Cheston Peterson
- M.S. (in progress), Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Cheston Peterson is a Master's Student at Dr. Dean Grubbs' lab, at Florida State University.
My research interests are broadly rooted in the ecology of large marine fishes, particularly the elasmobranch fishes. My current research involves the natural history and trophic ecology of coastal sharks in the seagrass habitat of the Florida Big Bend. I am using fishery-independent gillnet and longline surveys to document the shark and larger teleost assemblages in this area, and I am describing the trophic structure of this community using stable isotope analysis. Additional interests of mine include the trophic and isotopic relationships of commensal diskfishes (the sharksucker and common remora, family Echeneidae) and elasmobranch ectoparasites and their hosts, as well as the effects of highly mobile and migratory species on ecological systems.
GoMRI-funded projects:
- Assessment of Deepwater Fish Assemblages Associated with Desoto Canyons and Continental Slope Waters in the Eastern GOM (Year One Block Grant, FIO)
- Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C consortium, RFP-I)