factors that regulate populations and structure communities of marine animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our efforts are motivated by general ecological principles and are commonly employed on applied topics. We use many approaches and tools, including field and lab experiments, large-scale observational datasets, stable isotope and compound specific analyses, and GIS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><em>*<\/em><\/strong> Although we call ourselves the <strong><em>Fish<\/em><\/strong> Ecology Lab, we are interested in the patterns and processes of ecological systems, regardless of the animals or habitats they involve. Indeed, our studies have focused on many non-fish subjects including invertebrates (e.g., oysters and other bivalves, molluscs, crabs, sessile benthos) and other vertebrates (e.g., humans, marine mammals) across a variety of marine and coastal habitats (e.g., coral reefs, rocky reefs, artificial reefs, seagrass beds, mangrove forests, oyster reefs, saltmarsh).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research in the Fish* Ecology Lab follows several broad yet interconnected themes. In general, our work seeks to understand the factors that regulate populations and structure communities of marine animals. Our efforts are motivated by general ecological principles and are commonly employed on applied topics. 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