Dr. Jim Fourqurean

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Field of Focus
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Coastal Development
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Habitat Loss
  • Harmful Algal Blooms
  • Pollution
  • Biological Oceanography
  • Chemical Oceanography
Education
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1992
  • M.S. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1987
  • B.A. in Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1983

Research Interests

  • Biogeochemistry of the coastal ocean
  • Nutrient cycling in the marine environment
  • Primary productivity of aquatic systems
  • Seagrass physiological ecology
  • Ecosystem modeling

Current Research:
-RAPID response to measuring the ecological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Florida Coastal Everglades (NSF)

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