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The following are past research projects undertaken by members of staff and graduate students.

AQUACULTURE
• The rearing of Jamaican Red Hybrid Tilapia in cages in the sea. R.D. Steele
• Application of aeration technology to the production of Red Hybrid Tilapia in ponds. R.D. Steele and D. Barrett
  See Also: Freshwater Ecology, Marine Ecology

BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Entomology
• Biodiversity of the Noctuid moths. E. Garraway and A.Watson
• Biodiversity of the Arctiid moths. E. Garraway and C. Murphy
• Conservation of manatees in Jamaica. E. Garraway and R. Pryce
• Conservation of Jamaica's Citrus Swallowtail Butterflies. E. Garraway and A. Reid
• Conservation of the Jamaican Giant Swallowtail Butterfly. E. Garraway and A. Bailey
• The morphology of eyes of cave-dwelling insects. E. Garraway and M. Samuel

Terrestrial Ecology
• Ecological field study of the Jamaican Iguana. P. Vogel and R. Nelson
• Nutritional analysis of major food plants of the Jamaican Iguana. P. Vogel, B. Wilson and J. Dempsey
• Assessment of management intentions for the conservation. P. Vogel and D. Lewis
• The ecology of endemic Jamaican frogs P. Vogel and L. Caleb-Williams
• Impact of exotic predators on the herpetofauna of the Hellshire Hills. P. Vogel and B. Wilson
• The impact of forest-degradation on bird communities. P. Vogel and L. Douglas
• Distribution and population biology of Jamaica's Amazon parrots. P. Vogel and H. Davis
• Management of columbid game birds. P. Vogel, B. Hay and R. Miller
  Related Projects: Jamaica Iguana , Amazona Parrots

FISH BIOLOGY
• The diet and daily ration of fish species of the Discovery Bay area. E.J. Hyslop and J. Levy
• The biology and taxonomy of the Mugilidae in the Port Royal Area. E.J. Hyslop and J. Gordon
• Age and growth of selected reef-related fishes using otolith analysis. K.A. Aiken
  See Also: Freshwater Ecology , Marine Ecology

FORESTRY
• Vegetative propagation of hardwood trees for use in reforestation in Jamaica. J. Cohen and L. Morgan
• Soil fertility and crop productivity in contour hedgerow systems. J. Cohen and D. Lowe
• Effects of a trail on adjacent montane forests. M. McDonald and T. Edwards

FRESHWATER ECOLOGY
• The benthic macroinvertebrate fauna of the Buff Bay river system. E. J. Hyslop and M. Hunte
• The effects of endosulphan on snails of the family Thiaridae. E. J. Hyslop and A. Fender
• The effects of geology on the growth of snails of the family Thiaridae. E. J. Hyslop and D. Nesbeth
• The effect of discharge from a bauxite processing plant on the macroinvertebrate fauna of the upper Rio Cobre. E. J. Hyslop and D. Nesbeth
• The effect of distillery waste upon the benthic macroinvertebrate and periphyton communities of the Black River system. E. J. Hyslop, J. La Hee, K. John and D. Webber
• Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by snails of the family Thiaridae. E. J. Hyslop, S. Shakes, M. Vutchkov and G. Lalor
• Longitudinal zonation of benthic macroinvertebrates and plankton in the lower Rio Cobre system. E. J. Hyslop and S. Ruddock
• The Caddisflies of Jamaican rivers. E. J. Hyslop and L. Botosaneanu
• The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of freshwater fishes and Gastropods in Jamaican rivers. E. J. Hyslop