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The following are some of the current research projects being undertaken by members of staff and graduate students.

FISHERIES
• Studies on new methodologies for integrated socio-economic fisheries management. EU-funded ECOST, coordinated by the Univ. of Portsmouth, UK. K. Aiken
• Mangroves & seagrass beds of Kingston Harbour: roles as sustainable nurseries for fishable organisms. EFJ funded. K. Aiken
• Dolphin interaction with fish traps. EFJ funded. K. Aiken
• Use of hard parts (otoliths or earstones) to age commercial marine fishes. K. Aiken
• Fishable resources assessment/management (Queen conch), with Fisheries Division, Min. of Agriculture. EFJ funded. K. Aiken

FRESHWATER ECOLOGY
• The uptake of copper from waste water of a distillery by Thiaridae snails in the North & South Elim rivers, St. Elizabeth. E. Hyslop, N. Barnes & ICENS
• Taxonomy of Gambusia species in Jamaica using morphological and molecular techniques. E. Hyslop & Kerri-Ann Bennett
• The effect of suspended solid load and sedimentation on benthic macroinvertebrates of north coast rivers and on coral reefs of the north coast of Jamaica. E. Hyslop & Shauna Bent
• The biology and potential for aquaculture of grey mullet species (F. Mugilidae) from the Port Royal region. E. Hyslop & June Masters
• Uptake of aluminium by snails of the family Thiaridae subject to bauxite waste in the Rio Cobre, Ewarton. E. Hyslop, Sherine Shakes & ICENS
• Biological monitoring of organic pollution in the lower Rio Cobre using benthic macroinvertebrates and zooplankton as indicators. E. Hyslop & Sheries Simpson
• Benthic macroinvertebrate fauna of caves and surface waters of the Cockpit country. E. Hyslop & Michela D'Andrea
• Biology of the introduced Cherax quadricarinatus (Von Martens) in two Jamaican rivers. E. Hyslop & Sacha Todd

FORESTRY
• Participatory evaluation and monitoring of biodiversity in five forests over limestone in Jamaica. K. McLaren
• Regeneration ecology of wet, moist and dry tropical forests. K. McLaren
• Seed ecology and ecophysiology of seedlings of the common tree species in a dry forest. K. McLaren
• Comparative ecology and ecophysiology of common tree species and seedlings in a dry, moist, and wet forest over limestone. K. McLaren
• The biodiversity and conservation status of forests over limestone in Jamaica. K. McLaren
• Structure, Regeneration Ecology and Amphibian Fauna of Jamaica’s Remaining Limestone Forests. K. McLaren & B. Wilson