APPENDIX C 



REVIEW OF ONGOING RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE CENTER FOR AQUATIC 



RESEARCH AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY) 



1. Overall Scope of Program 



Since 1971, together with undergraduate and graduate students, a multi- 

 disciplinary array of scientists, and a permanent staff of post-doctoral fellows 

 and full-time personnel, R. J. Livingston has put together a series of multi- 

 disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies concerning various aguatic systems in 

 the southeastern United States. Simultaneous laboratory and field studies 

 (descriptive, trophic, experimental) have been carried out, and the resulting data 

 have been entered into a series of computerized files. Simultaneously, computer 

 programs have been developed over the past 10 years that are designed to handle 

 short- and long-term multidisciplinary data from various aguatic systems. 



Currently, the data from the 13-year research effort are being compiled and 



organized for publication. These data are also being utilized to design and carry 



out an ongoing field experimental program in a series of freshwater, estuarine, 

 and marine habitats. 



Laboratory and Field Bioassays 



A. Single-species tests (seagrasses, macroinvertebrates, fishes; fresh-water and 

 marine animals). 



B. Multiple-species tests (macroinvertebrates; freshwater and marine) 



C. Seagrass microcosms 



Field Surveys 



A. Habitat analyses (including pollutants) and biological components 

 (productivity, epibenthic fishes and macroinvertebrates, infaunal 

 macroi nvertebrates ) 



1. Spatial comparisons among rivers and associated estuaries 



a. Flint River (Georgia), Chipola River (Florida), Econfina River 

 (Florida), Fenholloway River (Florida), Mobile River (Alabama), 

 Escatawpa--East Pascagula Rivers (Mississippi), Pee Dee--Sampit 

 Rivers, Winyah Bay (South Carolina) 



2. Temporal comparisons (daily, weekly, and monthly intervals; 10-12 years of 



continuous data) 



a. Apalachicola River-estuary 



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