Edward ArbPh.D. Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, In Progress
John Brittain
- M.S. Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Expected 2021
- B.S. Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2018
Project Description: Studying site fidelity and site homing in a common marsh resident mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Working in collaboration with NOAA to examine nekton community assemblage in the Cape Fear River estuary, and Poplar Island Restoration Project.
Interests: Salt Marsh and Estuarine Ecology, Coastal Conservation, Community Ecology
Jessica Carlton
- MCRT Geographic Information Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington 2020
- B.S. Marine Biology-Marine Conservation and Environmental Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2018
Project Description: Studying the effects of new oyster aquaculture by monitoring changes in sediment chemistry and oyser spat recruitment in and around oyster farms and natural habitats
Interests: Use of Geographic Information Systems to monitor coastal habitats, Salt Marsh and Estuarine Ecology, Coastal Conservation
George Easterly
- M.S. Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Expected 2022
- B.S. Marine Biology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
Project Description: Studying active habitat selection by juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes sapius, in submerged aquatic vegetation based on blue crab size, sex, predation pressure, and seagrass type.
Jocelyn Fifer
- M.S. Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Expected 2022
- B.S. Environmental Science, North Carolina State University, 2019
Project Description: Studying nekton utilization of marsh edge habitat in the Cape Fear River among Strategic Habitat Areas and adjacent creeks.