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Current Interest

USGS DISCOVRE Expedition - click to go to the websiteDISCOVRE Expedition - The 4-year multidisciplinary research program will focus on understanding the physical oceanography, biology, ecology, genetic connectivity, and trophodynamics of deep coral environments in the Gulf of Mexico (300-1000 m depths), both within natural and artificial (shipwreck) sites. Learn More




Florida Sand Removal Impact Assessment Database, dunes image - click to go to the databaseThe MMS has identified an immediate need to compile a synopsis of available literature on existing environmental conditions in Federal waters along the Florida coastline. Learn More

Recent Publications


Dorcas, M.E., S.J. Price, S.C. Walls and W.J. Barichivich. 2009. Auditory Monitoring of Anuran Populations. Chapter 16 in C.K. Dodd, Jr. (ed.): Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Pp. 281-298. Oxford University Press.
cover image: Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5176 - click to go to the documentScientific Investigations Report 2009–5176 Irons, K.S., DeLain, S.A., Gittinger, E., Ickes, B.S., Kolar, C.S., Ostendorf, D., Ratcliff, E.N., and Benson, A.J., 2009, Nonnative fishes in the Upper Mississippi River System: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5176, 68 p.
Lanyon, J.M., H. Sneath, J.R. Ovenden, D. Broderick and R.K. Bonde. 2009. Sexing sirenians: validation of visual and molecular sex determination in both wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) and Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Aquatic Mammals 35(2):187-192.
Murie, D. J., D. C. Parkyn, L. G. Nico, J. J. Herod, and W. F. Loftus. 2009. Age, differential growth and mortality rates in unexploited populations of Florida gar, an apex predator in the Florida Everglades. Fisheries Management and Ecology 16(4):315-322.
Nico, L.G., H.L. Jelks, and T. Tuten. 2009. Non-Native suckermouth armored catfishes in Florida: Description of nest burrows and burrow colonies with assessment of shoreline conditions. Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Bulletin 9: 1-30. (PDF File)
Schofield, P. J. 2009. Geographic extent and chronology of the invasion of non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Aquatic Invasions 4: 473-479. Available Online
Smith, C.P., D.R. Gregoire and M.S. Gunzburger. 2009. Baiting differentially influences capture rates of large aquatic salamanders, Siren and Amphiuma. Herpetological Review 40:304-306.
cover image: General Information Product 72 - click to go to the documentGeneral Information Product 72 Sulak, K.J., and Randall, M., 2009, The Gulf Sturgeon in the Suwannee River—Questions and Answers: U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 72, 12 p.
Walls, S.C. 2009. The role of climate in the dynamics of a hybrid zone in Appalachian salamanders. Global Change Biology 15:1903-1910.
Walls, S.C., J.H. Waddle, and R.M. Dorazio. Estimating occupancy dynamics in an anuran assemblage. Journal of Wildlife Management
cover image: Open-File Report 2009-1145 - click to go to the documentOpen-File Report 2009-1145 Walsh, S.J., Buttermore, E.N., Burgess, O.T., and Pine, W.E., III, 2009, Composition of Age-0 Fish Assemblages in the Apalachicola River, River Styx, and Battle Bend, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1145, 28 p.
cover image: Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5046 - click to go to the documentScientific Investigations Report 2009–5046 Walsh, S.J., Knowles, Leel Jr., Katz, B.G., and Strom, D.G., 2009, Hydrology, Water Quality, and Aquatic Communities of Selected Springs in the St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5046, 116 p.


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