Research Areas
The main areas of research and projects currently being undertaken by members of
staff and graduate students are:
AQUACULTURE |
- Mariculture of Jamaican red tilapia
- Technical applications to the production of Jamaican red tilapia
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BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION |
- Ecology of insect populations in Jamaica
- Biodiversity and conservation of lepidopterans in Jamaica
- Conservation of manatees in Jamaica
- Ecological studies of Jamaican herpetofauna
- Conservation of the Jamaica's avifauna and the Jamaican iguana
- Impact of exotic predator removal on dry forest fauna
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FISH BIOLOGY |
- Growth and development of selected reef-related fishes
- Enhancement of fishable resources using artificial reefs
- Biology and taxonomy of marine and freshwater fishes in Jamaica
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FORESTRY |
- Human impact on montane forests
- Tree-crop interactions in contour agro-forestry systems
- Soil conservation on hillsides with contour hedgerows
- Vegetation analysis around the Central Inlier of Jamaica
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FRESHWATER ECOLOGY |
- Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of fishes and gastropods in Jamaican rivers
- Ecology of the benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Jamaica
- Ecology of riverine periphyton communities
- Effects of agricultural and industrial pollutants on the ecology of
riverine invertebrates
- Factors affecting growth of thiarid snails, and interspecific competitive effects
- Biomonitoring of water quality in Jamaican rivers
- Uptake of metals by benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers of Jamaica
- Ecology of estuarine regions in Jamaican rivers
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