- Research Work Description:
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Coordination and Monitoring for the Standardized Module Intervention and Monitoring Program in Quintana Roo, Mexico - a part of
the Coral Reef Targeted Research (CRTR) Restoration and Remediation Working Group. This is an experimental project utilizing
standardized substrate modules (Reefballs) to examine the interactions of structure and of fishes, invertebrates, and algal
populations on coral recruitment and survival, both with and without restoration interventions.
I am also involved in the monitoring of nearshore reef fish assemblages and the tire-reef in Broward County, monitoring of reef
fish assemblages in Veracruz, Mexico, and deep vessel-reef surveys in Broward County using an ROV.
- Title of thesis/dissertation research project:
- Pending
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Richard Spieler
- Academic areas of interest:
- Coral Reef Restoration, Artificial Reefs, Reef Fish Ecology and Identification, Marine Fisheries, Visual Census Techniques,
Coral Reef Management, Remotely Operated Vehicles, Underwater Photography
- Publications:
- Ditty, J. G., Kilfoyle, K, Farooqi, T. and R. F. Shaw. 2005. Chapter 106 - Order Syngnathiformes: Families Aulostomidae,
Centriscidae, and Fistularidae. In W. J. Richards (Ed.) Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the
Western Central North Atlantic (I): 2005 (pp. 1121-1131). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
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