Current Projects
The following are some of the current research projects being undertaken by members of staff and graduate students.
- Super-intensive tilapia culture. K. Aiken & B. Sinclair
- Rejuvenation of the Port Royal Hatchery. D. Webber
AQUACULTURE
- Ecological assessment of the Morant Wetlands: coral, seagrass, water quality and fish life.
- The biodiversity and conservation status of forests over limestone in Jamaica. K. McLaren
- Ecological Survey and vegetation assessment of Bauxite Red Mud Ponds for return to agricultural activity. D. Webber
- Virtual Herbarium and Digitising Jamaica’s floral biodiversity project. D. Webber & P. Rose
- Assessment of the biodiversity associated with Mangrove lagoons. EFJ funded. M. Webber
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
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Entomology
- Conservation of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio homerus; in conjunction with University of Florida. E. Garraway
- Conservation Ecology of the threatened Blue Swallowtail Butterfly Eurytidies marcellinus. E. Garraway
- Biodiversity and systematics of selected invertebrate groups (moths, land snails, beetles). E. Garraway
- Butterfly farming in Jamaica. E. Garraway with Mona Institute of Applied Sciences (MIAS)
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Terrestrial Ecology
- Crocodiles at the Fringe of Human Settlement. P. Vogel
- Ecology and conservation of Jamaica’s terrestrial vertebrates and their habitats. P. Vogel
- Assessment of the parrot population in the Cockpit Country. P. Vogel
- An analysis of the influence of habitat quality on bird composition in the dry forest life zone. P. Vogel
- Studies of bird composition along gradients of habitat disturbance. P. Vogel
- Impact of an exotic predator on Jamaica’s dry forest herpetofauna. P. Vogel
- Ecology and conservation of the Jamaican Iguana and other lizards. P. Vogel & B. Wilson
- Effects of exotic predators on Jamaican dry forest fauna. B. Wilson
- Biological assessments of Jamaica’s last remaining natural habitats. B. Wilson
- Status and conservation implications of the introduced Indian mongoose. B. Wilson
- Documentation of repatriation of head-started Jamaican Iguanas as an effective tool in the conservation of the critically endangered species. B. Wilson